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...a cast-iron bathtub dropped...
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Rats. To avoid hi-jacking the very dedicated "Avaricious State Agencies after your car?? " thread ( http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/lounge/87604-avaricious-state-agencies-after-your-car.html ), 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. :rolleyes: 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." :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: 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. :3DSMILE: The cop lights worked. Hmmm. I think I still have a working 12v siren up in the shop loft somewhere. ... |
You were right - great writing. LMAO. I liked ....
Then the Fiero was sidelined for hours with a transmission leak, cured with a new pan gasket but not before turning the red fluid into so much white smoke that I was given the “Al Gore Carbon Neutral Penalty” and forced to plant a tree while being pummeled with tofu by a crowd of bystanders. |
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Glad you enjoyed it, Warren. Course in an event like this, they'd have to hire the tofu crowd to show up and bring seedlings. ;) The Gore fans just aren't race fans. But they love penalties, so they'd come cheap, anyway. :LOL: ... |
The "LeMons" race got a little more serious this year, there was a driver fatality in a Volvo.:( But the concept is pure fun.............
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