[Shotimes] picked a losing fight

[Dave Pillsbury]

Ron you just keep smoking those young punks asses! See and you guys 
thought Ron was just combative here. He's combative everywhere gotta 
love his consistancy!
Dave

Ron Porter wrote:

>C'mon Paul, that's a ridiculous comparison. Those 10 SHOs still couldn't top
>the M3.
>
>And, for the price of a used SHO (to continue the stupid comparison), you
>could buy an older Z28 or Mustang GT that will also whomp a SHO.
>
>Let's play. Sa you had $60K burning a hole in your pocket. Would you buy 10
>used SHOs or a new M3.
>
>FWIW, here's the poll I started on the Legacy Forum. Look at the
>demographics. Young folks go with the best bang for the buck, and they ain't
>buying used SHOs:
>
>http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12935
>
>Ron Porter
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul L Fisher [mailto:sho@paul-fisher.com] 
>Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 12:55 PM
>To: 'Ron Porter'; '`V6 SHOtimes'
>Subject: RE: [Shotimes] picked a losing fight
>
>The one thing the SHO has over the M3, you can buy 10 or more SHO's for the
>price of a new M3.
>
>
>Paul L Fisher
>
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of Ron Porter
>Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 3:21 PM
>To: '`V6 SHOtimes'
>Subject: RE: [Shotimes] picked a losing fight
>
>It weighs the same as a SHO (3,400 #s or so), and has 333 HP. 13.3s or so in
>the 1/4 with the manual tranny.
>
>He was playing with you....they will clean your clock!!
>
>Ron Porter
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>On Behalf Of Jason Hartberger
>Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 4:05 PM
>To: `V6 SHOtimes
>Subject: [Shotimes] picked a losing fight
>
>So yesterday I'm driving up Taylor road (for those of you who know the 
>HR area) and what passes by me but a blood red M3 convertible. It's only 
>going slightly faster than me so I step on it a little to pass it 
>again.. so it gets about 50 feet behind me and this guy floors the 
>throttle. Well, folks, if there's one car you don't want to race in a 
>SHO and expect to beat, it's an M3. I kept up with it after I turned my 
>AC off but I highly suspect he wasn't using more than half throttle 
>based on how the engine sounded... so I change lanes (swerve, really) 
>going about 60 to get around this slow truck and I'm just behind it but 
>my right-hand turn is coming up REALLY fast so I do another swerve at 
>about 70 this time, smashing my poor wife's head against the window, and 
>gave not only the tires but the brakes a workout as I slammed to a halt 
>at the light. The lady behind me in the truck wasn't impressed but the 
>guy driving the M3 sure was. It's nice to see people with cars that go 
>fast using them... and he obviously knew enough about SHOs if he tried 
>to race me! Most fun I've had in a while.
>
>How much HP do M3s have, anyway? it was a recent one, either this model 
>year or last.
>
>Oh, and my wife wasn't seriously injured :P