Playing Hookie, is it really worth it??!!

[SVO]

OK! well this question does pose some interesting answers.<br><br>And I know we all have a different set of priorities that put things in a different perspective.<br><br><br>Well here's what happened, I recieved a phone call from one of my very good friends that I used to race with, and he asked if he could hire me as a long distance driver, assistant and vehicle consultant for a car he wants to going pruchace.<br><br>He had made his plans that we would leave out early this past Monday morning, well upon me doing my home work, I noticed that the weather was going to play a big part in making this happen smoothly, there was a front with snow moving across the Oklahoma/Missouri states, right where will be going, so we decided to leave out Sunday night insted.<br><br>Locked and loaded we head out on our jaunt!<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/16937tools.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br>We arrived in Missouri about 4:30am and grabbed a cat nap before waking up and calling into work ill (the playing hookie part here <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> )<br><br>Mind you I have sick time coming to me.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370008cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br>It was very cold there, but it was a nice hotel with these cool gold fish.<br><br>So after kicking my co-partner out of bed and back into the Lightning we were off for what was to be a hella adventure.<br><br>After a slight miscalculation on directions I made a mad effort to make short work of gettting us back to where we needed to be, so I took some 2 lane back roads that were really windy and hilly to get back on HWY 44, and boy were the back roads a hoot!<br><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370009cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370004cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br>Considering my friend and I have been doing road racing since we have had our driver's licences he wasn't too worried about the events unfolding at speed, we did get to see some really cool stuff while honking down the road.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370005cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370018cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br><br>Upon arrival to our destination my buddies anticipation level was just about through the roof and was about to crawl out of his skin, then it happened...........<br><br>As we pull into the meeting spot he saw his new toying being fueled up and ready to head back to Texas, and he just about lost it in his pants!<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370003cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>YUP!</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> that's right you are looking at what you thought, 1 of 300, 2000 Cobra R models built by Ford SVT.<br><br>We finalize the logistics on the sale, me wittnessing all the formalities and we explain we would like to stay and have a beer or three and BS but we have a nasty snow storm to skirt so we hop in our rides and fled south west to get our game on for the next bit of events to follow!<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370011cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br>You know your in for some trouble when you see this bad boy rolling up behind you! <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/503/169370001cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br>How about a little playing around on the freeway there bubba?!<br><br>The Lightning has just about every bolt-on except for the KB blower, this 4700lbs. land missle is by no means a slouch!<br><br>So from a 70 punch next to the "R" model we get it on!<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370010cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br>Needless to say I didn't have enough in my deck of cards to keep this monster at bay, he was gone before I could even get the Lightning to shift in to 4 gear!<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370014cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br><br>As we pressed on we started to get that ill feeling because it started to flurry, and then the bottom dropped out.<br><br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370012cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br><br>No sooner did we get to Oklahoma and Johnny Law wanted to sample some of our toys too.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370016cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370017cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br>Released with a hand shake and a "please be very carefull" we were back on our way.<br><br>The snow was so bad and happened so quickly the roads were horrible and unprepped for the inclimate weather.<br>It was a white knuckle ride for 4 hours at a stunning rate of 40mph or slower, the roads were so bad that both of us had problems, at one point just before this picture we were all slowing down and I let off the throttle and the wieght shifted forward on the truck enough for it to start getting wiggly, after some carefull correcting I almost had it till she went into the un-used, completley snow covered left lane and that is all she wrote, ZOOOOOM right off the road in trough the median backwards into on coming traffic, I managed to keep my cool and kept on doing my piloting manuvers enough to get her back into the median and then eventually back on the road, all my partner said on the raido was, "Hey where you going?!!??"<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370013cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br>The storm was horrible, I've been in worse but this wasn't fun, and there was a lot of carnage too.<br><br>Damn it was cold!<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370015cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br>Well to shorten this up a bit, after we got back to where is was all dry again we cranked up the operating speed and got back the Lone Star State.<br><br><br>And you know it, we pulled over about one exit from Trckmagik's house in Dallas and switched vehicles, now it was my turn to turn and burn.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.explorerforum.com/data/2/169370006cr.jpg"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <br><br><br>Let me tell you first hand, this is what every Mustang owner wished his car felt like, it is a complete extention of all your movements, it goes right where you point it and gives you $.10 change every time.<br><br>From 80mph, you shift it back into 3rd and drop the hammer, she shit's 10-15 feet of smoking rubber and hooks and literally rockets to 150mph like you just went through the 10 items or less check out at HEB.<br><br>It's RAW, unadulterated rudness, authority with no holes barred, it's a full on Cobra Chubbie!<br><br>I looked at this as a once in a life time happening so I called in sick to take full advantage of this event, I just wanted to share this with you guys and gals knowing that some of you all are also Ford fanatics in other spectrums.<br><br>Have a great week! <br><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub182.ezboard.com/bdemon4x4.showUserPublicProfile?gid=specialvehicleoperator>Special Vehicle Operator</A> at: 1/28/04 9:11 pm<br></i>

[SVO]

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[KF5ZXT]

That there is a sweet ride. Nice story too. I'd sure hate to be that guy that jackknifed his trailer like that. <p></p><i></i>

[Michael]

Sounds like fun was had. That is a bad ass car<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :smokin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>