Celebrating Six Years of V8 SHO Ownership

11/09/2007

I was kind of busy last weekend, and I somehow missed my anniversary. But fortunately she didn't even seen to notice, much less get upset. I haven't even bought her a gift since that trip to FPS in January of 2005. Ain't fast cars great? ;-)

October 13, 2001, was the date on which I signed the papers and drove off with Jezebel, my black '98. That car had been tracked through around at least 4 states, maybe 5, then landed on a used car lot at a Pontiac dealer, per the Carfax. I arrived home with my nifty new wheels at something like 3 PM, and by something like 3:20 PM, I knew I had a car with 4-year loan and a camshaft problem, LOL.

So, I joined this list. Holhut's ticking cam at the convention, the possibility of more defective engines, and a strategy for investigating camshaft failure modes were the hottest topics of discussion. In between, we got a fair bit of jokes, a chance to write An Ode To Ford (is that still on V8 SHO?) and even this essay contest when GM ran some contest where you could win use of a Grand Prix for a week. Back in the day, we knew to never consume beverages at the while reading The List without a towel handy to wipe off that monitor.

I offer this chestnut:

Amy Patterson
98 Black cc
Hermitage PA
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----- Original Message -----
From: timwright
To: 1 V8SHO list
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 6:49 PM
Subject: V8 SHO Essay Contest
What would you do if someone gave you the keys to a new Pontiac Grand Prix for a week?

A) fill interior full of manure and straw and start a mushroom farm.
B) remove the engine and use it to run the air compressor in your garage.
C) leave it parked in the "hood" with the keys left in it.
D) give it to your "X", with a dry crankcase and see how far she drives.
E) Get even with the deer in your neighborhood.
F) your answer here ......
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Osiris wrote:

From: "Osiris"
To: "timwright"
Subject: Re: V8 SHO Essay Contest
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:37:40 -0700
E: First thing, I'd use On-Star to order a pizza, find out the fastest way to
get to my local video store, have them lock and unlock my doors while in
the middle of nowhere. then I'd press that little blue button at the wee
hours of the night to tell the rep that " I see dead people."

Then I'd Take it my local Checker Auto Parts store, load up on stickers like
No Fear , Ain't Skeered, Nascar, perhaps the number of any Grand Prix driver,
and of course, Taz in one form or another.

Then I'd get on the 'net and subscribe to any Ford enthusiast run forum board
or e mail list and boast how my Grand Prix is faster than anything Ford has
ever devised.

The eerie red glow of the gauges and the smells and textures of GM's love
affair with plastic would override my better judgment, I would talk about how
my Grand Prix is the unsung hero of GM and with only a few twists of a
Philip's head screw driver, and my car will outrun any thing with an LS-1
motor in it also.

Imports??!! Ha! Not even the mighty Civic Si could touch me, the Generation
II 3800 V6 is the most durable and unstoppable power plant in existence. I
could even take out a Mark IV Supra Turbo if I slap on a Cold Air Intake.

Then, I'd spend the rest of the week racing Windstars, SLO Tauri, Foci and
perhaps even a V6 Mustang.

A SHO or GT, or Cobra might come along and hand my ass to me, but I'll just
say I wasn't racing, because I know I could have taken them, hell, On-Star
told me so!

Damien
96 RM From AZ
38K mi
Some minor mods
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*Editor Note Jim Filozof's RM is alive and well in Area 52 in Ashkum, IL.
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*Ed note 2 - Mike Holhut's original page is located here:
http://www.wnec.edu/~mholhut/sho1.html
It's worth a trip down memory lane

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