My Sympathies Daniel.
We won't hold against you, but can we mark it on our calendars and
perhaps send you a reminder or 2 next year on the anniversary??
Larry
On Oct 5, 2003, at 7:58 AM, Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> An idle moment while Sunday lunch is cooking. It finally happened -
> I got
> overtaken while driving my Sprite. Well to be honest it has happened
> once
> before but not this year and not when I was really trying.
>
> Yup, an old Red Lancia Integrale - the one that looks like a rally car
> with
> ugly fat arches and was the homologation special for the really rally
> car that
> dominated world rallying for 3 years. I guess it was turboed and 4WD
> but
> can't be sure and if standard good for 180bhp+ . Not sure if it was
> left hand
> drive or not. Also had a passenger in the car to really rub things in.
>
> I guessed he/she was quick because as I pulled up to a set of traffic
> lights
> before turning right to get on the motorway it was in mirrors from
> no-where.
> With a passenger in the car I didn't think he would go for the bait
> and I
> think I surprised him when I opened up the car on the slip road (you
> call it the
> ramp?) passed 3 slower cars and got into 2nd. He was there then big in
> my
> mirror and not getting either bigger or smaller so I moved over to let
> him pass
> which did take him a fraction longer than I expected - I think maybe
> he had to
> shift - possibly 3rd gear for him, and then he was past.
>
> Course I got past him twice again later in traffic due to nifty lane
> selection and stayed with him later which was a struggle for the
> Sprite but I guess he
> wasn't trying that hard since we only got up to about 90mph.
>
> Daniel1312
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macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
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Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
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