Charley's coming!
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Melting Slicks
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Charley's coming!
Well, looks like Hurricane Charley's headed right for our front door. It is rated as a Category 3 hurricane. They are expecting 80,000 residents around the Tampa & St. Pete areas to evacuate by 6:00PM tonight.
Rev Xtreme will be closed tomorrow (Friday, 8/13/04), and we'll hopefully be back live on Saturday. We apologize for any delays or inconveniences this may cause.
Thank you,
Dan
Rev Xtreme will be closed tomorrow (Friday, 8/13/04), and we'll hopefully be back live on Saturday. We apologize for any delays or inconveniences this may cause.
Thank you,
Dan
Burning Brakes
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Dan, Best wishes. I hope everything works out well. BTW, I have a flight that is scheduled from the West Coast to Ft. Lauderdale, with an expected arrival of around 9:00 pm Friday night. What do you think my chances are of making it? Thanks.
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Melting Slicks
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It doesn't look good. We're expecting the eye of the hurricane to hit Tampa Bay in the afternoon Friday. They're expecting 14ft tidal surges starting tonight. Traffic around the major interstates are already packed with cars, and the flights leaving Tampa are booked solid. Being from SoCal myself, and making it through the Northridge Quake, I'm getting the chills just thinking about what's coming tomorrow. Luckily, I live 30 miles inland, but we will have a full house tonight with friends crashing the night.
Tell you what, it feels like Santa Ana winds right now, except with dark clouds moving in....very weird! Maybe it's time to head back to Cali?
Tell you what, it feels like Santa Ana winds right now, except with dark clouds moving in....very weird! Maybe it's time to head back to Cali?
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Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by CAJUNY2KC5
Heck, Bonnie's still causing storms up here, now we got Charlie coming through Tampa/Naples headed toward Jax, too.
We'll see just how good this NXT stuff really is.
We'll see just how good this NXT stuff really is.
Last edited by C500HP; Aug 12, 2004 at 04:25 PM.
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Hey guys, be careful down there. 30 miles inland isnt that far with a hurricane that size. I have lived with these suckers as well and they are no fun. Especially the big ones...
Be safe...
Be safe...
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Best of luck making it through the storm. 
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Bah
This is just a little wind and rain
BTW, stopped by the shop today and the tranny is finished....expensive but done
I dropped off the new clutch, slave, pilot and throwout bearings
The DTE Strut Brace came in today too
This is just a little wind and rain
BTW, stopped by the shop today and the tranny is finished....expensive but done
I dropped off the new clutch, slave, pilot and throwout bearings
The DTE Strut Brace came in today too
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Originally Posted by Mean Green
Bah
This is just a little wind and rain
BTW, stopped by the shop today and the tranny is finished....expensive but done
I dropped off the new clutch, slave, pilot and throwout bearings
The DTE Strut Brace came in today too
This is just a little wind and rain
BTW, stopped by the shop today and the tranny is finished....expensive but done
I dropped off the new clutch, slave, pilot and throwout bearings
The DTE Strut Brace came in today too
Btw, my car is up on the lift as well. The teardown process began yesterday. Hopefully, I'll be back at the track in a month or so.
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Originally Posted by Mean Green
Bah
This is just a little wind and rain
BTW, stopped by the shop today and the tranny is finished....expensive but done
I dropped off the new clutch, slave, pilot and throwout bearings
The DTE Strut Brace came in today too
This is just a little wind and rain
BTW, stopped by the shop today and the tranny is finished....expensive but done
I dropped off the new clutch, slave, pilot and throwout bearings
The DTE Strut Brace came in today too
Glad you got it back in one piece. How long do you think it will last. I thinking of getting a pool together to see how long before something else brakes on the Mean Machine 
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Rob, that wasn't a total hijack, I do live close to the shop As for the car, we're waiting on the gears to arrive, then I'll see what I can break for ya
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Glad to hear Mark. You ready to ride this storm out?
Btw, my car is up on the lift as well. The teardown process began yesterday. Hopefully, I'll be back at the track in a month or so.
Btw, my car is up on the lift as well. The teardown process began yesterday. Hopefully, I'll be back at the track in a month or so.
Sorry to hear, thought you were sailing fine, we'll have to talk
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Originally Posted by Mean Green
Rob, that wasn't a total hijack, I do live close to the shop As for the car, we're waiting on the gears to arrive, then I'll see what I can break for ya
Oh yeah, we're ready...a little further inland
Sorry to hear, thought you were sailing fine, we'll have to talk
So what is the ETA for being back on the road???
Oh yeah---- good luck in the storm, too.
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OK, so maybe this is ONE time that I'm feeling better about being up here in Pennsylvania rather than in the sunny south.
But you'd better be sure that I'll still be pizzed at you guys come January and you post how "warm and beautiful" your weekends were for your 'vette rallyes while I'm putting BenGay on my back from shoveling!
But seriously, be safe down there!
But you'd better be sure that I'll still be pizzed at you guys come January and you post how "warm and beautiful" your weekends were for your 'vette rallyes while I'm putting BenGay on my back from shoveling!
But seriously, be safe down there!
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Originally Posted by MyOwn69
OK, so maybe this is ONE time that I'm feeling better about being up here in Pennsylvania rather than in the sunny south.
But you'd better be sure that I'll still be pizzed at you guys come January and you post how "warm and beautiful" your weekends were for your 'vette rallyes while I'm putting BenGay on my back from shoveling!
But seriously, be safe down there!
But you'd better be sure that I'll still be pizzed at you guys come January and you post how "warm and beautiful" your weekends were for your 'vette rallyes while I'm putting BenGay on my back from shoveling!
But seriously, be safe down there!
I've played golf three days in a row now. I played golf during hurricane Floyd a few years back. First and only time I hit a 9-iron 200 yards.
Of course upwind we had par 10s and 12s.
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Originally Posted by CAJUNY2KC5
I've played golf three days in a row now. I played golf during hurricane Floyd a few years back. First and only time I hit a 9-iron 200 yards. Of course upwind we had par 10s and 12s.
Of course upwind we had par 10s and 12s. Less resistance! (Wait, that didn't sound right!
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