Just a follow up to your thought on the usual negative comments...I'm going
to use the opposite strategy on 'em. Say nothing but positive things about
my Spit to 'em...even when I'm left high and dry. Probably drive 'em crazy.
Terry
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> From: Laura.G@141.com[SMTP:Laura.G@141.com]
> Reply To: Laura.G@141.com
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 12:52 PM
> To: RC1NUKE@aol.com; sharpc@interaxs.net; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Invisible ink?
>
>
> Yesterday, at the auto parts place to buy oil, an older gentleman asked me
> about my spit-never had a British car before, 39 year old son was just
> killed in a motorcycle accident, and really starting to appreciate how
> short
> life is...thought the Spit was the best looking car he'd seen in ages and
> wanted to know all about it-'cause he's gonna start livin'!
>
> Nigel was all proud and everything-until 3:15 am whilst I was driving home
> from a date in Long Beach down PCH and a horrible noise came from his
> "belly"-the weld on the exhaust failed. Took forever to get a tow truck as
> they were busy towing cop cars-and then we had to stop and get gas! While
> my-ahem- "chauffeur" was filling up, I went in for a bottle of water and
> met
> an older gentleman who asked me about the car "wouldn't start, eh?" He has
> a
> Morgan, but his daughter had a Spit-and of course there were all the
> negative things said (I wish they wouldn't say these things where Nigel
> can
> hear!) about his daughter's Spit never starting and electrical
> problems...yada...yada...yada.
>
> Got home by 4:30 and into bed by 5am-watched the begining of the
> sunrise-thanks to my trusting Spitfire!
>
> Laura G. (Ready to pass out-and still have to remove the offending piece
> and
> take the car to the muffler shop.)
>
> Oh, actually, the car isn't too much louder with the pipe broken! Sounds
> like it did back when I first got it-before I had a resonator put on it to
> tone it down!
>
> Vita brevis est: rapide agite, vigore strigate!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <RC1NUKE@aol.com>
> To: <sharpc@interaxs.net>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 8:23 AM
> Subject: Re: Invisible ink?
>
>
> >
> > The only people that ask about my Spit are other Spit owners and early
> > teenage girls that yell at me when I drive by.
>
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