All right Paul! Way to go!
When I lived in Italy, I used to regularly beat the local Ferrari owner in
my stock (!) spitty -Arthur!
My lesson? The bigger the toys, the harder they fall?
Laura G.
----- Original Message -----
From: wizardz <wizardz@maxinter.net>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: Nitrous Oxide
>
> Reid hit it right on the nail head...
> 23+ years ago growing up all my friends were into big
> muscle cars and use to kid me a lot about my 'wimpy 94 cubic inches'
> .... that was until a 427 SS 'maro lost his pink slip to me on a ten
> mile race home! He was nearly a mile ahead of me
> until we hit the back roads. I passed him on the inside
> of a hairpin at nearly 50mph when he was doing 35 with his tires
> squealing and smoking.
>
> I did sell it back to him... made him stand up in a busy pizza parlor
> and announce (yell out ) his ignorance to all the other motor head jocks.
>
> He also lost his girl friend to me that evening :-)
>
>
> Paul Tegler
> OBie - '73 BGT - Daily Driver
http://www.teglerizer.com/mgstuff/ob_description.htm
> Rat -'80 Spitfire - fledgling recently left the nest
http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/spit80.htm
> Punkin' - '78 Spitfire - in Superb Shape!
http://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/spit78.htm
> Lil' Greenee - '73 RWA Midget - finally home
http://www.teglerizer.com/midgetstuff/index.html
> email: wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simmons, Reid W <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
> To: 'Joe Curry' <spitlist@gte.net>; Laura Gharazeddine <Laura.G@141.com>
> Cc: Patrick Bowen <pabowen@mediaone.net>; spitfires@autox.team.net
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, January 06, 2000 1:10 PM
> Subject: RE: Nitrous Oxide
>
>
>
> Of course all the HP and good handling in the world is wasted unless the
> driver knows what he/she is doing. I've got a lot of "notches on my dash"
> representing cars I have gobbled up with my Spitfire on "twisty, turny
> roads", and this includes a lot of Porsches, BMWs, and Corvettes whose
> yuppie-like drivers had no clue as to what they were doing behind the
wheel.
> (One hapless 'vette pilot nearly spit his car in two when a tree jumped
out
> in front of him.) In a straight line I would be hesitant to race anything
> much faster than a 90 year old in a wheel chair, but throw in a lot of
> twists and turns and I'll get 'em every time.
>
> Reid
> '79 Spitfire (original owner)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@gte.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 9:02 PM
> To: Laura Gharazeddine
> Cc: Patrick Bowen; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Nitrous Oxide
>
>
>
>
>
> Laura Gharazeddine wrote:
>
> > Absolutely right, Patrick!
> >
> > Oh, and btw-Nigel and I stomp on our fair share-
> >
> > Can't wait for the new MR2 convertible-less hp than my Spit-
> > We're going to have a GOOD time with them!!!
> >
> > Laura G. and Nigel (both grinning wickedly!)
>
> Laura, I hate to burst your bubble, but the latest edition of Motor
> Trend says the New MR2 has 138 HP at 6400 rpm and weight a mere 2200
> pounds. True, a bit more than the Spit but with the twin cams, 16
> valves and Sequential EFI, I wouldn't be putting any large sums on Nigel
> being able to out perform it (Unless of course you have recently
> installed a bottle of laughing gas recently)
>
> regards,
> Joe
>
>
>
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
>
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