I like to be out on a little run in the "HOOD", I don't have a tag yet, and
pull into the garage and give it a little juice just to let the whole house
know I'm home. Scares the hell out of the cat !
-----Original Message-----
From: Laura.G@141.com [mailto:Laura.G@141.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 1:52 PM
To: Kirby T. Kenyon; spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: What is joy
I, too love the sound of my Monzas-and they always get attention when the
car is parked too!
I love to go through tunnels-shift into neutral and rev the engine! My ex
always gets a really big grin and almost squeals with delight!
Laura G. and Nigel
----- Original Message -----
From: Kirby T. Kenyon <ktkenyon@borg.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: What is joy
>
> Joe, I second the motion!!!! I love the sound of my Monza exhaust.
>
> It's better than music on the NYS Thruway at 70+ (won't say how much +
> though).
>
> Plus it causes people to notice that you are right next to them. Wonder
> how many times I've avoided a potential swerve-to-avoid-an-idiot move
> because of the Monza sound? A great safety feature!!! ;-}
>
> At 09:22 AM 7/7/99 -0700, Joe Curry wrote:
> >
> >Bill,
> >One man's headache is another man's passion.
> >
> >Personally, I like the roar of the Monza exhaust note. And to a certain
> >extent, there is a correlation between noise and power. Less
> >restrictive exhaust systems produce a measure of additional power at the
> >expense of "quiet". But note, I was careful to say the magic words, "to
> >a certain extent" and "a measure of". 8^)
> >
> >Joe
> >
> >Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> >>
> >> According to Craig Smith:
> >> >
> >> > Put a set of Monza's on it !
> >> > They will trumpet !
> >> > I can wake up the whole neighborhood at about 5,000 RPM's
> >> > I just love it!
> >> >
> >>
> >> Why do Americans equate noise with performance?? The two are
> >> not directly proportional. I am looking forward to getting
> >> rid of the JC Whitney exhaust some idiot before me put on my
> >> Spitfire and returning it to stock. Should eliminate one
> >> source of (literal) headaches.
> >>
> >> bill
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three
wolves
> >> bill@cs.uofs.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
> >> University of Scranton |
> >> Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include <std.disclaimer.h>
> >
> >--
> >"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> > -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
> >
> >
>
> Kirby T. Kenyon
> ktkenyon@notnow.com
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