[DeTomaso] a road trip

[Will Kooiman]

I don't think the NASCAR/Indy reference works.  They need to relax their
driving muscles (brains, arms, legs, eyes, etc.).

I do computer work for a living.  I am not a computer nerd.  When I leave
work, the last thing I want to think of is playing on a computer.

Besides, after driving for hours on a race track, they're probably dangerous
on the road.  I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.  After leaving the
go kart track, I have this strong urge to spin slow drivers out.  Can you
imagine driving down a crowded road with Dale Earnhardt behind you?  (I
know, he is no longer with us, but he personified aggressive driving.) 

I agree, though, that it isn't fun to drive 2400 miles on the Interstate in
a boring car.  That's why I always seek the highways.  It isn't much slower,
but it's a LOT more enjoyable.

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Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:42 AM
To: David in Durango
Cc: panteras
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] a road trip

While I think this subject has about run it's course, I would add that
"Grand Touring" is one thing, 4 separate 600 mile days of driving to/from
reaching a destination where additional driving is the entertainment is not
by any definition "Grand Touring"

It is simply a means to get there. By this same insane reasoning, all
NASCAR, INDY and F! drivers should leave their jets at home and drive to
every racetrack.

Michael

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:13 AM, David in Durango <adin at frontier.net>wrote:

> Maybe I should write a long treatise on the joys of a road trip.  Nah.
>
> Tony Harvey. (Tony, as I remember, would drive take his Pantera out for a
> 3-4000 mile joyride on the way to the yearly convention.)
>
> "Grand Touring"
>
> I remember complaining A LOT about driving the Pantera (same as my Tiger,
> but worse in this respect) and the attention it draws.  People asking
> questions and telling stories, "how fast does it go?" questions, etc.
Then
> I realized the joy folks got seeing the car ON THE ROAD.  Me, too.
>
> Everyone has their own value system, I guess . . . . .
>
>
> "And you get 4 days of your life back."
>
> David in Durango
> Pantera, take it out and play with it.
>
>
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