p47koji
02-11-2009, 02:26 PM
I debated where to post this... It's more than just Roushes, Saleens, Shelby Cobras... It doesn't fit into the "Discussion" area but if the moderator needs to move it, please do... but I do have an announcement.
While I am concerned with the tenor of the few people recently posting negatives on this site in that I hope they don't start attacking me, I do wish to provide a wee bit of background...
Until 2003, I was the COO of a company called NGV Ecotrans in Los Angeles. We were at the leading edge of alternative fueled vehicle technology, incorporating 100% dedicated natural gas engines into Heavy Duty vehicles - like transit buses and waste hauling vehicles. If you have dedicated natural gas vehicles in your metropolitan mass transit systems, you can thank my Company.
Anyways, we were too early in our effort and undercapitalized. The BOD closed our doors. While I did have a Mustang GT, I drove a dedicated natural gas Crown Vic, right from Ford... It was a great car - nearly zero emissions.
Because of my supposed knowledge of world oil reserves (we've passed the peak, meaning we are using more than pumping out, at least until last year), I bought my '08 Mustang GT with full knowledge that gas supply could not keep up with demand, especially with China and India expanding. I viewed buying it as a last hurrah. I even knowingly added the superb Roush supercharger...
That's one of the reasons why I drive my Roushcharged Mustang daily...besides not having enough moolah to keep it garaged like my good friend Arnold and have another car to drive daily. I wanted to enjoy it while I could...but yes, there was no real sign my foresight on world crude oil supply was even partially correct - until now.
Anyways, to get the the point of this "announcement"... Some may think it trivial but I feel it to be monumental.
When I got home last night, my two littlest kids brought home the latest Scholastic Books order form. You know, that little catalog of paperback books you can buy for your kids and the school gets a piece of the profit. Well, this time around, there were no Lightning McQueen books... not even Bumblebee (the Transformers Camaro) was featured. Instead, there was just one car - just this one poster:
http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp201/veilside_mustang/CandC%20POTR/f79db227.jpg
Sure, this is not saying this is the end of the high-performance vehicles but it does send the message our days of enjoying these cars are not infinite as I believed in the 60's. Something to ponder. Time to enjoy our cars, folks. :)
While I am concerned with the tenor of the few people recently posting negatives on this site in that I hope they don't start attacking me, I do wish to provide a wee bit of background...
Until 2003, I was the COO of a company called NGV Ecotrans in Los Angeles. We were at the leading edge of alternative fueled vehicle technology, incorporating 100% dedicated natural gas engines into Heavy Duty vehicles - like transit buses and waste hauling vehicles. If you have dedicated natural gas vehicles in your metropolitan mass transit systems, you can thank my Company.
Anyways, we were too early in our effort and undercapitalized. The BOD closed our doors. While I did have a Mustang GT, I drove a dedicated natural gas Crown Vic, right from Ford... It was a great car - nearly zero emissions.
Because of my supposed knowledge of world oil reserves (we've passed the peak, meaning we are using more than pumping out, at least until last year), I bought my '08 Mustang GT with full knowledge that gas supply could not keep up with demand, especially with China and India expanding. I viewed buying it as a last hurrah. I even knowingly added the superb Roush supercharger...
That's one of the reasons why I drive my Roushcharged Mustang daily...besides not having enough moolah to keep it garaged like my good friend Arnold and have another car to drive daily. I wanted to enjoy it while I could...but yes, there was no real sign my foresight on world crude oil supply was even partially correct - until now.
Anyways, to get the the point of this "announcement"... Some may think it trivial but I feel it to be monumental.
When I got home last night, my two littlest kids brought home the latest Scholastic Books order form. You know, that little catalog of paperback books you can buy for your kids and the school gets a piece of the profit. Well, this time around, there were no Lightning McQueen books... not even Bumblebee (the Transformers Camaro) was featured. Instead, there was just one car - just this one poster:
http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp201/veilside_mustang/CandC%20POTR/f79db227.jpg
Sure, this is not saying this is the end of the high-performance vehicles but it does send the message our days of enjoying these cars are not infinite as I believed in the 60's. Something to ponder. Time to enjoy our cars, folks. :)