I love it! my first auto is this here V-8..its great..
Blake
'93 LE Silver/White
4x2 Auto
5.2L 318cu V-8
-----Original Message-----
From: fawcett@uism.bu.edu <fawcett@uism.bu.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: DML: teenagers and V8s
>No limb here... I have no doubt some can handle it (like you) all I know
is
>more horsepower would have meant more trouble for me growin-up! :-) I
wish I
>could say otherwise, but my nose would grow if I did. Hehehe.
>Tom
>
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>Subject: DML: teenagers and V8s
>Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
>Date: 7/13/99 1:01 PM
>
>
>I'm going to go out on a limb here and disagree with most of you - my first
>ride(the one
>I learned to drive in & drove throughout High School) was a '67 Plymouth
Fury VI
>P (3700
>lbs.) with a 383 big-block V8. I think my 'early-on' training with all
that pow
>er helped
>me to learn to respect that power and be better able to control it. I
quickly l
>earned
>things like 'throttle-on' oversteer at a young age and was able to more
quickly
>adapt and
>learn my driving style during my 'formative' years.
>
>OTOH, I lived out in the backwoods (2 miles to nearest highway, 11 miles of
grav
>el roads
>into school), so I learned most of my driving skills on gravel. Once you
take t
>hose to
>pavement, you are amazed at what you can do with a little traction
>:)
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