looked like.
larry
At 01:14 PM 12/28/2003, you wrote:
>When I was a teenager (late 60's) and the Shelby 500KR came out, people
>couldn't believe how hot it was.
>
>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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