[Shotimes] End links

[Ron Porter]

That was two vehicles ago!! He got the Lemon Law on the first Land Rover
(the small one...whatever that is). He now has the bigger Land Rover model.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul L Fisher [mailto:sho@paul-fisher.com] 
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 3:17 AM
To: Ron Porter
Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] End links


He got rid of the S2K for a Land Rover?  He is good at getting people to buy
stuff back though.

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, '96 brake upgrade, Proportioning valve plugs, 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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: "'Steve Tatro'" <stevetatro@netzero.com>
Cc: <niks@dialnetwork.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:54 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] End links


> 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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