RE: I feel the need.... the need for speed!!!

["Dan Sinclair" <sinclair@prospro.com>]

>Looking for 300 next!
>Peter B.
>1990 200TQ - 10V - Stock for now.
>(No - none of them were mine)


Note to self - never lend a car to Peter Berrevoets... :)

-Dan Sinclair

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> [mailto:owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net]On Behalf Of Peter Berrevoets
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 4:01 PM
> To: Quattro List
> Subject: I feel the need.... the need for speed!!!
>
>
> Having absolutely no fear of death... (just dying slowly) I have most
> enjoyed life at the edge of automotive performance.
>
> Three moments in particular stand out in the quest for speed and the rush
> that follows...
>
> Late 70's - '66 426 Hemi-Charger - 60 mph - hit the "pedal to the metal" -
> smoke and a chirp as the rear end breaks loose - hooks up - and then slams
> me back into the seat on the way to 120mph!
>
> Late 80's - '89 Porsche 911 Carrera - late at night - brand new stretch of
> open hi-way no-one around - slow buildup to 245 kph.  What a rush!!
>
> Last August - '93 BMW M5 - Last of the hand built in-line sixes -
> 3am - well
> lit hi-way no-one around - at 160 kph foot to the floor - pulls
> like freight
> train until the rev limiter cuts in at an indicated 265 kph.
> Can't describe
> that feeling.
>
> Looking for 300 next!
>
> Peter B.
> 1990 200TQ - 10V - Stock for now.
>
> (No - none of them were mine)
>