DeTomaso Mailing List: August 98, Message #20

Man I hope you posted this to the Vette' list.  : )

Asa Jay


Dennis Antenucci wrote:
> 
> Yo My Peeps,
> After a few weeks of down time I got the Pantera back on the road again.
> Today was my first real shake down cruise.
> 
> I got up at 5AM, grabbed a cup of joe and headed down the great Pacific
> Coast Highway a half hour later. As I headed down PCH I couldn't help
> but smile at how perfect everything felt. The new 3-way adjustable
> shocks, springs and delrin bushings felt very serious. Not bone jarring
> or harsh like my brothers vette - just very firm and serious. It felt
> great and I looked forward to a cruise similar to the one CurtT,
> CrazyDave, Chainsaw and the boys made on Wednesday. Heading south on PCH
> past Newport Beach, Laguna Beach and up through the Laguna Canyon road
> and back again to Huntington Beach. About a one hour cruise with no
> stops or racing.
> 
> Now at 5:30AM about the only cars you see are working delivering
> newspapers or doing the same thing as me - going for a  cruise or
> looking for a street race. I wasn't looking for a race and hadn't driven
> a mile when this white slant nose Porsche with Biff with the long
> streaming blonde hair rolls along side. Ten years ago I might have given
> him his daddy's money worth but today I decided to just blow him off and
> continue cruising along the ocean at a leisurely 50 mph.
> 
> A little while later a guy on a Harley Buell pulled along side and gave
> me a thumbs up. I'd seen this guy in the past on PCH and I waved back
> and we cruised along together side by side for about 5 minutes until yet
> another Porsche appeared, drove up behind him and blipped it's throttle.
> He pulled right and the guy in the red Porsche Carrera pulled even with
> me. I looked over at him and grinned! Quess that scared the sh** right
> outta him because he quickly looked away and went after the Buell with a
> vengeance. I am like in this buda-zen like mind set. You know the
> feeling. . .no woman, no kids, no problem!
> 
> I was just about ready to pat myself on the back for outstanding
> maturity in the face of adversity when this brand new
> still-got-the-dealer-plate Corvette convertible pulls up so close behind
> me that he must of thought he was Dale Eanrhart. He's got his top down
> but his windows up!!! Oh man, here I was minding my own business, trying
> to be at peace just taking a early morning cruise and this FU**KING
> dweeb with more money then brains has got to bring out my bad side and I
> haven't even had breakfast yet. I waved him around me and when he pulled
> along side I blew him a kiss. Quess that disturbed him because he gave
> me the one-fingered salute and kicked the new Vette down a gear and went
> by me like I was standing still. I couldn't hear his car but he was
> moving, probably going 90-100 mph. I hadn't driven another 10 minutes
> and as I pulled into Laguna Beach I see the all too familiar blue and
> red lights of a Laguna Beach patrol car. Sitting in front of it was the
> new Vette. Ahhhhhh, vengeance is mine! I downshifted to a crawl and
> drove by flashing the lights. Need any help officer!
> True Story! Don't speed through either Newport or Laguna Beach
> If it gets any better then that I don't want to know about it! <grin>
> http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/garage/3632

-- 
Asa Jay Laughton
On my way to ownership
http://www.concentric.net/~Asajay/purchase.shtml