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Here in central Kentucky we normally don't get very cold or have more than a few inches of snow. However, Wednesday night December 22nd we received about one inch of ice.
Checkout my pictures 9,10,& 11. The last ice storm we had was February 2003.
I am an electric utility engineer and can usually stay home during outages. I was listening to the crews on my portable radio about 10:30pm, and told my wife I needed to go to the office. I didn't get home until 5:30pm on Thursday. We had to work until 6:00pm Christmas Eve to restore all of the power.
Just 50 miles west in Louisville they recived 6 - 10 inches of snow. The joys of winter. Dave
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Grassgod,
The top is one piece and is removable, there are four bolts holding the top. It can be removed by one person, but is awkward.
If you notice in picture 3 the background is turn 3 at the Kentucky speedway, which is a 1.5 mile tri-oval. Picture 4 is taken just outside the pits near the backstretch.
My youngest daughter and I had just finished four laps. I hit about 95mph on the backstretch on the last lap. It's an entirely difference driving experience being on a banked and closed track, as to the open road. Also, I don't think my insurance company would be eagar to pay for a wreck occuring on the speedway.
A couple of years ago the wife and I where traveling south on I95 in South Carolina on our way to Hilton Head. I got in with a group (4 or 5) cars wanting to run, we ran the 70 or 80 miles between I26/I95 jct to the Hilton Head turn off between 90 and 100mph.
This car will run pretty good, top speed is listed at 160mph, I'll probably never try it. Dave
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Lowafun,
I carry a digital camera in my company vehicle. It is mainly used to document situations involving facility damage or injury. However, I have gotten some ready good pictures over the years. It's a shame we are restricted on size. The last picture shows a lot of detail, but not available at the 30kb limitation. The sun popped out late in the afternoon and made for a picture postcard setting. Dave
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Grassgod,
I fell in love with the 50th, but with a kid in college, it had to wait. However, now I'd like to have a C6. Bowling Green is only 2 hours from me, I have to schedule a trip to take a look at the C6. I have only seen one on the road and that was last October, heading south on I15 in Salt Lake City.
I had a new Nissan 350 try to show me how hot his car was a week or two before Christmas. He tried to leave me at a traffic light and couldn't do it. However, those are nice cars. Dave
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I took a look at your pictures, your Ferrari is a nice car. If you pulled up beside me, I wouldn't run you. I tend to pick my challenges. Now when it comes to motorcycles it's a different story.
I like to pull in behind a motorcycle at a stop light. I did this last summer and when the cyclist realized I was staying with him, he opened it up and left me quickly. However, he was exceeding 100MPH in a 55.
Another car I like to tangle with is the mustang GT. Most mustang owners believe they have more ponies than they do. However, I don't know about the '05 GT's, as they have 300hp. A co-worker brought one before Christmas, its a really nice car, may have to work up a challenge.
The only thing I can say about vettes and -17 degrees, is my stays inside. It was 7 degrees here this morning. Dave
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I had the opportunity to drag the vette at Beach Bend in Bowling Green, but didn't, as I didn't want to get embarrassed. However, that same year a young lady won the stock class with the same vette as mine.
My vette is a '93, which is the 40th anniversary. It came stock with 300hp, and the car weighs about 3200-3300 pounds, 0-60 is about 5.9 to 6.0 sec. I believe, at that time it could take any stock American made car. Chevy also made a 405hp version, which cost considerably more, ZR-1.
In '97 the year of the C5, horsepower jumped over 300, and has gradually increased to today's C6 ('05) which has 400hp.
Grassgod, I was in Louisville a couple of years back returning home from the airport, running about 75mph in a 55. A white camero was riding in the lane next to me and just slightly behind. He pulled closer and I noticed Jefferson County Police markings on the front fender, no other indication that this was a police car. I gradually backed off, he passed me and kept on going. You never know who is lurking in the background. Dave
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Grassgod, I did a little research on Ferrari spiders, I believe that is the model you said you had. I found a good deal on a used 2004 with 8K miles at $224,000. You could by four corvettes for that price.
You mentioned the expense of maintenance, what type of tires do you use? I don't remember the exact size on the vette. The rear is a different size than the front and they are directional. The stock tire is a low profile Z rated Goodyear Eagle. These are in the range of $250 to $275 per tire. Dave
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Grassgod, I didn't mean to indicate I didn't believe your maintenance costs. I have no reason to believe otherwise. I do know that the more expensive the car, the higher the cost for parts and service. You are out of my price range, even at $85K.
You need to take your car to South Beach and cruise the strip. You wouldn't have any trouble finding South Beach models to ride with you. May be hard to explain to the wife.
Well, the weekend is here and it's suppose to snow and get cold. Monday's low is forecast below zero. I guess we need a few cold nights to kill the insects. Dave
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Here in Kentucky the weekend didn't get as bad as originally forecast. Maybe an 1" of snow, low Sunday morning of 8 degrees. The wind was gusting to 40 mph Saturday night.
I watched the NFL playoff games Sunday in front of a warm fire. I have deer hunted in temperatures similar to the Pitt-NE (11 degrees)game and tent camped in zero degrees. That was 20 years ago, not any more.
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