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Re: Street Prepared Streetability

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Subject: Re: Street Prepared Streetability
From: Mike Taylor <miket@interaccess.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 17:50:45 -0500
Kevin Wenzel wrote:
I think the  2nd place ESP car was driven from Arizona (I saw it in the
parking lot of the hotel and it wasn't on a trailer).  I would say that
a majority of the latest generation ESP Camaros  at Nationals are very
streetable - many of them are most likely daily drivers.  Last year my
ESP Grand Am was driven to/from  Nationals from Chicago (1200 miles
total), but I trailered it this year for convenience.

-- 
Mike Taylor
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Lane/5887



> At 9:58 AM -0400 9/21/99, dg50@daimlerchrysler.com wrote:
> 
> >This is another one of those urban myths. I can, off the top of my head, 
>think
> >of at least 5 top SP cars that see regualar street use, including at least 3
> >daily commuters.
> 
> It's not exactly an urban myth, nor is it an unqualified truth.
> There are plenty of streetable SP cars that are capable of trophying
> at Nationals - however, the majority of "top" SP cars are not
> *reasonably* streetable, for both suspension and emissions-related
> reasons.
> 
> If I could get my SRF over the dang curb, I bet I could drive it to
> 7-11 and back (6-pack strapped to the roll hoop?)... but I still
> wouldn't call it streetable.
> 
> Kevin Y. Wenzel
> kwenzel@privateI.com
> Director of Network Operations, privateI, LLC
> http://www.privateI.com/

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