that gave me a chuckle --- Kaleb C. Striplin Cox Auto Trader 730 FSBO Supervisor
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rusty Cullens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Decent 6.9 in Atlanta (now GTO) >I will tell a very true but long GTO story. I had a 1968 4 speed GTO > Convertible, no power steering or brakes. I was a freshman at Young Harris > College in the mountains of North Georgia. 2nd night there I took 3 other > guys I had known for 2 whole days out for a ride. Well, we were going 70 > MPH > on a road I had never driven and I decided to step on the gas.....bad > idea. > We went to 90 MPH faster than you can say oh ----. Best of all the road > bent > 90 degrees. Well, I am still here today, and so are my 3 ex friends but > let > me tell you, what a ride! we flew off a ledge about 7 to 8 feet high, > right > into a small corn field and bounced about 10 times without flipping (the > top > was down). As came to a stop, we got out and surveyed the situation. No > way > to drive up an 8 foot embankment, so we walked through the field until we > saw a driveway about 100 yards away. I ran back to the car and drove it to > the driveway smashing corn the entire time. Pulled back onto the road, > drove > back to school at 35 MPH and took stock when we got back. There was Silver > Queen everywhere it could be in the suspension. I went back the next day > to > survey the scene and there was this little old farmer standing in the > field > scratching his head wondering what type of UFO landed in his corn! It was > hoot. But the 3 guys never rode with me again, I wonder why? > > > Rusty Cullens > BuyMBparts, Inc. > Tel 1-800-741-5252 > Fax 770-454-9745 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert & Tara Ludwick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 8:27 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Decent 6.9 in Atlanta > > >> Not a bad looking car, but that silly little story included from the >> star is pure fiction. Anyone who's ever owned a '68 GTO ( present >> company included ) knows that 120 is just a nice mild cruising speed, >> those beasts don't even start breathing hard till around 180...that's >> when it's time to use the last third of the gas pedal travel. We used to >> have a lot of fun with that car out on a dry lake. 220mph+ is an >> interesting feeling :-) >> If they passed a GTO at 120 it's because the guy in the goat didn't >> care, not because the 6.9 is some super car. >> I wonder why he included that little snippet in his ad? I guess it >> didn't help him sell the thing. >> >> ---------Robert >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
