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[Ron Porter]

He then got the Lemon Law on that first Land Rover (forget the model), and
he now has another Land Rover model....the bigger one (I forget the
models....Discovery, Freelander, whatever).

The basic fact is.....don't ever by a vehicle that June has owned!!

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Steve Tatro
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:40 PM
To: Kirk.doucette@verizon.net
Cc: niks@dialnetwork.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] End links


He wasn't racing anyone.  We were driving a bit spiritedly through an
s-curve, me in my buddy's '96, in front of June in his '99, in front of a
'95 ATX.  There were flurries, but there was no accumulation on the road.

June lost the back end, couldn't get it corrected, and plowed through a
split-rail fence.  The guy in the '95 ATX shat himself as he also lost
control (although I think he front-end plowed) and ended up on the opposite
side of the road.

FYI, June went from the '99 TR SHO to a brand new Crown Vic.  He sold that
to his dad and bought a '95 MTX (which wasn't the nicest example of one).
He then graduated to a brand new Cobra, which he considered to be a lemon
after having a couple of annoying problems.  So he traded that in on a brand
new Lightning.  He decided he was tired of driving an automatic, so he
traded the Lightning in on the S2000.  After owning that and realizing he
didn't fit inside very well, he traded it in on a Land Rover (the little
one).

I haven't heard from him in quite some time, although I think he still posts
on the S2KI board once in awhile.

Shame to see a wooden split-rail fence cause $15k in damage to a beautiful
SHO valued at only $15k.

If anyone wants to see one of the pictures of the aftermath of this
incident, here you go:

http://mediaservice.photoisland.com/auction/Dec/200312192395837637478368.jpg

I've never felt so sick as when I went back and saw how close that wooden
rail was to taking off his head.  Easily within inches, as it grazed the
side of his headrest before it shot through the back windshield.

Bad day for a 20-year old kid.  Friends don't let friends buy 29mm RSB's ;^)

Later,

Steve Tatro
Red/Black '93 with 173k miles
Cincinnati, Ohio




-- "Kirk  Doucette" <Kirk.doucette@verizon.net> wrote:
Racing a BMW m3

Kirk J Doucette
NESHOC President
Stormtrooper-97 White

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Paul Nimz
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:11 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] End links

Also during the first snow of the year IIRC.

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk Doucette" <Kirk.doucette@verizon.net>
To: "Paul L Fisher" <sho@paul-fisher.com>; "Ron Porter"
<ronporter@prodigy.net>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 9:55 AM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] End links


> June Han
>
> Kirk J Doucette
> NESHOC President
> Stormtrooper-97 White
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Paul L Fisher
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 9:37 AM
> To: Ron Porter
> Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] End links
>
> I thought that was the 29 mm one. What was that guys name who then bought
a
> Crown Vic and then a Lightning and then an S2000?
> --
>
> Paul L Fisher
> '93 Ford Taurus SHO Crimson Clearcoat ATX 180K Build date 11/18/1992
> - K&N Panel filter, Tokico Struts, Eibach Springs, Dynomax cat-back,
Holley
> 190lph fuel pump, FPS rebuilt ATX, 26mm rear sway bar, Performance-Plus
> Stainless Steel Y-pipe, Delrin sub-frame bushings, Amsoil Series 2000
0W-30
> oil, Amsoil Synthetic ATF.
>
> SHO Club member http://www.shoclub.com/
> Check out my web site http://www.paul-fisher.com/
> Amsoil dealer http://www.paul-fisher.com/oil.htm
>
>
>
> Quoting Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net>:
>
> > Yeah, but that was from a bunch of clueless people who are no longer on
> the
> > list due to crashing their SHOs ass-end first.
> >
> > No, I'm not really kidding!!
> >
> > In my arrogant-and-never-humble opinion, suspension suggestions from
folks
> > who have never done a road course are worth what you paid for them....
> >
> > A good driver can make a stock SHO with stock tires handle very well.
> > Changes can help that driver to do things better. The original '89 & '90
> > SHO
> > came with the 24/26 bars, are the later (slightly stiffer) models had
> > lesser
> > bars, but the handling was not appreciably diminished.
> >
> > FWIW, my current '94 had the stock 24/23 bars on it. I installed the
26mm
> > rear bar before the Convention. The street "feel" was NO different. The
AL
> > SFBs I had installed a few weeks earlier felt better, and the Yoko ES100
> > tires & the new alignment felt MUCH better....and this was before the
26mm
> > bar was installed.
> >
> > Ron Porter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of van Oss
> > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 7:48 PM
> > To: Mike Kopstain; Kirk Doucette; shotimes@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] End links
> >
> >
> > That's interesting.  When I first joined the list a few years back, it
> > seemed the wide opinion was that the first mod (after airbox cone)
should
> > be
> > 26mm rear bar.
> >
> > VO
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > Sure, if you toss the 26 on a car with a small front
> > sway var and no other suspension mods, it might make it a little tail
> > happy,
> > but on the same token, if you're the type of person that's going to put
> > that
> > bar on an otherwise stock car, you might have bigger problems to be
> > concerned about.
> > ~ Mike
> > Midwest SHO
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