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Re: RE: How can a "spirited driving challenge" be lost in third

To: "Richard Cottingham" <richardc@PinchinLeBlanc.com>,
Subject: Re: RE: How can a "spirited driving challenge" be lost in third
From: Greg Dito <dito9561@bellsouth.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 9:54:37 -0400
Don't forget that those little rice rockets can be pushed to 500+ hp!  Not to 
say that there are many of these "life shorter than a mayfly" grenades flying 
about.  But they can be easily bumped up to 250+ hp with no major engine work 
needed!  Kind of humbling until one realizes what 35 years of technological 
advances have done to the automobile.  I work with a fellow who does Toyotas 
and he has a four banger that runs 11.9 seconds in the 1/4 mile, with nitrous 
of course.  Yowza!  I do not delude myself to think that I belong with the fast 
and the furious, otherwise I will most probably find myself with the stupid and 
the dead!

Greg
CD6250L

> 
> From: "Richard Cottingham" <richardc@PinchinLeBlanc.com>
> Date: 2003/09/09 Tue AM 08:12:52 EDT
> To: "'Sally or Dick Taylor'" <tr6taylor@webtv.net>,  <Gameparker@cs.com>
> CC: <6pack@autox.team.net>
> Subject: RE: How can a "spirited driving challenge" be lost in third 
>   gear???
> 
> I personally prefer to exploit the mystique and illusion of power that
> the TR6 is blessed with.  I frequently see two schools of thought among
> those that don't know the car:  those in Cavaliers that think the car is
> similar in performance to their Dad's - gulp - MGB (bye, bye, bucko) and
> the other school which thinks it might have exotic car stats (I let that
> fester).  I don't like to meddle with the illusion, so I wouldn't take a
> chance at a stoplight beside an Si.  Yikes, don't some of those things
> make 160 hp in stock form?  The only drag race I've been in was with
> another 6 with similar engine modifications (and an owner who is
> probably reading this).  Otherwise, I sit at the lights with a
> self-satisfied, yet hopefully intimidating,  grin on my face.  Rarely do
> I get a challenge from a Honda (see mystique and illusion above) so I
> figure I win by default.
> 
> Having said that, if an MGB pulls up beside me, that's a different
> story. 
> 
> Rich C.        

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