BTW at the time Carroll Shelby owned the Ford dealership at South Lake Tahoe IIRC.
-Ben
>Don't know about that. One the drive back yesterday, I was passed by a
>Shelby Cobra GT. I was doing about 90 at the time and this thing passed me
>by as if I were standing still.
>
>It would probably blow your doors off if you tried to outrun it.
>
>larry
>
>At 11:55 PM 12/27/2003, you wrote:
>>Dewd screw that. You have to drive the thing not her. Let her
>>go buy your truck and you get the stang. Better yet go buy an
>>SRT-4.
>>
>>I'll still smoke you without some more mods :)
>>
>>I just ordered some today :)
>>
>>Tim
>>
>>---------- Original Message
>>----------------------------------
>>From: Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 23:42:53 -0500
>>
>> >I pulled a boner today.
>> >
>> >I'm in the market for a new vehicle, since the truck that I'm
>>driving,
>> >while good looking and well running, has 173,000 miles on
>>it. It's a
>> >1995 Chevy Silverado, 4x4. My fiancee loves the thing,
>>thinks it's the
>> >manliest truck on this earth. For the record, she's 23, I'm 31,
>>we
>> >don't live together, and she's never had a FT job before since
>>she just
>> >graduated Grad School with an MBA. She's a lovely girl, just a
>>little
>> >idealistic sometimes due to youth.
>> >
>> >So I go out today, just browsing and this car catches my eye
>>- it' s a
>> >2001 Mustang GT. Worse yet, it's a Mustang GT Bullitt - a
>>Steve
>> >McQueen style race car. So I test drive it, am unnaturally
>>scared to
>> >death of it, and then buy it. I figure since it's only got
>>38,000 on
>> >the odometer, that it will get getter mileage than the giant
>>truck, and
>> >that she also has a Mustang that this will resonant well with
>>the
>> >fiancee.
>> >
>> >Anyway, I proceed to call her after I buy it and she starts
>>crying
>> >because I got rid of the truck. She's a bit emotional too
>>sometimes.
>> >Please don't get the wrong idea, she's great, but emotional
>>about
>> >things sometimes.
>> >
>> >Let me tell you a little bit more about the car - it's
>>unbelievably
>> >fast. I don't know the stats, but the car has some sort of
>>mod chip in
>> >it that pushes it to 305 HP. It's a five speed ass haulin' trip
>>to the
>> >hospital then to jail for wreckless driving. I admit that I'm a
>>freak
>> >for speed sometimes. This is without doubt the fastest car
>>I've ever
>> >been in. Anyway, it's a cool little thing with all of the bells
>>and
>> >whistles.
>> >
>> >We're not going to have any children soon, so that not an
>>issue, but
>> >she did say that she thought I was going to get something
>>more "yuppie"
>> >- like an SUV or BMW or something like that.
>> >
>> >Anyway, that's the boner. I think I'm going to take the car
>>back
>> >tomorrow morning and get the truck back. Any comments
>>from my friends
>> >on the list?
>> >
>> >- Matt Small
>> >
>> >
>>
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