[Fot] Car Quote

[gp89 at charter.net]

The first ZX14's weren't  governed:) The salesgirl told me I would get killed if I bought one. The thing was a monster. 60-150 something in a couple of seconds more. The adrenalin rush lasted for hours. I didn't buy it, she was probably right.
 Jeff Senty 
---- Gary Horstkorta <vintage.racer at comcast.net> wrote: 
> >From the February 2008 issue of Road & Track, Jay Leno, when asked to
> describe the new 2008 Corvette:
> 
>  
> 
> ".the greatest value for speed is the motorcycle.  You can get an $11,000
> Kawasaki ZX14 that goes almost to 200mph.  It is governed at 186.  It does
> 0-60 in 2.5 seconds.  The next greatest value is the Corvette Z06, at
> $65,000.  To me, I always get annoyed at these people who say, "Oh, I don't
> like the interior."  Well, shut up!  Go get a living room set then.  What do
> you want to pay for?  Do you want to pay for performance or do you want to
> pay for faux carbon fiber and all that other nonsense?"  That's a car guy
> after my own heart!
> 
>  
> 
> Gary
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