Tony C
Tony C.:
Again, may I remind you, you are in Dominican air space, or cyberspace. This is Dominican territory. I am not in your fable Hialeah, where Mustangs and Camaros are a dime a dozen. This is Santo Domingo, where a Cobra, Camaro SS or Firebird Formula or Trans Am is a lady and road killer. You can count them with your hands and feet fingers and toes. Very selective and very expensive cars. A white Cobra R I know cost over $1,000,000 pesos. You order a new Firebird and you better dish out $900,000. A Firehawk would go over a million. That's as much as a nice apartment in Santo Domingo.
Even a Cavalier Z28 with nice equipment is a baja panty here. Naturally, we got all kinds of fancy cars. But BMW's and Mercedes are as common as motoconchos and jeepetas, so to be exclusive you have to drive something different and if it is powerful, the better. There is only one 2002 Mercedes SL600, the new model. That is exclusive. At best I have seen two Ferraris F-355's, one belonging to Sammy Sosa. New M3s are rare and so far only one new version of the M5. But the rest of the Beemers are nothing here. Alfas are as common as trees and very slow, even the new ones, the 164's and the rest.
Related to old Firebirds, let me bring you some history. The '69 TransAm, 6500cc hit 0-60 in 6.5 secs. The '71 HO 7451cc hit it in 5.4 secs. Just check Motortrend's issue of June 1998, Vol.50 #6, page 80-89 for the specs. Alongside the '99 version being tested did it in 5.1 with a powerful o.91 gs and stopped at 116ft. Even a behemoth like the '69 Grand Prix with 4000lbs and a 428ci did it in 6.8 secs. Pontiacs have always been fast and faster. And that is deadly in Lincoln Avenue on weekends. Eat your heart out and go to Coco Walk in Cocunut Grove to show your beat up Alfa and see what reaction you get. Have you tried showing it at South Beach. Hehehehehe!
TW
