RE: import craze

["Widiker, John D" <john.widiker@xxxxxxx>]

The people around me are running low 15's with stickers and giant fart
cannons sticking out the back of their Civics. 

~John

-----Original Message-----
From: sid or kim [mailto:shollar@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 1:48 PM
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: import craze


 You haveto give credit some of there cars run low 11s or faster and still 
gat 25 plus miles per gal. What gets me where do they get there money to buy

25 to30 thousand dollar car then put all the speed parts on. We had to work 
our buts off to buy our car then save and save to make it go faster. They 
just put it on a card. I seen these guys race for up to 1000 dollars on the 
street. iguess iam just getting to old lol
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Widiker, John D" <john.widiker@xxxxxxx>
To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 1:38 PM
Subject: RE: import craze


> Where I live there is a plaza that has a local Ricer contingent, they 
> all talk smack until my buddies and I roll up. Seems that they are 
> always still testing their combos and aren't ready to race when faced 
> with real cars.
>
> My disdain for them is tempered though because I realize that when I 
> was
> 17
> I was paying the prices then for the cars they buy now. How the heck is a
> kid today supposed to buy himself a 'cuda or GTO or AMX when they all now
> cost 3 to 10 times more then they did 15 years ago? I hate their cars but 
> at
> least they are trying I guess.
>
> ~John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Blair [mailto:carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 12:55 PM
> To: amc
> Subject: Re: import craze
>
>
> A: I agree on the Pacer not being ugly (although the plastic interior 
> trim leaves something to be desired) As for outgunning the punks with 
> Rice rockets, My '73 J4000 gives them quite a surprise too. For having 
> "only" a 304 with TH400 and 33" tires with newer J20 Dana 60 full 
> float, it can still
>
> scoot! I have real fun when I put it in low range and get on it. The 
> tires both smoke in the rear (I have the part time kit in my QT) and I 
> get to 35 mph right away!
>
>
> From: "John W Rosa" <JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "AMC List" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: import craze
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 03:37:13 -0500
> Message-ID: <JLEEIKHLGPGPJKGLAPMEKEOBCLAA.JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> From: david welch <gandalf_782000@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ..a bright green 71 Jav pulled up to the
> stoplight. Then in the lane next to it pulls a late
> model Acura. The guy in the acura started reving the
> wheezing 4 banger to challenge the jav i guess. The
> guy in the jav just laughed at him, When the light was
> green they took off in a cloud of tire smoke, the
> Acura had him out of the hole, then the jav hit second
> and left the little jap car in the dust....
>
> most don't really care about AMC and just
> remembers the ugly cars like the pacer.
>
>                  Dave W.
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> Pacers are ugly? Different, yes...but ugly is
> a school-bus yellow Pontiac Aztec, or a Yugo.
>
> As for the import story, two nights ago I was
> at a light in my '95 F150 when a 2001+ Civic
> stopped along side. Now, my 10-year-old F150 is
> no powerhouse. It's got an enemic 5.0L with a
> automatic trans, 4WD, 8-foot bed, and a bed cap
> covering a plethora of construction tools and
> other gear....and both tanks were at 3/4 full.
>
> The Civic had such hi-perf stuff as a coffee-can
> muffler, 17 or 18" wheels, lots of tint and several
> nifty rice-boy stickers.
>
> Given his weight advantage and 5-speed trans, he
> should have stomped all over me.
>
> Just after the light, the two lanes merged to one.
> When the light went green, we both wanted to be in
> front by the merge. well, that little 4-banger did
> all it could to stay door-to-door with my 115k miles-
> old truck. By the merge, I simply let off as if
> neither did, we were gonna trade paint. Naturally,
> once he had the lead, he slowed to a crawl to let me
> admire his car's tail lights. After another mile, I
> got fed up and passed him illegally. His car had no
> ability to prevent it, hard as that little egg beater
> whined.
>
> And of course, once I was in front, he found a reason
> to wanna go faster now and tail gated me for miles...
> even tho I was going 20mph faster than he did when he
> was leading.
>
> Wish my 360 Hornet had been my ride that day!
>
> John W Rosa
>
>
> http://www.JavelinAMX.com
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