Re: God bless Mustangs

["Alex Ting" <alex@millenniumsolutions.net>]

congratulations!

any time a veedubber takes out a piece of
American iron, I applaud the driver loudly
(not like it's a mean feat in the twisties)

Although I am sorta surprised you were stopping
for gas before he was......


Alex Ting
Millennium Solutions Group, Inc.
8303 Sierra College Blvd., Suite 150
Granite Bay, CA 95746

Phone: 888-801-2001 or 916-797-9998
Fax: 916-797-9997
Email: alex@millenniumsolutions.net



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> From: Michael Helms <tudor@tvo.org>
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: God bless Mustangs
> Date: Thursday, October 01, 1998 9:22 PM
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> What a fun night.  I was out enjoying the sound of my new exhaust, on a
> particularly twisty section of road near the town/city I live in ...
> anyways, I found myself next to a typical late 80's 5.0 at a set of
> lights.  I don't tend to pull much ego with these guys, 'cause I know
I'll
> get my ass smoked ... but he must have thought I wanted to race, 'cause
he
> started to gun his engine.  Being the idiot I am, I figured, what the
hell
> ... 
> 
> ... so we were off.  Of course, he put on a large smoke show, while I
> judiciously applied power to maintain the adhesion limits of my tires. 
He
> wasn't out in front of me for all that long, when we started back into
the
> twisties.  Being the guy I am, I really started driving my car ... now, I
> know this road, and I know the limits of my car quite well, and I guess
> Mr. Mustang didn't, 'cause I started to tighten the gap between our cars
> ... in one fewl swoop, I was past him, and as the twisties got twistier,
I
> got further ahead.
> 
> At the next set of lights, I decided it was time for gas.  No sooner did
I
> have gas pump in hand, did Mr. Mustang pull in.  I didn't know what kind
> of confrontation this would be, so I just acted cool.  Here's a snippet
of
> dialogue that took place.
> 
> Neanderthol: (looking over my badgeless car) Hey, uh, what kind of car is
> this.
> 
> Mike: Volkswagen Scirocco.
> 
> Neanderthol: (looking a bit indignant) My buddy used to have a Rabbit, uh
> ... like, does this thing have a small block?  (looking at the low
> hoodline at this point).
> 
> Mike: Naah, I've got a one point eight with a racing header and overhead
> cam.
> 
> Neanderthol: Fuck, man.  (gets down on his knees and looks under front
> faring)
> 
> Mike: Oh, it's got a racing suspension, too.  And tires.
> 
> Neanderthol: (unintelligible grunts, and an indignant return to his
> Mustang, which he lights up in a smoke show that fails to draw the
> slightest bit of attention from me)
> 
> God bless America.
> 
> -- Michael Helms
> 
> '81 Scirocco - the fixer-upper
> '86 Scirocco - the daily driver
> 
> Web Site:  http://www.continuum.org/helms
> 
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