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Old 04-28-2003, 07:36 PM
Fred Douglass Fred Douglass is offline
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Thumbs up Going fast in the Butler.......

Well, I thought it would be proper to wait until Ron (owner #2) chimed in on this thread...and a little private bet with myself was thus proven correct (I hope Jerry G. doesn't read this, Ron! ). I indeed UNDERceeded your velocity---by a decent bit. You probably know the stretch I picked--it was about 20 miles north of Santa B. I did a quick oil change at my freind Mike Jungermann's house, and got her on a lonely stretch heading north (day 2 of ownership)---I was rocked by the (any gear) acceleration! Christ, above 3200 it was bu-bye! Got up to 134----then had a paranoid poultry episode. I was TOTALLT belted in, but no helmet. Didn't wanta call Ron asking if he wanted to attend the car's funeral, either. My Gawd! I will honestly say---I may not need to go that fast again for a while! Maybe after a few lessons from a Pat B. type....
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