From: "johan C wildhagen" <johancwildhagen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 21:59:39 -0500
Bill,
Iv been on that highway before. It's a great drive, especially in an
Imperial! I joined the Navy in 97 and haven't been home since. I really like
hearing about home. Great short! Thanx!
Johan
Washington DC
65 LeBaron
>From: Imperial59crown@xxxxxxx
>Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: IML: Imperial Highway
>Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 00:26:38 EST
>
>Today I decided to do something nice for my Nissan for a change. I had bid
>and won a new aero package for it at a ridiculously low price on eBay, and
>to
>save shipping charges on it, I decided to go and pick it up myself today,
>so
>the Imperial was immediately called into action, as Super Trunk! I had to
>drive to Whittier, CA, which is fairly close to downtown L.A., so traffic
>on
>the freeway getting there was everything but a smooth cruise, and coupled
>with that, temperatures were soaring near 80 degrees today, so the Imperial
>was running very hot almost all the way there. Once there I was able to fit
>the rear and two sides of the aero kit easily into my trunk, but had to put
>the front piece straddling the front and rear seat. Not wanting to face
>that
>traffic on the way home, I knew I was fairly close to Imperial Highway, so
>I
>set off to find it. Once on Imperial Highway it was a smooth cruise with a
>lot less traffic than the freeway, and the Imperial was now back to normal
>temperature. I took Imperial Highway through about six or seven cities,
>until
>I could get on a less congested freeway to get me the rest of the way home.
>What started out as a nerve racking experience of sitting hopelessly in
>traffic watching the temperature gauge rise, turned out to be a wonderful
>cruise down the Imperial Highway! I only wish I had my camera with me to
>take
>some pictures of the car under an Imperial Highway sign.
>Bill '59 Crown
_________________________________________________________________
Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8.
http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail