[DeTomaso] Longchamp listed on eBay

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Mikael,

What an excellent report from the track. Thanks for sharing!

Impressed, Chuck Engles


---- Mikael <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk> wrote:
> Yep, it's not a Pantera, but. J
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> At this year's Spa Italia I had to leave the Pantera at home with a dropped
> valve, so I drove there in the 'Champ. I had booked track time, which I
> probably wouldn't have done, if I had known I wouldn't be driving the
> Pantera. Didn't want to act as a rolling chicane for the exotics. But when
> getting on the track, I was positively surprised. Mike's right about the
> weight, I probably had the heaviest car out there. And I was on 10 year's
> old orig size tires, 215/70, probably the highest profile out there. And I'm
> definitely not high on driver talent. Despite all that I found myself
> overtaking maybe 20 cars, multiple Alfas, one Ferrari (I braked later, got
> first into the turn, then he overtook me on the following straight, then I
> outbraked him again), and yes also two careful Panteras. In the end I
> reached the pace car, when looking as if I could overtake him, they gestured
> wildly at me, so I had to settle for being first in the field.
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> I'm fully aware that the Longchamp isn't superior at the track to Panteras
> and Ferraris, the drivers were careful, but bottom line is that the
> Longchamp is a fantastic GT that's not embarrassing to take to track. BTW, I
> was comfortable doing it, in white Alcantara and A/C on. J
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> I would like some more power, and the car could handle it, don't we always?
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> Mikael
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> Fra: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com]
> Sendt: 9. november 2011 01:16
> Til: mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk; davel at emspace.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Emne: Re: [DeTomaso] Longchamp listed on eBay
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> In a message dated 11/8/11 5 29 1, mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk writes:
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> BTW, if you consider buying this car, do it. Best handling sedan I've driven
> (beware that VIN above 3000 drive the best), fantastic sound, fabulous value
> for money. Maybe I should buy one more...?
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> I got to drive Roland Jackel's car (the prototype for the Longchamp GTS
> series) last year; what a delightful cruiser! It's got dynamite brakes and
> very sure-footed handling, but you can feel its "road-hugging weight" (They
> weigh something like 4200 pounds full of gas, they are VERY substantial
> little cars). It's not a hair-on-fire exotic, but it's a great continent
> crusher/cruiser, and it has the proper 351C attitude when you boot the
> throttle....
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> Mike
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