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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