[DeTomaso] Is A Pantera On The Freeway An Idiot Magnet?
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jim at mannion.info
Mon Feb 18 17:42:18 EST 2008
As marginal as my memory is, that reminded me of an incident back in 1973
when I was on the PA turnpike with my first Pantera (#1753 may it rest in
peace). I was going west somewhere between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, all
alone on a long straight stretch when I saw a large sedan in my rear view
mirror coming up rapidly on me. I could tell it wasn't LE and I was going
about 80 so I just kept my speed. The car gets up on my bumper to about 20
feet from me just staring at the car. Its an older gentleman (I'm probably
that age now) with what appeared to be his wife. He's annoying me being that
close and not passing so I slow down and he slows down, So I begin to
accelerate and he follows. I can see his wife yelling at him and shaking a
finger (couldn't identify which one) at him. So pretty soon, I'm at about
110 and he's right on me. Still nobody else on our side of the 4 lane so I
hit the pedal and quickly got to 130+ and I look in the rearview mirror and
see his car with smoke coming out of the front grill and it pulling over to
the side. If only cell phones with movie recorders in them had been invented
back then. I thought about stopping to help for about a nanosecond but kept
on going.
Jim
PCAR #5726
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jar" <dimewagon at verizon.net>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 4:21 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Is A Pantera On The Freeway An Idiot Magnet?
> Hey guys--
>
> Have you noticed (of course you must have) that whenever you get out on
> the
> freeways in your Pantera there suddenly appears race car drivers from all
> sides wanting a piece of you? New Mustangs, beat-up IROC Camaros,
> low-buck
> rice-fueled Japanese drifters, 80's Corvettes, hopped-up lowered F-150's,
> Nissan Super Z's etc. etc. (it's never Porsches or Ferraris or anything
> like that is it?)
>
> There you are, calmly, politely doing 80 - 90, not bothering anybody and
> all
> of a sudden some crazy bastard pulls up next to you and darts in and out
> of
> surrounding cars to keep pace, then pulls away hitting about 110+ and then
> slows back down beside you as if to say "Come on, Mr. Hotshot Pantera!
> Show
> me what you got!" You ignore him, he keeps pace again for a bit then
> vrroooomm!! off he goes again, thinking he is on a race track, scaring the
> crap out of everbody else on the freeway. And sometimes there's more than
> one.
>
> (When I say 80 - 90, that's at 7:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning and most
> certainly I do not swerve dangerously around cars, threading needles to do
> it. So, you know it's not the pot here calling the kettle black.)
>
> But damn, these guys can be annoying! Because you know, I'd like to show
> them what I've got....but the freeway just ain't the place.
>
>
>
>
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