The "What will she do?" followed by "Prove it!" is very strong in most
teenage guys. I remember doing a few VERY stupid things with the
family car when I was 16: Burying the speedometer needle late one
evening with a couple of buddies. The car was a 1965 Pontiac Catalina
w/389 and Rochester 4bbl, popsitraction, and heavy duty suspension,
but was fitted with SNOW TIRES at the time. Speedo was the top
"slice" of the dashboard and read 0 -120, but to bury the needle, you
needed to hit over 130. Well, it did it, and then some, but we
started getting some vibrations and I quickly backed off and took it
real easy on the way home. The next day I checked the tires and the
tread on the rears (snow tires, remember) had started to delaminate.
Knowing what I do now about speed rated tires, I consider that I used
up most of my luck that night.
Keep on Tigering!
Jim Sencindiver
B382100451/TAC 448
http://www.tigersunited.com/car_show/sencindiver_j/default.asp
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:19:49 EST, CoolVT@aol.com <CoolVT@aol.com> wrote:
> On the subject of young drivers and fast cars......... The local newspaper
> today, Vermont, has story on a 15 year old being charged with manslaughter
>for
> the death of his two friends..16 and 17 year olds.
> Seems the 15 year old's mother, a prominent attorney, bought the kid a sports
> car last year when he was 14...brand of car not mentioned. He had been
> bragging to his friends that the car had 330 HP and could do 155 mph. Well,
> apparently he tried to prove it to them...left the highway at high speed and
>ran into
> some cliffs. The driver had a seat belt on and somehow survived. The 2
> friends didn't. To me they should be charging the mother and not the son.
>Can
> you imagine, this for a 14 year old? And we think Tigers can be dangerous:-)
> Mark L.
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