10-16-2002, 12:01 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Midlothian,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: Hurricane 427 Cobra #HM2008, Craft Performance 427w 600hp/600tq, TKO-600 close ratio, original Smiths gauges, lucas switches
Posts: 1,022
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Re: Tough times for Austin
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Originally posted by Snakecharmer
Well guys,
I want to say that there is a reason for the low activity in the Austin group, but I don't know what it is. Other than maybe a sense of troubled times. ..... Austin has a huge contingent of high-tech workers and everyone knows that most hi-tech companies are struggling right now. Over the last two years, Austin has suffered tremendous amounts of lay-offs from all of it's big hi-tech companies. Even if you aren't in that sector, you can't avoid the effects of it. Consumers are conservative, less money in circulation, homes for sale on every street, high local unemployment, lots of toys for sale (boats, cycles, cars, etc.). It's not pretty.
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Charmer
If anyone cares to capitulate, feel free....
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That is the #1 reason I am still Cobra-less  and did not pull the trigger (or write the check) last Spring. I feel your pain, believe me.
Check out this article in today's Dallas Morning News, if you can link to it:
Ex-tech workers pick up the pieces
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Bob Worley
Hurricane HM-2008 build is done!! (for now....)
Craft Perfomance 427W / 600hp / 600tq - TKO600
I love it and I need it I bleed it ~ Yeah it's a wild hurricane ~ Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway star!!
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