[DeTomaso] Is there a Speed Shop in Las Vegas?

[David in Durango]

Ah, city boys . . . .


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From: "michael at michaelshortt.com" <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
To: <scottcouchman at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Pantera Forum" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Is there a Speed Shop in Las Vegas?


> Yeah, that valley is a LOT BIGGER than it looks, on one of my first visits
> to LV when I was younger, dumber and didn't know about calling ahead for
> town cars that are $5 more than taxis, I landed at McCarin and saw my 
> hotel
> sticking up and took a look at the really loooooooooooooooong taxi line 
> and
> since it was a quick trip for one night and I only had a small carry on, I
> thought WTF, I'll walk over there.
>
> What a stupid move that was, the only reason it looks close was because it
> was so freaking big and the valley puts everything out of scale.
>
> I have no idea how far it is from side to side, but ever since then I've
> made a habit out of guessing distances relative to the view, for instance 
> I
> had an appt in Salt Lake City, another city in a valley, obviously 
> longways,
> it's a big place but side ways, maybe you think, not so far, you
> can"clearly" see the sides, trees, houses, etc.  Try 45 minutes to drive 
> it
> from base to base. sideways. From the Mormon Monument "You can see it from
> here" to the other end of the valley looks like 1oo miles, I bet it is 
> even
> more.
> We don't have places like that on the east coast, if it looks close over
> here, it is, if it looks far away, usually you are surprised how close it
> actually might be.
>
> Michael in Savannah
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Scott Couchman 
> <scottcouchman at yahoo.com>wrote:
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>> There was one about 2 years ago because I was stuck there and needed a 
>> new
>> clutch cable assembly for my Fox Mustang. All I can remember is it was on
>> the west side of Las Vegas.....check yellow pages. I was told it was the
>> ONLY ONE in LV and I cost me $45 taxi ride to get there!
>>
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