Well this is as off topic as it gets

[loveitdou]

I see that there is some concern that new regulations MIGHT cause Ecie to close down, I hope not but the above is probably my last review for a month or so. Victoria is with me now and she does not need a review because she is a premier escort and quite expensive. i will not admit what I am paying her but it is almost double what the other girls get. She has helped me with moving cars around in Spain and she is far and away the best girl ever (for me anyway) that does role play.

In about a week we will fly from St Lucia to Barcelona then I will drive to Andorra, meet my Brother and nephew. We will load up all my tire/wheel spares in my trailer as well as my tools. I hope I will not need the tools but really get up set if I need one and don't have it with me. We will then caravan to Madrid and meet the truck with my Porsche 918 spider and my McLaren Mercedes Benz SLR. I will have 6 hours in the morning at the Idiada track and will have several members of my family there to see me try to make a 200 mph lap with the Porsche and 190+ in the MB. I will also allow one of my daughters to run in the MB. I believe the Porsche is too fast for any other member of my family as it can easily get away from you when you accelerate. I will do zero the 60 in 2.6 seconds and 60 to 160 in another 6 seconds so it is amazingly quick. Fact is it is a hybrid and has 800 foot pounds of electric power available the instant you put your foot into it, that is zero foot pounds to 800 in milliseconds. It is too easy to let it jump out from under you, and for a guy like me that Loves acceleration it is the Ultimate Adrenalin rush.

I do have 3 dates lined up for the 3 additional days I'll be in Barcelona but don't see how I will have time to do the reviews. After that, I fly to Panama and catch my yacht in the Pacific. The plan is to sail to the Galapagos Islands 3-4 days about 900 nautical miles. Stay over a day then strike out for Tahiti which is about 3700 nm or up to 15 days. I will be sailing with just my crew for this adventure as it is way too long to have a girl along. After I arrive I will possibly review the girl I have scheduled to meet me there so it'll be about a month. My yacht has 3 satellite system radios systems for navigation and I will be able to across the internet as well so I might do sailing updates or not. I am looking forward to the adventure of the sail across a good portion of the Pacific. I do love the Pacific ocean BTW> I have always been able to smell the Pacific as it has a different aroma than the other oceans I have traveled in the Navy. I plan to cruse the So Pacific for at least 6 months visiting many islands that make up that Paradise. I will sail to Singapore and see what trouble I can get into there and then to the Indian Ocean for a tour of several remote Islands, Madagascar, then South Africa and back to Barcelona- about 2 years altogether.

Good Luck to Eccie and all my best to you fellow Mongers.
Carry ON! That's an order!!

[loveitdou]

Yea Yea I know - for you Haters who GAS? RIGHT?

Well I don't GAS about your opinion so have at it.

[normalguy21]

Awesome !

hope your vehicles perform well and they have no issues and that you get the lap times you hoped for .

Taking to the water is always a great relief when one leaves port , I wish you a safe and calm journey .

Please be safe as Jimmy The Skinny -AKA _ somalie boat captian pirate pete is on a zodiac somewhere -AKA -Captain Midnight-AKA One eyed purple people Eater -AKA The Walmart Late Night Stalker .

Please be sure your ship to shore radio and every thing is in check .
Take care my friend

[loveitdou]

It's 3:45 in the afternoon here................

It was a beautiful morning at the track, sunny and cool. I failed to mention my Cobra that I built myself over the past 25 years. I had the tubular frame built by a company that does so for formula 1 cars in Europe, the body done by the company that has become California Customs and while it is obviously not a real Cobra it is a beauty. Before starting my cruse I installed the 5.0 Ford racing engine that is much lighter than the 427 I had in it and more powerful, it develops 1100 supercharged horses and is extremely fast on the straights hitting over 230MPH but not so great in the corners as I was hanging the rear out BIG TIME while hitting 190. My best lap speed was 192.5 average for 2 laps. I don't think I could'a ever done better and I was shaking like a leaf after that.

The McLaren Mercedes Benz SLR did a little better at an average 196.3 for 2 laps, It is far and away the BEST car for the road in terms of handling on the open road. The Porsche 918 managed 199.1 or at least I did, probably could'a done better in a better drivers hands but it handles the curves much better that the Cobra or the MB and doesn't scare the shit out of me when going around the high bank curves at 200! It's still hairy doing that fast in a corner that is about a mile long cause at that speed a mile disappears under the hood in 10 seconds The track is 4.6 miles with 2 straights and 2 high banked curves both very uniform and smooth. It is a test track only to my knowledge there are no sanctioned races there.

Anyway my Brother, Nephew and my very hard driving older daughter managed laps of 177, 165 and 188 respectfully in the Cobra. We all got out'a there alive which is probably a miracle as we are Speed Freaks. 2 of my cousins were there but just to observe, 1 said she didn't want any part of going that fast. LOL she's probably the only sane one among us.

Staying in Barcelona and Andorra for a couple more days and have 3 more trysts scheduled at my apartment in Barcelona, then flying to Panama City to meet my boat for a "little sail" of about 4500 nautical miles,. Probably average 11-13 knots so quite a difference in speed but I really love sailing the open ocean. Gives you time to relax and enjoy life and even think (I try to avoid thinking)