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1. What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Dave Gunter <david@cshouse.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 14:30:28 +0100
Hi there fellow pilots What do you think is the real joy of spitfire ownership, is it the sun and wind on your face, the looks of envy from the drivers of other tin cans, or the growl from the exhaus
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00155.html (7,572 bytes)

2. Re: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Flinthoof Ponypal <Flinters@picarefy.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 07:01:38 -0700
Joy is spending those four days working on changing a thermostat, knowing it should have only taken one hour, and that the entire trial was a horrible waste of time- but worth it completely because i
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00157.html (8,786 bytes)

3. RE: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Dean Dashwood <DDashwood@softwright.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 15:16:14 +0100
I think it is all of these! After all, you would not have experienced the joy you did when you got the broken bolt out of the thermostat housing, if it wasn't for the fact that now you have your new
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00158.html (8,720 bytes)

4. Re: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 07:36:05 -0700
< snip > ** (all the following with tongue fully in cheek, of course) Maybe it's been way too long since I've driven a "real" Spitfire with it's roarty 1147 or even roarty-er 1296 (of which the 70 w
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00160.html (8,644 bytes)

5. RE: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 09:55:26 -0500
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! < snip > ** (all the following with tongue fully in cheek, of course) Maybe
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00161.html (9,151 bytes)

6. Re: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Susan Hensley <susan@bearcom.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 10:33:30 -0500
Hi Spittoons! (Oh -- maybe not the most appropriate form of address... Elliott growls upon lower-level acceleration, even with his whopping 43 hp at the rear wheels (dyno-tested -- it's true!). Of co
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00162.html (9,731 bytes)

7. Re: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Bill Gunshannon <bill@cs.uofs.edu>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 12:04:40 -0400 (EDT)
According to Craig Smith: 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 pu
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00163.html (8,371 bytes)

8. Re: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 09:22:01 -0700
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
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00165.html (9,205 bytes)

9. Re: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Reed Mideke <rmideke@interbase.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 09:40:08 -0700
Well I for one enjoy setting of car alarms as I drive by... ;-) Thats in the Z 'though. All the joy in my spitfire is cutting, welding and hammering. Q: How fast does a 10,000rpm grinder cut meat ? A
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00167.html (9,085 bytes)

10. RE: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 12:01:17 -0500
Harley's, Ferraris, NASCAR, CART, INDY, Porsche, BMW all at high RPM are not a Caddy at idle. According to Craig Smith: Why do Americans equate noise with performance?? The two are not directly propo
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00170.html (9,039 bytes)

11. Re: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:26:52 -0700
Only 5000 RPM's? When I start Nigel, all the car alarms go off-like an accompanying choir!
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00173.html (10,562 bytes)

12. Fw: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:45:44 -0700
Oops, that should have read-"As much as 5000..."?-sorry, Laura G. and Nigel -- Original Message -- From: Laura Gharazeddine <Laura.G@141.com> To: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>; 'Barry Schwartz' <bsch
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00176.html (11,260 bytes)

13. Re: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: "Kirby T. Kenyon" <ktkenyon@borg.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 14:17:56 -0400
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 n
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00177.html (10,334 bytes)

14. RE: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: "Simmons, Reid W" <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 11:22:12 -0700
Speaking of "Caddies", guess who is going big time racing... Cadillac! I've seen their Le Mans entry for next year... it looks, well, interesting. A Cadillac prototype race car, somehow that just doe
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00178.html (10,197 bytes)

15. RE: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 13:37:50 -0500
I saw that too. It sorta kinda looked like the FLYING Mercedes. Speaking of "Caddies", guess who is going big time racing... Cadillac! I've seen their Le Mans entry for next year... it looks, well, i
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00179.html (10,378 bytes)

16. RE: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 14:46:46 -0400 ()
Well, it HAS been about 50 years since Cadillac last appeared there (courtesy Briggs Cunningham). There was a Caddy with an aerodymanic body, a near-stock Coupe de Ville, and a Cad-powered Allard. Al
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00180.html (9,637 bytes)

17. Re: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 11:52:27 -0700
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 an
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00181.html (11,180 bytes)

18. Re: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Kma4444@aol.com
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 14:56:11 EDT
Well it will have a Caddy engine sorta, the car will be a Riley and Scott and GM will be developing the drivetrain and calling it a Cadillac.
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00182.html (8,201 bytes)

19. RE: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 14:06:46 -0500
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 !
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00183.html (11,575 bytes)

20. Re: What is joy (score: 1)
Author: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 12:27:09 -0700
Exactly-on the Spit Joy subject-as Seinfeld said-he'd rather go 30mph on a Vespa than 120 on a race track because it's all about the illusion of speed and the feeling of wind in the face... Didn't kn
/html/spitfires/1999-07/msg00185.html (10,825 bytes)


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