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Re: Not Really LBC related

To: "Paige, Dean" <DPaige@ci.santa-rosa.ca.us>
Subject: Re: Not Really LBC related
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 10:48:23 -0700
Cc: "'Martin A. Secrest'" <msecrest@erols.com>, triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <6149A13D3D37D4119A1600D0B708ABD314C4C2@srmail.sr>
All to save a small delivery fee.  So Sad!!!!

Joe

"Paige, Dean" wrote:
> 
> And I thought I was weird! This last summer I did a lot of landscaping in
> the back yard and not having a truck or other utility type vehicle I hauled
> some 200 + bags of concrete mix (80 lbs ea.) in the trunk of my 85 XJ-6. Let
> me hasten to add I did this 8 bags at a time over a period of a month or so
> and only about a 5 mile distance. Still 640 lbs in the trunk did lower the
> rear end just a wee bit. It also caused many comments from the local
> hardware emporium employees about using a Jag as a truck. My Jag, by the
> way, is in mint condition, and some of the uneducated actually thought it
> was a new one. It survived the ordeal with no ill effects. But 3000 lbs? now
> that's a bit too much even for a Jag.
> 
> Deano.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin A. Secrest [mailto:msecrest@erols.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 8:29 AM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Not Really LBC related
> 
> But don't try this with your GT6.
> 
> Hilarious and incredible.
> 
> http://www.getty.net/poor_jetta.jpeg
> 
> --
> Martin Secrest
> GT6, TR6 ... no Jetta
> Arlington, VA

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