DeTomaso Mailing List: March 2001, Message #21

Soemone asked me:

>I see you picked up the Lightning.  What do you think?

My reply?

Uhhhh.... Let's see now...

Fast!
Rocket ship!
Incredible!
Cool!
Tooling down the street and nail it and you _squirt_ past everyone!
Smokes the tires off the light without even trying.
Absolutely smoked a Mustang GT just for grins
Wife hates it. Not practical.
Don't care! It's cool!
Lots of positive comments from everyone.
Supercharger whine is great, but unobtrusive
They've quieted the cabin a lot!
Neat features: Expedition mirrors with turn signal blinky thingies, 
high end stereo with 6 CD changer, leather/cloth SVT seats, neato 
white gauges with boost gauge, exhaust note is just right; neat 
rumble, but not too loud
Much better looking than the 99's and 00's IMHO
Wheels are nicer and 18". Real macho looking with 295 F1's on them
Crystal lens lights on both ends
Rocket ship! Oh... I said that already...
Rumbles along in overdrive at 40 mph just itching to go, but very, 
very tractable.
Extreme care is needed when pushing accelerator pedal to floor (as my 
wife noted when she smoked the tires leaving the driveway...)

I'll probably get used to it...

:-))))))))

Pantera content? It's going to pull a trailer with my Pantera on it.

;-)

Kirby



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Kirby Schrader                       schrader@ev1.net
                                    
'71 Pantera #1661            
'78 Longchamp GTS #3001 (for sale)
'96 Mustang GT  The wife's car
'97 Mustang Cobra  Son's car
'01 Lightning

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