I'm ditching the 2L

[pilotlars at yahoo.com (Lars Bruchmann)]

a friend in aviano, italy had an early 80s suburban..
that was fun to drive and park.  the roads were as
wide as this beast was
--- Brian McGarvey <brianm@earendel.org> wrote:

> 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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> the
> >>>>>> engine sing...
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