I'm ditching the 2L

[brianm at earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

It was, but this car was anything but standard..
as the Germans said Grosse auto..
My dad said..
nicht kliene auto..
hee..
The dodge van .. Grosse Auto




On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Lars Bruchmann wrote:

> yeah, the 2.3 was standard, i thought it was a 4 cyl,
> like in my merkur... it had some power, but the bulk
> and lack of aerodynamics would limit the speed, i
> though.  or, rather, i hoped!
> --- Brian McGarvey <brianm@earendel.org> wrote:
>
>> It had a 2.3 Tag on the back, but had a pretty big
>> V6 under the hood...
>> This was after my brother drove it @ 260 kph for
>> about 2 hrs.. then it
>> would only do 220..
>> :-O
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Lars Bruchmann wrote:
>>
>>> what in the name of zeus's butthole did they do to
>>> that granada's engine?!?!?!!  my uncle had one, a
>> very
>>> nice (yeah, right) beige kombi (station wagen).
>> it
>>> was a tank!!!!  i dont think it went more than 90
>> with
>>> a tailwind.  i'd give it a wide berth on the
>> autobahn.
>>> it's got the aerodynamics of a curio cabinet!!!
>> were
>>> you dropped from a cargo plane and bailed out of
>> the
>>> car in a parachute to make it go that fast???
>>> heeheehee.
>>> --- Brian McGarvey <brianm@earendel.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Fastest Ive gone
>>>> 225kph 136mph in a German Ford Granada
>>>> 125 in a Porsche 924
>>>> 148mph on a VFR750F :-O .. thats damn fast...
>>>> Brian..
>>>> 95.5 in a quarter mile..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Lars Bruchmann wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> fastest i've gone:  122 mph in my golf gti, 153
>>>> mph in
>>>>> a porsche turbo (as a passenger in the back
>> seat),
>>>> 175
>>>>> mph in a B747 at take-off.
>>>>> --- David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There is quite a bit on conjecture over how
>> fast
>>>> he
>>>>>> is -actually- going...  However, anyway you
>> slice
>>>>>> it, he has to be going at least 160 mph, and
>> that
>>>> is
>>>>>> indeed impressive...  I personally plan to
>> never
>>>> go
>>>>>> over 150...  :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: Brian McGarvey <brianm@earendel.org>
>>>>>>> Date: 2004/11/13 Sat AM 12:54:33 EST
>>>>>>> To: Scourge <scourge@cogeco.ca>
>>>>>>> CC: Rocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: I'm ditching the 2L
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> whoo hoo baby..
>>>>>>> 309kph..
>>>>>>> 192mph in a mk1...
>>>>>> iiiiinnnnnnssssssaaaaaannnnneeeeee...
>>>>>>> I think there are some folks out ther
>> wondering
>>>>>> now..
>>>>>>> its 22M...
>>>>>>> but damn...
>>>>>>> watch the shift light bouncing...
>>>>>>> blink blink  blink... aaaaahhhhhh blink
>>>>>> bli-bli-bli-- dammit shift.
>>>>>>> hehe
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Scourge wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't care how happy I am with my
>> motor.....I
>>>>>> want what this guy has!!!!!!
>>>>>>>> http://smokeblunts.net/iso.wmv
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -George(green with envy)
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Chrome may make it bling, but it don't make the
>>>>>> engine sing...
>>>>>>
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