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Rats. To avoid hi-jacking the very dedicated "
Avaricious State Agencies after your car?? " thread (
Avaricious State Agencies after your car?? ), I was forced to post this brand new post just to share a mesmorizing C&D humor story and some befitting descriptive language.
427sharpe made reference to a Car and Driver Magazine story, then led me to the website and, well, I couldn't find such a free recent story and eventually forgot why I went there.
Then I ran across this Return of Le Mons story.
Anyway, the Le Mons (lemons) is a count-the-laps race where you run what yo brung 'til you, or the car, drops (or is knocked out) ...as long as it doesn't cost more than $500. It's like a Demolition Derby only far more dangerous and, of course, technical.
The story (
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...ature/(page)/1 ) is that of the third installment of the 24 Hours of LeMons
—"a race patterned after the Le Mans endurance classic in the same way Ping-Pong in Sluggo’s basement is like Wimbledon".
On the third page (web-link), the author describes his "cherry" Dodge Diplomat Le Mons contender, in part,
"All I knew was that the transmission slammed into D with a clunk like the sound of a cast-iron bathtub dropped out of a 10th-story window. The seller said it was his grandpa’s and that it had sentimental value. It was perfect." 
God, some of these writers are good. Had to laugh out loud at the descriptive phrase(s). Now one of my all time favorites. Funny story. These guys had too much fun.
The cop lights worked. Hmmm. I think I still have a working 12v siren up in the shop loft somewhere.
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...a cast-iron bathtub dropped...
But the concept is pure fun.............
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