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Originally posted by lauraq:
Now Mark, you have to do more than just watch.  You have to experience. No excuses on problems wiht your car. If I can do it you most certainly can.
...or myself
The Focus has played during a session or two at the past two On Track events. It really gives you an appreciation of how well our cars handle...and how many bad habits you pick up during daily driving.
Laura...just make sure there are no hailstorms during Shannonville 
Fern and SVTForMe - Glad to hear you guys had a great time at IRP. Now for you two, timeless, and others...LET'S SEE YOU OUT AT OUR ON TRACK IN 2005 
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Originally posted by GapBoyPCS:
Originally posted by lauraq:
Now Mark, you have to do more than just watch. You have to experience. No excuses on problems wiht your car. If I can do it you most certainly can.
...or myself
The Focus has played during a session or two at the past two On Track events. It really gives you an appreciation of how well our cars handle...and how many bad habits you pick up during daily driving.
Laura...just make sure there are no hailstorms during Shannonville
Fern and SVTForMe - Glad to hear you guys had a great time at IRP. Now for you two, timeless, and others...LET'S SEE YOU OUT AT OUR ON TRACK IN 2005
You know....I'd be much more willing to go to IRP and some of the other events if I had a tow vehicle. I'm pretty sure I can get acess to a trailer from time to time but my main issue is that with the way I drive the car on track my luck is going to run out sooner or later and a 900 mile tow bill isn't too appealing to me
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Here you loud and clear. I made the decision to move to a tow vehicle about two years ago. Now I am looking to upgrade to an SUV. Wanna take over a cheap lease on a four door pick up? Two years left and only about $420 mth tax in...
Fern
1999 SVT Contour Silver Frost
Bassani,Ground Controls Street..17x7 Rage 5.0/Falken Azenis Sport 225/45/ZR17 Track...Kosei K-1 17x7.5 Avon Tech Ra 225/45/17/ Quaife/ SPEC Stage III/ Fidanza /Capaldi Racing 4.5 final drive/TCE Brake Kit 13"
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Originally posted by lauraq:
Aaron, you want up dates on the events you should join. That way you will always get a personal invitation
Plus send me your email and I will add you to my email list but that does not mean you will get all the info about other on track events. I will try to keep you posted as much as I can. Drop me an email at svtoa-toronto@rogers.com
E-mail sent. Maybe I will join altho I was going to wait until I got an SVT but(that won't be until at least next summer  ).
Aaron
AKA NVS SVT
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Yeah it's modded
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03 3L,VCN 2000,CAT Cams,MSDS Headers w/Y-Pipe,XCal2 and lots more
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Originally posted by NVS Mystique:
E-mail sent. Maybe I will join altho I was going to wait until I got an SVT but(that won't be until at least next summer ).
Aaron
Aaron, you don't need to have an SVT to be part of SVTOA now!
Ford changed their membership criteria. To better encompass SVT's involvment in other Ford divisions and reflect a global family structure, SVTOA has now been opened up to anyone with a Ford family vehicle. This includes:
- Ford
- Lincoln
- Mercury
- Mazda
- Volvo
- Jaguar
- Aston Martin
- Land Rover
- (I'm sure you can throw in Merkur)
What's really nice to see is how diverse (and similar) the Ford and SVTOA family has now become.
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Originally posted by SVTFern:
Here you loud and clear. I made the decision to move to a tow vehicle about two years ago. Now I am looking to upgrade to an SUV. Wanna take over a cheap lease on a four door pick up? Two years left and only about $420 mth tax in...
Fern
I'm not even going to ask what you're thinking of (non-Ford or import) 
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His tow vehicle is already a non-ford anyway.
1998 BLK SVT CONTOUR
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Unfortunately Ford is not a leader in the fuel economy race with either their pick ups or their SUVs. Dodge is even worse. I am looking at GMC again.. potentially an Envoy. I only wish that the Big 3 made some lighter duty diesel trucks liek they used to in the past. 6000lb pick ups that easily get 22 or 23 Mpg are just amazing. Imagine what a smaller diesel engine in a lighter pick up or SUV could do? Unfotunately none are coming to market in the near future.
Fern
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Originally posted by SVTFern:
Unfortunately Ford is not a leader in the fuel economy race with either their pick ups or their SUVs. Dodge is even worse. I am looking at GMC again.. potentially an Envoy. I only wish that the Big 3 made some lighter duty diesel trucks liek they used to in the past. 6000lb pick ups that easily get 22 or 23 Mpg are just amazing. Imagine what a smaller diesel engine in a lighter pick up or SUV could do? Unfotunately none are coming to market in the near future.
Fern
Fern the new F-150's are great on gas. When I worked for Ford doing the ride and drive tour last fall and we got like 800km to a full tank of gas. I remeber filling up the hemi after 400km and the F-150 still had about half a tank left. I do know that my friend at Whiteoak Frod can give you a good deal one too PM me if you want more details or if you are comming to the meet tomorrow I'l give you one of his business cards. Oh the new F-150 is a half ton that can tow a tone and a half (3000lbs in the bed or can tow 6000lbs thanks to the suspension which is borrowed from the super duty).
Aaron
AKA NVS SVT
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Yeah it's modded
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