[Shotimes] Pontiac unveils SHO successor?

[Rick Glass]

The GenIII does not have the auto brake release feature.
I miss that feature more than the rotating headrest or dual visors.

Rick Glass
   Nashville, TN
   SESHOC
'99 Silver 60k (still adding up)
   Flowmaster 40's
   no "pre-muff"/resonator
   WELDED (Kirk's 432nd, 8-31-04)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Hartberger" <at3hartberger@mail.com>
To: "Rick Glass" <rick@pitroadproducts.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>;
"'V8List SHO'" <v8sho@v8sho.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Pontiac unveils SHO successor?


> on the ATX, it has that handy little automatic release while you're in
> drive... it's really great cos I can use it just like a hand brake... it
> doesn't engage or anything.
>
> Jason
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rick Glass" <rick@pitroadproducts.com>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>; "'V8List SHO'" <v8sho@v8sho.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 7:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Pontiac unveils SHO successor?
>
>
> >I use the e-brake when conditions require rear steering.....
> > I really wish the SHO had a hand brake, but with a little experience,
the
> > foot brake isn't too bad...
> > just a b!t#h to release in a slide.
> >
> > Rick Glass
> >   Nashville, TN
> >   SESHOC
> > '99 Silver 60k (still adding up)
> >   Flowmaster 40's
> >   no "pre-muff"/resonator
> >   WELDED (Kirk's 432nd, 8-31-04)
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Paul Nimz" <pnimz@v8sho.com>
> > To: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>;
> > "'V8List SHO'" <v8sho@v8sho.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 12:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Pontiac unveils SHO successor?
> >
> >
> >> My SHO with winter tires is the best car I have ever driven deep snow
or
> > on
> >> ice.  I did not have any winter tires for my RWD cars so I guess I am
not
> > so
> >> sure of this.  But with the FWD and the awareness that the front can't
do
> >> two things well it pulls through the snow tremendously.  I do miss the
> > rear
> >> end steering that can be had on the RWDs.
> >>
> >> I also don't live on a dirt road.....
> >>
> >> Paul Nimz
> >> '97 TR
> >> '93 EG mtx
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
> >> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>; "'V8List SHO'" <v8sho@v8sho.com>
> >> Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 10:57 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Pontiac unveils SHO successor?
> >>
> >>
> >> > Like I said, I have had both, and RWD, even with winter tires still
> > won't
> >> > take you through snow as well as FWD.  The right tires make a HUGE
> >> > difference in compentency in any vehicle, but especially RWD.  My
> > Mustang
> >> > with two winter tires on the back would go real well, but it wouldn't
> >> > turn. With four winter tires, it would have been a lot better. But my
> > SHO
> >> > or any FWD with the same two winter tires (this tim on the front)
will
> > go
> >> > AND turn better than the RWD Stang (or other RWD cars).  With Four
> > winter
> >> > tires, a FWD SHO becomes the equal of snow plows in many ways!
> >> >
> >> > There is a reason there is no such thing as a rear drive horse drawn
> >> > vehicle.  :)  The advantage of the "emissions" being in back beside,
> > LOL,
> >> > you just can't PUSH something through muck (snow/mud) as efficiently
as
> >> > you can pull it.
> >> >
> >> > That, flat out, is why FWD outperforms RWD in those situations.
> >> >
> >> > Oh, and you correctly brought up a fun point that with FWD you can
> > "test"
> >> > for ice/slick conditions easily without spinning out.  I have been
> >> > doing
> >> > that for years.
> >> >
> >> > Don Mallinson
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Ron Porter wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> As I mentioned earlier, when my wife & I were living in Chicago, we
> >> >> replaced
> >> >> the useless Eagle GTs on her '89 GT 5.0 5-speed (and those tires
were
> >> >> even
> >> >> bad in the wet in summer) with some good all-season tires, and that
> >> >> car
> >> >> was
> >> >> as good in the winter as the SHO.
> >> >>
> >> >> Years ago, I believe that much of the issue with RWD in winter were
> >> >> the
> >> >> generally crappy tires available back then.
> >> >>
> >> >> Ron Porter
> >> >>
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: Donald Mallinson [mailto:dmall@mwonline.net] Sent: Saturday,
> >> >> October 30, 2004 11:08 PM
> >> >> To: shotimes@autox.team.net; V8List SHO
> >> >> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Pontiac unveils SHO successor?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> My Mustang without real winter tires was positively helpless in
> > anything
> >> >> over a dusting of snow.  EVERY FWD car I have had, including the MTX
> > SHO
> >> >> is a huge leap forward in traction in those conditions.
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