<x-html><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Verdana>Hi, guys-</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Verdana> Last week or so someone from around Racine or Kenosha WI was looking for a set of teardrops. I didn't respond at the time because I didn't have spares (well, OK I actually had two full sets plus a spare, but wanted to keep a set for summer and one for winter tires.). Suddenly I have three full sets plus a spare, and think I can afford to sell one set. Please, whoever it was, contact me directly. Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Verdana> BTW, I went to Lansing MI yesterday to attend today's dune buggy builder's swap meet. Last year, I understand, there was quite a bit of water-cooled stuff for sale. This year, there certainly wasn't! I latched onto a set of teardrops with tires already mounted & balanced, used some but still showing "whiskers" from molding. They're unidirectional radials, pattern looks lots like the Bridgestone Potenzas I used to have, but they're an off-brand (Vipers?). Price was right enough to take a chance! Figured I'd try them for summer and remove the Michelin Arctic Alpines I recently bought: a "Winter"-rated tire, the first I've actually seen with the snowflake icon signifying that they meet the new standard. They DO work well in snow, but are not giving me cornering ability on dry or "only wet" surfaces; probably due to 185 section width at least as much as pattern and compound, IMHO. I don't want to wear them out before next winter, either, and driving 120 miles a day isn't the way to keep them decent!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Verdana> My '87 GTi 16 valve took three (620 # total) of us and luggage plus some parts we brought back (rest will return with a friend who had a booth, and made the trip in a van). Ran mostly in the 70s (averaged 54mph including crawling through Chicago twice), and got 28mpg on cheapest regular. Crossed the 178,000 mile mark; the cam cover has never been off. YES! I love my 16v. Preparation consisted of performing a long-overdue oil & filter change. Oh, and somewhere on the southeast side of Chicago, there's a 5-series BMW that's probably STILL wondering where the hell we came from when we passed on the inside of a two-lane uphill ramp.... and left.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Verdana>Ron</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> </x-html>From ???@??? Tue Feb 29 00:12:02 2000 Received: from relay1.bu.edu (RELAY1.BU.EDU [128.197.153.99]) by acs-mail.bu.edu ((8.9.3.buoit.v1.0.ACS)/BU_Server-1.3) with ESMTP id VAA65462 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:57:28 -0500 Received: from davinci.ticon.net (IDENT:[email protected] [205.254.200.3]) by relay1.bu.edu ((8.9.3.buoit.v1.0)/8.8.5/(BU-RELAY-11/18/99-b2)) with ESMTP id VAA26328 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:57:27 -0500 (EST) Received: from darner (frtpm3-3-192.ticon.net [156.46.99.192]) by davinci.ticon.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/ticon.mc) with SMTP id UAA04915 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:57:26 -0600 Message-ID: <005001bf8269$190506c0$c0632e9c@darner> From: "Maryanne Darner" <[email protected]> To: "Patrick Austin" <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Question Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:57:28 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-UIDL: 27f9305e29d9238c2e143eefc3a28ceb
What, no 959? Or is that part of the ellipsis (? the three dots trailing off...) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Austin" <[email protected]> To: "Osborne, Brice D, GRWMK" <[email protected]> Cc: "Holland J. Phillips" <[email protected]>; "Maryanne Darner" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 2:37 PM Subject: RE: Question Oh yes...definately almost perfect. My list, and I'm sure most of ours, goes something like, M3, M5, S4, 996, TT, S6, S8, S3, M6, M7, 986, Z3, A4, A8, E55... On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Osborne, Brice D, GRWMK wrote: > Holland, > > You missed it, there was a beautiful M5 here in San Jose the other day. The > guy was from Ohio (even had tags) and said that he went down to SC to buy it > and got to take a few laps around their test track in another (broken in) > and had a ball. I also asked if a premium on the sticker had to be paid and > said, "OH YES!" IMO that is the PERFECT car and is on my list of vehicles > to own in my lifetime. > > Brice > > -----Original Message----- > From: Holland J. Phillips [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 9:33 PM > To: Maryanne Darner; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Question > > > Maryanne Darner wrote: > > Oh, and somewhere on the southeast side of Chicago, there's a 5-series BMW > > that's probably STILL wondering where the hell we came from when we passed > on > > the inside of a two-lane uphill ramp.... and left. > > Ahhh, ain't life grand?! I love doing things like that... > > --Holland > Forced Failure Racing > Don't Ask MotorSports > [email protected] > a2_16V List Owner > [email protected] > San Jose, California > > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with > 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org >
