[Shotimes] UPDATE: Another SHO bites the BIG ONE

[Erik]

What's your new ride?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shea Tisdale" <shea@sheatisdale.com>
To: "'Al Fitz'" <alfitz@alfitz.com>
Cc: "'_SHOtimes'" <Shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 9:02 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] UPDATE: Another SHO bites the BIG ONE


> Well, my SHO has helped me avoid many accidents due to its' superior
> handling.  Although, my new ride is far superior to even my SHO in most
> all aspects...unless you count trunk space or rear seat space...  
> 
> So I have to agree with you that any "normal" vehicle would have
> probably resulted in a far worse situation.  Maybe you should get the
> big-brake upgrade on the next SHO...help slow the vehicle down even
> more.
> 
> Just glad he's okay.  
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Al Fitz
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 11:03 AM
> To: Shea Tisdale
> Cc: _SHOtimes
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] UPDATE: Another SHO bites the BIG ONE
> 
> You may be right, but so far the Taurus SHO has saved his ass nicely. If
> it
> where an import, I don't believe he would have survived.
> 
> 
> Al Fitz
> alfitz@alfitz.com
> SHO Parts at
> http://www.alfitz.com/sho
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shea Tisdale" <shea@sheatisdale.com>
> To: "'Al Fitz'" <alfitz@alfitz.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 6:29 PM
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] UPDATE: Another SHO bites the BIG ONE
> 
> 
> > I'm glad your son is okay.  That car is really messed up and he's very
> > lucky.
> >
> > No disrespect intended, but are you sure you want to get him a third
> > SHO?  I mean, perhaps a Hummer, an Abrams tank or something might be a
> > better choice.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> > > On Behalf Of Al Fitz
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 6:30 AM
> > > To: TechSHO@topica.com; _SHOtimes
> > > Subject: [Shotimes] UPDATE: Another SHO bites the BIG ONE
> > >
> > > Below is the link to pictures of my Son's SHO after a HARD tree hit.
> > This
> > > is
> > > the second SHO he has broken, the first was a 60 MPH Angus Bull hit
> > which
> > > he
> > > sustained no more than a face full of cow shit, although the car was
> > > totaled
> > > and the bull was thrown 25 feet.
> > >
> > > In this case, he suffered a shattered leg and remains hospitalized.
> > The
> > > pictures really don't show the damage as clearly as I'd hoped they
> > would.
> > > For
> > > instance it doesn't show the engine where it came through the
> firewall
> > and
> > > crushed his leg. It also doesn't sho the front impact where the SHO
> > went
> > > up
> > > the tree at a 45 degree angle. He was removed from the car through
> the
> > > left
> > > rear passenger window. The right door was ripped off at impact. The
> > > headlights
> > > were ripped from the header panel and were found 50 feet away. The
> > front
> > > of
> > > the sub frame is pushed back about 1 foot to the rear of the
> firewall.
> > The
> > > intake is visible on the floor in the front seat. The rear seat has
> a
> > huge
> > > bulge in it where his tool box in the trunk came forward on impact.
> > >
> > > This was an extremely hard hit.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.alfitz.com/sho/103003-sam/template-car.htm
> > >
> > >
> > > Al Fitz
> > > alfitz@alfitz.com
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