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Subject: my turn/intro/soap box
From: PLETCH5@aol.com
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 20:20:38 EDT
Hi all,

Stats
Name: Ken Pletcher
Car:69 2000 enginless and modified
married: 14 years to Susan
Kids:2 Carlee (6), Jared (4)
Age:35
Home:Pleasanton,CA
Occupation:BMW service manager-started life as a Technician for MBZ and moved 
up


  I have been on the list for about 4+ years now, I really feel like I know a 
lot of you even though I have not met you. When I first got started with my 
car I didn't know about this list or how fanatical some of you are (he he). 
The first people I met were Michael (Calspeed),Fred (Katman), and Van (Van) 
and I couldn't believe how nice they were and that there were people that 
lived in my area that were also interested in the these cars. I attended as 
many fun runs as possible and expanded my roadster use to autocrosses and 
actual track time (Laguna Seca, Sears Point and Thunderhill). In that time I 
also bought a red 1600 for my wife because she really enjoyed the people in 
the BADROC group. Things went a little sour after that, she didn't have time 
to learn how to drive the stick shift,there was a bunch of petty bickering on 
this list and I couldn't take both my kids in my car without a fight. Soooo, 
I sold the red car and decided to sell DATSTER. Then there was an e-mail sent 
by a roadster owner after Solvang 02 that made me remember what it was like 
the first time I saw more than 1 roadster in a month (it was beautifully 
written and I saved it for some time). Luckily DATSTER didn't sell, now I'm 
doing an engine swap just to keep me working on it and keeping me interested 
on it (hope to be done by Shasta). Well, if you have kept reading down to 
this point you deserve a medal because I have bored myself. Anyway, I have 
learned a lot from this list and I don't just mean about our cars. I hope to 
continue going to events and someday taking my wife and kids to meet my 
roadster family.


Ken
DATSTER  

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