[V8] a long drive in the V8

[Brian K. Ullrich]

Second.

-----Original Message-----
From: Seamus O'Carey [mailto:cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:01 PM
To: v8
Subject: Re: [V8] a long drive in the V8

The question is: did the Coors get to its destination?  XD

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Dave Head <v8q at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> The town of Eloy (junction of I 10 and I 8 outside of Tucson has been a
> speed trap since the 60s. I had a cop chase me out of there in the mid
> 70s when I was driving to Tucson in my Firebird. He sucked a valve
> trying to catch me (to tell me I had a tail light out). When his buddies
> caught up with me around Picacho Peak they were not amused. I had been
> doing a steady buck and a quarter - looked in the rear view mirror and
> saw lights getting closer...
>
> Karl Middlebrooks wrote:
> > First, thanks to the couple of folks, who have offered me a replacement
> set of rings for the trunk of my '93. I've been off the air for a while,
and
> will follow up on those emails shortly.
> >
> > I'm finally back in West Texas after driving the '93 down from Oregon
> over the last 3 days. I was pretty well-behaved and didn't show flagrant
> disregard for speed limits too frequently, though I'd forgotten that in
> highway driving, I really have to watch my speed while driving the V8 or
> I'll wind up doing 90 without really realizing it. The drive was really
> enjoyable, and I was pleasantly surprised at the gas mileage I got on the
> highway; uphill in mountainous regions wasn't great, but I didn't slow to
a
> crawl while climbing mountains like most folks, so I was happy.
> >
> > I was thankful for clear weather; my current set of Yokohama tires is
not
> made for snow and ice, and I'm happy to have the V8 around here. I have
> clients in a few surrounding towns and look forward to being able to do
some
> serious highway driving with it. I hadn't made the drive from Oregon to
> Texas in a V8 before, and it was an extremely comfortable ride. A few
> oddball thoughts from the trip:
> >
> > 1) Arizona apparently has a statewide exhibition of their pothole
> collection going on right now. It's pretty fantastic.
> > 2) Screw you, Nevada, for stepping down speed limits from 70 directly to
> 45 when approaching towns that barely merit being on a map.
> > 3) I don't even want to know if the Clown Motel in Tonopah, NV has
> clown-themed rooms. I'm not ever, ever, ever staying there.
> > 4) A brothel based out of a maroon-colored double-wide mobile home
> doesn't do anything for me.
> > 5) I actually saw a place called S-Mart. I did not stop to ask if anyone
> named Ash worked there, or if they sell boomsticks.
> > 6) Dunno what was going on, but I will never speed on I-10 between
> Phoenix and Tuscon. I lost count of cop cars after around 20 or so.
> > 7) El Paso is eventually going to devour all of West Texas and some of
> Eastern New Mexico.
> > 8) If you're moving faster than me, I'll gladly move out of your way as
> soon as I can. However, tailgating me will neither encourage me to go
faster
> nor move out of your way immediately. It might encourage me to drive right
> next to a semi for a long while until you decide to drop back at least far
> enough that you can read my license plate again.
> > 9) Yes, it's an Audi. No, I don't mean that it's an A8; I know damn good
> and well the model name of my own car. And yes, of course, it has a V8
> engine in it.
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