Definately send that to me offlist, I keep having to remind myself of why racing is bad...
>>> hemidak@msn.com 03/07/03 11:00AM >>>
shall i send pictures of a cobra mustang that tried to avoid getting
embarrased beat by a camero!!!
driver is DEAD and trashed his pristine cobra!
this just happened a week ago in rockford, IL
>From: "Gabriel A. Couriel" <BigGabe@fiufiji.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: "DML" <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>Subject: DML: determination
>Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 11:20:12 -0500
>
>
>well, sitting at the traffic light this morning, i was listening to Howard
>Stern as he interviewed AC/DC. well, the light turns green, and i casually
>start driving. as i slide the vehicle from first to second gear, some
>A-hole in a toyota camry takes off from behind me, and then tries to pass
>me
>in the merge lane.
>
>since i was gingerly pushing the car, i had shifted from first at about
>2,500 RPM, and was in the low 1,000's when i noticed it. so i punched it
>while in second gear, but it was too late... he had such a jump on me, that
>he beat me out through the intersection and the merge lane by about 1/2 a
>car length. i let him in, and he promptly passed a bus that was ahead of
>me.
>
>needless to say, i am now determined to get my rear-end purchased next
>week,
>and installed during spring break (hopefully). now i have to determine
>what
>else needs to be added on to avoid embarrassments like this from ever
>occuring again!!!
>
>dejected but determined!
>
>Gabe Couriel
>http://frontpage.tripod.com/fijigabe0
>
>Doing my best to cure ignorance since 1980!
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>5 speed - AX15
>8.25 Rear-end w/ 3.21 open differential
>
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