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From: olds@ihlpa.UUCP (Mondeville)
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Subject: Re: Mustangs and GTIs (and a longer story)
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Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 17:17:32 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 25 17:17:32 1986
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> >I honked and waved and I have been laughing ever since.  
> >
> >		SOMETIMES THE NICE GUY WINS,
> >
> >				Tom Hill
> 
> 
> Secondly, I must say that the GTI drivers who have been posting have been very,
> well no, make that unbelievably mild in their defenses.  On the other hand,
> this seems to be raising great consternation among my fellow cubic-inches 
> fanatics, and I think I'll leave it at that.
> 
> Mustang drivers in general, or about the mentality of high-school evening
> road-cruisers.  It is, however, amusing to bait them and haul them out onto
> that twisty road that You know like the back of your hand.  So far I haven't
> been as lucky; they just give up after the hard right on Glen Rd. 


     Yes,I found this amusing too,baiting an inexperienced young driver and
    having having the nerve to say the nice guy wins,AHHH..HA HA HA HA HA HA
    HA HA HA HA......,wins???? HA HA HA whew,that was worth a good laugh.It's
    interesting to see how some people "win" their driving challenges on this 
    net.    
         O.K. all you road warriors out in net land,how about some postings
    on some REAL challenges,races,etc you've had lately,and I don't mean
    beating some high school kid because he was silly enough to race in the 
    rain and slide off the road.Let's get some excitement on the net again,


      I will of course start.My two best races lately have been with an '85
    mustang GT,and a '77 Trans-Am.first, the mustang.
      I have a friend here at the labs,and he owns a '85 mustang GT.This has
    been the only new car I've been in that really impressed me.Seeing that
    we both like a REAL challenge,when ever we run into each other on the 
    road..it's racing time.Now I'd like to say that my car isn't exactly stock;
    under the hood pontiac 4bbl 400 V8,headers dual exhaust,Edelbrock performer
    intake manifold,hi-po ram air hi-po rear gearing so if you can't tell,my
    car flies(The point of this is to show some people what REAL horsepower  
    and racing really is).Once we cleared traffic it was flat out time
    He had a jump on me so I had to make up a car,which I did and we then ran a 
    tie.We hit another stretch and took off at the same time.I put a car and a 
    half on him and held it for the length we raced,about 3 miles until we hit
    more traffic.Oh,top speed was 135mph on the straights(I can see alot of 
    people in net land cringing now).The T A was even more fun,a tie,so we had
    to out drive each other.I won't go into detail on this part because most 
    will think I'm a madman(if not already)if they knew what I mean't by all
    out driving;but you musclecar and GT drivers know don't you????
      It's intersting to note that most of wabbit,bmw,etc..,owners get bold in 
    the rain,thats when they want to drive fast and race,because they can come     
    off the line with their foot on the floor and not spin their tires,even on
    wet ground HEEEE HEEEE HEEE,thats when they win (those "nice guys" like
    Tom).I'm being nice in this posting so I won't pick on the "nice guys".
    I can't help but wonder though,is honking and laughing at novice drivers
    after they've spun out a real challenge???,does that really make you  
    "nice guys"feel good????


     Max??,can you hear me Max??


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