Way back...sorry about this, a friend of mine, a dentist, had spent his army
time in Germany, and bought a GT40 and brought it home with him. He gave me
a ride in it on Foothill Rd (much more fun then than now) and I was blown
away.
Turns out he used it most every day, and left it parked on the street. One
day, a lady parked behind him, forgot to set the hand brake, and her car
smushed the car's aluminum.
It took 6 months to get it repaired and he sold it shortly thereafter.
When asked how he got it insured in the first place (I had a devil of a time
getting the 7 insured), he said, "I told them it was a 2-door Ford!"
--Pat K
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>From: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
>To: "'james creasy'" <Black94PGT@pacbell.net>, "'Allendorfer, Peter'"
<Peter@regionofdoom.com>, "'Pat Kelly '" <lollipop487@attbi.com>, "''John F.
Kelly Jr.' '" <76067.1750@compuserve.com>, "''John J. Stimson-III' '"
<john@harlie.idsfa.net>
>Cc: "''BayArea Team.Net' '" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: Lotus
>Date: Thu, May 30, 2002, 10:59 AM
>
> A "real" GT-40 or the new one with the 5.4 liter DOHC engine?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: james creasy [mailto:Black94PGT@pacbell.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 10:54
>> To: Michael R. Clements; 'Allendorfer, Peter'; 'Pat Kelly ';
>> ''John F. Kelly Jr.' '; ''John J. Stimson-III' '
>> Cc: ''BayArea Team.Net' '
>> Subject: Re: Lotus
>>
>>
>> best sounding car ive heard was in a video of a GT40 taking
>> off from the pits. mine sounded better before i put the
>> exhaust inserts in. they make it kind of wheezy sounding.
>>
>> -james c
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
>> To: "'Allendorfer, Peter'" <Peter@regionofdoom.com>; "'Pat
>> Kelly '" <lollipop487@attbi.com>; "''John F. Kelly Jr.' '"
>> <76067.1750@compuserve.com>; "''John J. Stimson-III' '"
>> <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
>> Cc: "''BayArea Team.Net' '" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 10:14 AM
>> Subject: RE: Lotus
>>
>>
>> > I admit I'm biased, but I think my Panoz sounds way better
>> than a 360
>> > Modena.
>> >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
>> > > [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Allendorfer,
>> > > Peter
>> > > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 09:53
>> > > To: 'Pat Kelly '; 'Michael R. Clements '; ''John F. Kelly
>> > > Jr.' '; ''John J. Stimson-III' '
>> > > Cc: ''BayArea Team.Net' '
>> > > Subject: RE: Lotus
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > It's not the smell, it's the sound. The ferrari sound engineer
>> > > must get paid in gold bullion. It's the only explination of the
>> > > exhaust sound.
>> > >
>> > > -Peter
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Pat Kelly
>> > > To: Michael R. Clements; 'John F. Kelly Jr.'; 'John J.
>> Stimson-III'
>> > > Cc: 'BayArea Team.Net'
>> > > Sent: 5/30/02 9:28 AM
>> > > Subject: Re: Lotus
>> > >
>> > > But, but, the leather smells so great! :)
>> > > --Pat K
>> > >
>> > > ----------
>> > > >From: "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com>
>> > > >To: "'John F. Kelly Jr.'" <76067.1750@compuserve.com>, "'John J.
>> > > Stimson-III'"
>> > > <john@harlie.idsfa.net>
>> > > >Cc: "'BayArea Team.Net'" <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>> > > >Subject: RE: Lotus
>> > > >Date: Thu, May 30, 2002, 9:09 AM
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > > Does a 3,000 lb. Ferrari actually outcorner a 1,500 lb. Elise?
>> > > > I'll
>> > > bet
>> > > > the Elise actually runs circles around any Ferrari on a tight
>> > > course...
>> > > >
>> > > > Most magazines have a strongly pro-Ferrari bias. I've
>> > > driven Ferraris
>> > > > owned by a couple friends of mine and was underwhelmed.
>> > > They were nice
>> > > > cars, with handling and acceleration similar to a 3rd
>> > > generation RX-7.
>> > > > All the hype from everything I'd read about Ferraris had me
>> > > expecting
>> > > > more.
>> > > >
>> > > >> -----Original Message-----
>> > > >> From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
>> > > >> [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of John
>> > > F. Kelly Jr.
>> > > >> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 08:39
>> > > >> To: John F. Kelly Jr.; John J. Stimson-III
>> > > >> Cc: BayArea Team.Net
>> > > >> Subject: Re: Lotus
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> -------------------- Begin Original Message
>> --------------------
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Message text written by "John J. Stimson-III"
>> > > >>
>> > > >> "The Esprit certainly is not. However, the Elise and its
>> > > >> variants sold by Lotus can only be registered for the street by
>> > > dodging around
>> > > >> the laws. I guess that is what Scot probably meant. "
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> -------------------- End Original Message --------------------
>> > > >>
>> > > >> I think you're correct. But a "gray market" I'm more
>> familar with
>> > > >> concerns cameras purchased overseas and for which the
>> > > >> manufacturer will not honor any warranties.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> In the Elise's case, the sale is direct from the
>> > > manufacturer. Their
>> > > >> web page is pretty specific that you can't drive it on the
>> > > >> street. Oh, BTW, did you see the June issue of Road &
>> Track which
>> > > ranks the
>> > > >> Elise second only to a Ferrari as a good handling car?
>> > > >>
>> > > >> --John Kelly
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