[s-cars] Hungover by a thread...

[qshipq at aol.com]

 Gents

I suspect we could argue ad infinitum which mistress makes our hearts pump faster, that is a choice we all try to have in life.? Thankfully that doesn't change what defines a supercar.? In my mind, research and reads, the very last thing that 'defines' a supercar, is it's looks.? Certainly if anyone attempts such talk in a room full of supercar *owners*, that offense defines just not getting it right (JNGR).? Supercar ascription rises to the top of the glass without ascribing such vanity, like a heretical ice cube in a fine single malt.



The best I've read in the last few days in context of any supercar is Mark G "try washing one".? Perfecto!? Not just the curvy body of a 911T, but any supercar mentioned, including the awkward Diablo, the long beasty hood of the viper, or the slots in a Pinnyf Testa Rossa.? After a recent stint with tweeking a 500hp full race 930T, I might add, try putting a car cover on one.? As I put my handy urq car cover over that GT3 rear wing, supercar art couldn't describe the vision better.? A few neighbors even stopped by because something in my driveway was JNR.? Quite the opposite!

Alas, I have had the privilege of driving many supercars, and those rides are firmly imprinted in my brain for everything they did to my soul.? That may be the illusion that can only be shared by perspective or ownership, thankful to have it as perspective so many times in my life.? When I stand amongst gentleman with my favorite single malt sharing those experiences, I can't imagine speaking to looks, as I never have.? Are there any Supercars I find hot to look at?? Absolutely, but that doesn't take away a damn thing from those I don't.

I don't take much personally on a forum anymore.? I only look to what would have happened in the context of sharing great stories with fine supercar owners.? "Ugly" is just out of bounds, plain and simple.?? Especially standing next to a guy that thought enough of her 'other' attributes to actually drive one as an owner.?? Equated here well...? "your wife is hot" might be tolerated, "your wife is ugly" sure wouldn't be, even amongst best of friends.

WRT deer stories, my fondest....? Ingo, Bob D and myself driving back from Monterey 99, in the brutally raw and JNeverR LT1Q.? Torsen Boy piloting route 52 thru the hills of Utah full Walter Rohrl rally style in total darkness.? At a full triple digit speed a bit sideways cresting a hill onto a ridgeline = elk!? Locked up Big Reds, down to 95, dodge left-dodge right, took left, elk went right....? Ran over the hoof with 'only' the right front tire.? Thought we had a flat, found only a perfect elk hoofprint fully imbedded into the HTRZII.? Swapped front to rear, and drove home with a persistent thump emitting from the right rear fender well.? 4 seconds of luck, and 1200 more miles reminded of it.

Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving all!

Scott J





 



-----Original Message-----

From: pkrasusky at ups.com

To: tedebearp at yahoo.com

Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com

Sent: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 8:40 am

Subject: Re: [s-cars] LAC: Bond, James Bond - JNR






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The DBS was beauteous in this regard.  Uber performance via an Uber gentleman.  

Tough combo to intertwine - and to be able to do it to those extremes is 

impressive.  An R8 is nail / head in that regard IMO.



Anywho...



-Paul





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From: Theodore Chen [mailto:tedebearp at yahoo.com]

Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 1:44 AM

To: Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK)

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Subject: Re: [s-cars] LAC: Bond, James Bond - JNR



it depends on what your priorities are.  the viper isn't about refinement at 

all.  it is, however, a very fast sports car and that's what it was designed to 

do.



with randy pobst at the wheel, the viper ACR was 5 seconds faster than the R8 at 

laguna seca, at 1:35 vs 1:40.  at that level, 5 seconds is a very long time - 

much more than at the 1:55 vs 2:00 level.  for comparison purposes, i watched 

historic GTP race cars running at laguna seca a few years ago.  the 

electramotive nissan GTP, porsche 962, silk cut jaguar, etc. were all there.  

they were running about 1:32.  to be fair, they were being driven by gentleman 

racers, not pro drivers, but for a street-legal car to be able to come anywhere 

near those cars is amazing.



i have yet to drive a ZR1, but i've driven the Z06 a number of times, and if the 

ZR1 is as much of an improvement over the Z06 as it appears to be on paper, i'd 

take that over an R8 any time.



-t.



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From: "pkrasusky at ups.com" <pkrasusky at ups.com>

To: tedebearp at yahoo.com

Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com

Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 5:39:34 AM

Subject: RE: [s-cars] LAC: Bond, James Bond - JNR





I tend to look at it from bigger picture than any absolute factor - too much 

compromise in cheaper built stuff that's too hard to ignore, 'better' rawness 

can only make up for so much.



-Paul

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