Dan’s Papers March 18, 2011 danspapers.com Page 22
45 Minutes
(continued from previous page)
high? Most car speedometers, even those on the big overpowered beasts that could climb up into the high numbers, end around 120. I guess they do. Well, anyway, the police couldn’t keep up with this, not even close. They had radioed ahead for the next group of cops to pick up the trail. I wondered about these cars. I looked up their stats. I was amazed. Both have little fourcylinder engines. (Four bangers, as one blogger wrote.) But both are turbocharged to go faster. According to Motor Trend Magazine, the 2005 Dodge Neon goes from zero to 60 in 5.6 seconds and tops out at 153 miles an hour. The Mitsubishi Lancer Evo has a top speed of 155 miles an hour and goes from zero to 60 in 5 seconds, making it the second fastest street vehicle in America. Both cost under $30,000 new. How could this be? Last time I looked at cars and stats, the only thing that went that fast were the sorts of European monsters—Audis and BMWs and Mercedes—built for the German autobahn. Those cars, full size and well balanced, had engines with eight and even 12 cylinders. Where have I been? I guess, maybe like these kids’ parents, who said sure when these kids mentioned the cars they wanted to get—a Neon or Lancer. Sounded slow and safe to them. The only frame of reference I have going that fast—keep in mind you could go from Manhattan to the Hamptons in 45 minutes at that speed—was way back when I was 28. I
had just bought a 1959 Triumph TR-3 sports car made in Britain. It was eight years old at the time I bought it and I paid $800 for it as a used car. It was a little bit of a thing, a “four banger,� as that blogger wrote. And I wondered how fast it would go. Could you get it up to 100 miles an hour? I thought it would get up over that, but I had a friend who thought it might get up to just 95. We made a $10 bet. (The statute of limitations has run out, so I can tell this story. Except for murder, it’s seven years.) At three in the morning, with nobody around, he followed me out, not to the L.I.E., but to the Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays. He drove a brand new Chevy Chevette his parents had just bought him, which was also a small car, but with six cylinders. Both of us figured the Chevy would surely go faster than the little Triumph. And both of us figured it would be a comfort to have his new Chevy out there to double check on the speed and also to be there in case something went wrong with the Triumph. He’d be my wingman. We lined up side by side in the two lanes heading west going about 50. Then, at a signal from me, we hit the gas. As we expected, the Chevy pulled away from the Triumph, and so my friend eased back on his throttle. Side by side we went faster and faster. The Triumph got up to 70, then 80. It was quivering at 80. It got up to 85 and topped out at 88 miles an hour. It wouldn’t go one mile an hour faster even with my foot on the floor.
9"1, +%9 /" / */" -
ding me the Thanks so much for fin I needed to job right person for the greatest the is y ilit fill. UntappedAb ployers em for re the out new business nd the fou I and job seekers alike. ek! we a n tha s perfect person in les
With 25 years experience in the Financial and Real Estate industries, Terry capitalizes on her diverse background to educate clients about the
Thank you so much, s, Sue Flip-Flop Gymnastic Westhampton
“New Real Estate Market.â€? With a passion for real estate transformation, Terry purchased, renovated, redesigned and sold numerous properties at substantial proďŹ ts. Her goal is to draw from her past experience and
And that was it. The Chevy quickly began to pull away. My friend, I think, wanted to celebrate. He’d just won the bet. And at that speed, I guess it was just too tempting to find out where the Chevy would top out. And so he was gone, at a sort of light-speed slowly getting smaller and smaller off in the distance. I pulled over and came to a halt. I heard the sports car talking to me. It had a cockney accent. “Hey mate, let’s not do that again, okay?� “Okay.� “I really mean it, mate.� “Okay, okay.� I started up again now, shifting one after another from first to second to third, its top gear, now getting up to about 45. I pulled off the Sunrise at the Quogue exit, which is where we agreed to end, my friend and I, and there he was, pulled over on the loop ramp, waiting for me. I pulled in behind him, put my car in neutral, pulled up the emergency brake and got out. “Eighty eight,� I said. “You?� “A hundred and five. That was it.� He seemed disappointed. “Well now we know,� I said. Then, behind us, the Triumph spoke again. “Never again. Ever.� It was trembling. “Never again,� I said. I still have the old Triumph. It’s now 52 years old. I go in and shine it up once in a (continued on page 28)
UntappedAbilit y was key in finding us resources who were th e ‘right fit’, which is cr itical to th e growth of ou r company. Ellen, Peconic Lawn & Tree Care, Inc., Southa mpton
An organic a pproach to plant health care
understanding of market trends, to assist buyers in ďŹ nding the home of
This year was the first year I used UntappedAbility to fill seasonal positions at our front desk, OSO restaurant and our housekeeping staff. It was extremely easy and successful. I picked up the phone and called, within 24 hours I had a pool of resumes that were all qualified people. All I needed to do was give UntappedAbility my needs and salary ranges, the rest was in their hands. Considering the price for a listing with UntappedAbility and how easy it was to work with them, I will continue to use them for my future employee needs. Tony Cotignola Hotel Manager Southampton Inn
their dreams. By implementing proven staging and home organization techniques, she provides the value-added service sellers need to give their
DO YOU WANT TO FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE TOO?
properties a competitive edge. Give Terry a call today!
Let Dan’s HR, powered by UntappedAbility take the hassle out of your search. TERRY THOMPSON
WE WILL:
631.204.2734, 631.871.7844 terry.thompson@elliman.com yourkeytothehamptons.com
Run your ad for two weeks under the Dan’s HR Banner in Dan’s Papers, DansHR.com and UntappedAbility.com • Receive all of the responses • Review all the resumes received • Eliminate unqualified candidates • Pre-screen qualified candidates • Check candidates references
70 Jobs Lane, Southampton
Send you only references of the best candidates
ALLL THIS S FOR R ONLY Y $249 9 Š2011. An independently owned and operated member of Prudential Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. is a service mark of Prudential Insurance Company of America. Equal Housing Opportunity. All material presented herein is intended for information purposes only. While, this information is believed to be correct, it is represented subject to errors, omissions, changes or withdrawal without notice. All property outlines and square footage in property listings are approximate.
1805
Call 631-537-4900 today to get more information on how to take the hassle out of your employment search! 1807