Re: RE: Back from autoshow!!

From: Don (y2kota@y2kota.us)
Date: Mon Feb 13 2006 - 15:37:31 EST


Oh yea.... Great pic! Nice car also! OK, I'll take one.. NO make that
2, 1 as a daily driver and other to build up or store!

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Don Mallett
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On Feb 13, 2006, at 1:34 PM, Rick Barnes wrote:

> > Great pic Tom! > > Rascal > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Terrible > Tom > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 12:39 PM > To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net > Subject: DML: Back from autoshow!! > > > http://members.aol.com/silvereightynine/tomchallenger.jpg > > Woohooo!!! That car ROCKS! I MUST OWN ONE! > > Funny story about that pic there. They have people with cameras set up > at many cars around the show, and you can get free photos taken and > retrive them online - after filling out a survey, naturally. > > When I stepped up to get my phoo taken, the woman at the camera asked > me > "are you here with an adult?" I was like .. what? She asked me > again... I leaned over and said I'm 24! She turned bright red LOL > Started apologizing and said I didn't look that old. Seems a better way > to get your subject to smile good than "say cheese!" (I was still > laughing when she snapped the pic) > > When I walked up to get the pic card, I said "I'm almost 25!" She was > still red faced and laughed and said well when you get old you won't > look your age then LOL > > Sheesh! I shouldn't have shaved prior to the show I guess! > > I took zillions of photos of the Challenger.. and some of the other > interesting stuff there. I didn't have a whole lot of time - only a > few > hours actually.. because I had to drive home the same day that I went > to > the show. So I didn't get a real large variety of photos. The Hondas, > the Lexus', the Land Rovers don't really appeal to me. > > The Daimler Chrysler tracks were alive with force again - with people > lined up for hours and hours all day long to get to ride in the D.C > cars > and trucks. I captured a few avi's of them. They had a Ram SRT-10 > quad > cab there - and on the "performance" track - they launched you off a > green light - down what must have been a few hundrid foot long track > and > then they slam on the brakes LOL the SRT-10 Quad kept screaching the > tires. They also had the Jeep course again... water, rocks, dirt > mounts, inclines, decents etc. There was a pic in Saturdays Chicago > Tribune of Chicago Mayor Richie Daley going down the course in a > Wrangler! lol > > As the jeeps came up over the top of the hill - once again I couldn't > resist - and hollered out a healthy "give'er!" - and drew stares from > people around hehehehe... > > The Hummer exhibit was a joke :) > > I'll see if I can get the pics online soon... but my AOL web space is > running out. Anyone voulneteer to host em for me? > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Rocks are for skipping... I'm all about the mud > 75 Honda CL360, 89 Dakota, 89 Dakota 4x4, > 95 Dakota 4x4, 96 Neon, 01 Ram 4x4 > http://members.aol.com/silvereightynine/ > AIM & Yahoo: SilverEightynine > > . > . > .------------------------------------------------------------------. > | Make your plans NOW to attend the National DML Meet in Colorado! | > | Date: July 15-23, 2006 - More info: http://meet.dakota-truck.net | > `------------------------------------------------------------------' > > > > > . > . > .------------------------------------------------------------------. > | Make your plans NOW to attend the National DML Meet in Colorado! | > | Date: July 15-23, 2006 - More info: http://meet.dakota-truck.net | > `------------------------------------------------------------------' >

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