OK, this really sucks

[Lloyd McClelland]

Funny but I think my Vanagon camper with auto trans is faster from stoplight
to the other side of a intersection than the '88 80Q or the 90 CQ ( unless
you really torture the clutch) I like telling people yup the vanagon the
fast one... Lloyd in Eureka, Calif
-----Original Message-----
From: David Head <v8q at bellsouth.net>
To: agaidos at got.net <agaidos at got.net>
Cc: Audi 20V <audi20v at rennlist.org>; quattro at audifans.com
<quattro at audifans.com>
Date: Thursday, November 14, 2002 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: OK, this really sucks


>Hate to tell you this, but with 200hp and nearly the same weight my 98 4.3
V6
>Blazer would stick with you too... Wheelspin would probably get me though.
Don't
>tangle with a dorF Lightning - them's 390 rarin' horsies...
>
>agaidos at got.net wrote:
>
>>  So I'm at a metering light waiting to get on th freeway. For those that
don't
>> know a metering light is a form of social engineering. Anyway in the lane
next
>> to me is a guy in Chevy pickup truck. I'm not paying any attention to him
>> because I'm watching my light and counting to 8 (they were timed to 8
seconds
>> this morning).
>>  So at 7 I've brought my rpm up to 2500 and at the count of 8 I'm gone.
Well
>> guess what? So is this guy in the Chevy! I figure no prob. 7200-shift.
He's
>> still right next to me. 7200 shift to 3rd and he's still right next to
me. Two
>> lanes merging into one, coming up on 7200 he is still right next to me
and not
>> backing off. I lift just before I go to 4th because it didn't look like
I'd
>> make the lane without being an asshole. I am already completely
embarassed that
>> some pickup truck is neck and neck with my 90q20v and that I have to
lift.
>>  BUT! to throw salt in the wound this asshole jams on his brakes as I
slide in
>> behind him forcing my to quickly dive for the left lane. There was no one
in
>> front of him! He was just being an asshole.
>>  I'm thinking if some 2001 model year 3/4 ton chevy pickup truck can beat
my
>> 90q20v I need a new car.
>>
>> -=-=-=-
>>
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