Mhmmmmm, well written my friend. Worth the quotes page if I must say.
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:29:58 -0600, Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Consider my friend the Italian tuneup. This week I've been driving my
190D like I stole it, 45 miles each way to work and home. 4th gear and
65-80 miles an hour the whole way. Its become my mission to keep the
tachometer above 3000rpm as much as possible. Around town I find myself
staying in second with the engine roaring, people watch as I roar by.
Highway intersects are a trip, the 3500 rpm run down I 495 before
merging onto RT 2 is my favorite. It seems like the highspeed run works
to loosen the carbon and the downshift into 3rd and subsequent 4000rpm
merge onto the smaller highway expels it from the engine. I merge onto
RT 2 in a glorious cloud.
Unfortunately no one else appreciates my friend. They see the clouds
and thats all they see. They don't know that each morning my car starts
a little easier than it did just a month ago. They don't see the fuel
mileage creeping ever higher. How could they know that the engine is
quieter now than 3,000 miles ago when I bought it? All they hear is the
roar. All I hear is music.
Consider the heavily made up woman in the Honda next to me. To her a
car is mere transportation, a means to go from one place in her dull
little life to another. I consider my car a member of my family to be
cared for and cared about. I am now forever spoiled and will never again
willingly own a dull car.
-Curt
'85 190D "Dory" 236kmi
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Luther KB5QHU
Alma, Ark
'83 300SD (231,xxx kmi)
'82 300CD (159,xxx kmi)
'82 300D (74,000 kmi) needs MAJOR work
