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Old 01-29-2008, 11:08 PM
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Lunch is cool too. I will be all over Lauderdale, Hallandale, Miami Lakes, Kendall, Dolphin Mall area. When I get my appointment schedule worked out I will let you know and we can figure out a place to meet at for lunch.

see ya! Mike
Great, it's gotta be here in South Beach though, I hope you don't mind seeing good looking girls while you're having lunch...
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Great, it's gotta be here in South Beach though, I hope you don't mind seeing good looking girls while you're having lunch...
Nope sounds great....like I tell my wife...just because I am chained to the porch doesn't mean I can't still bark at the cars!
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I just ordered a set of these tires today. Thanks Erik. Now we will be on equal footing. Get that middle finger out and ready to point me by.
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It'll be a cold day in hell....I don't care if they black flag me, you'll never get the signal
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Thanks for all the R888 feedback, folks!
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Originally Posted by mdrums
Nope sounds great....like I tell my wife...just because I am chained to the porch doesn't mean I can't still bark at the cars!


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It'll be a cold day in hell....I don't care if they black flag me, you'll never get the signal
That's the spirit!
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Originally Posted by Erik
Tom: No heat cycling or even shaving here. I would like to try shaved, but read somewhere that shaving was not recommended. Not sure of the source, and those people may be the same people that don't like R888's in the first place.

Petu, I still think that the R6 Hoohoos are faster, probably by 1-2 seconds at Sebring, but they just suck to drive to the track. All of us "non trailer" guys have had trips to and from Sebring in the summer that were scarier then anything we've done on the track, but the Hoohoos take it to another level (think Finland on the lake without snow :-) ). They also don't wear as well, and are probably done in 1/2 the time. In my 996GT3 I did set my 2;24something on R6's a few years ago. So if you trailer then the R6's are faster but wear out, the R888 wear longer and are almost as fast, and are great driving home in the rain. Of course if you trailer, you may as well run the Hoosier Grand Am slicks which are about as fast or a little faster then the R6's, (much slower then Michelin Slicks) and seem to wear like steel.
Thanks Eric!!



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