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TR6 Driving my new TR6 today

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<span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #CC0000">FINALLY!!!</span></span>


A long, three year, pent up post!!

Wow, first day driving AMOS and I get 5 hours and
160 miles miles of rip roaring, high speed, mega
mountain, switch back turns and down right fun/pleasure!!
More fun than my "Ropa" back in '74.

"Well, smack my lips" but I had fun today. The Mrs a tad
ticked off but our one week cruise starting Sunday will
tone her down totally!. Plus a zero balance credit card
for her to use!!!!

After 47 miles driven early afternoon, the Crypt Car belched
out the exhaust pipes with a huge BUUURRRRRP & FART! and died
dead as dead, after 1000 miles driven with no breakdown, the
"new" car under me is this strong, aggressive, agile chap
named Amos. A hard working, reliant Amish lad!

I stomp the break pedal, downshift into 2nd and floor the
gas pedal as NOW Amos heads away from the safe, flat ocean
highway, exits a radical right turn and charges directly up
into the rugged interior mountains.

45 minutes of switchbacks, curves with no guard rails-
Amos and I are zipping along 3000 feet above sea level.
Anyone in BCF recognize the photo location??

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Back down the mountain; onto an Expresso and Amos seems to
hum at 3100 RPMs in 4th gear. Amos's sweet spot, I assume.

Thru the long mountain valley, down the expresso, over to
Levittown, a stop at the Biker bar for a cold one, continue
to Vega Baja and take nice cow farm roads home.

A MIRACLE today- 160+ miles driven with no breakdown, no
stutter, no bad idle, nothing but a strong, reliable,
1969 TR6 revving under me.

I am not sorry even a small portion that Gardener will never
meet the Crypt Car. I much prefer my Amos with cajones!!

regards and thanks to all,

dale

PS: remember- every $3 or $4K I spent on repairs/parts for the TR6,
The MRS spent an equal on a cruise ship vacation. We are taking cruise
No. 12 on Sunday!! I probably drive the only $100,000 TR6 in the world!!!!!

:lol: :yesnod: :wall: :banana: :banana: :driving:

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<span style="font-size: 23pt"><span style="color: #FF0000">YEEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWWW!!!!</span></span>


Awsome Dale! It's all I can say!
 
poolboy said:
Nice looking car you got there, Dale. Wanna sell it ?

Yup! Send me $98k via paypal and I'll stand for for the shipping.

d
 
Now, go empty that trunk!
 
I'll bet Puerto Rico cow farm roads are a whole lot more fun to drive than Minnesota cow farm roads. We call those "section roads," because they outline sections (square miles -- like, <span style="font-style: italic">actually square</span> miles) of land. And, these "mountain twisties" of which you speak, what are <span style="font-style: italic">those?</span> For that matter, what are "mountains?"

I envy your good time! They salted the roads today. TR season is on hiatus until March or April...
 
Dang, today was an ultimate high.

Never for one moment did I feel Amos
would leave me stranded.

The exact samwe feeling I had while dating
Mary Jean and taking a 90* turn in Jupiter, FL
in 2nd gear in the the "Ropa with the gas pedal
pegged................1974.

SEX-----------------Y

d (sorry basil, couldn't help it.

Punching a "Ropa thru a tight radius is sexy!
:Banging 2nd gear in a tight turn ....out-a-sight!!

d :winner1:
 
Good......Now, go empty that trunk!
 
Well done, glad I was part of it by electronics.
 
Crypty is dead!
Long live Amos!

Sweeeeet!!!

Congratulations to you, your lady and Amos.

Mark
70 Damson PI in OZ
 
Way to go Dale! A couple more runs like that and you'll have the confidence you need to enjoy the big enduro without worry.
Good luck!

Tom
 
almost. All you need to finish up(besides emptying the trunk) is a front spoiler...
 
Not to worry!

The Chupacabras lived mainly in Carolina municipality.
None were ever spotted in Bayamon. For unknown reasons
and by unknown methods of transportation- it was reported
several years ago that the Chupacabras had all fled PR and
moved over to Texas.

Maybe some of out Texas members can shed light on this?
I'm glad to be rid of them. Smashing into one in my Wrangler
was worse that squashing armadillos in Florida. Yuck.

d
 
Tinster said:
Smashing into one in my Wrangler
was worse that squashing armadillos in Florida. Yuck.


d
glad to hear you have confidence in yer car! ! ! and those roads. wow. not sure what a Chupacabra is but i do recall waking being awakened by a friend after driving all night in a rainstorm to minnesota for a saiboat race, faint memory of critters jumping across the road in the middle of the night.
"wake up man, you've got toad guts everywhere and they stink."

eck
 
Good to hear Dale! Long live Amos. Now do as Tony says and empty that trunk. You'll feel even more acceleration when your not toting that extra weight. :wink:
 
I'm taking Amos cross town for a business meeting.

Someone's gotta pay for all these TR6 parts
and the Mrs' cruises.
d
 
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