> Oh...and my hula girl mounted on the dash!

an interesting small article in the last issue (January) of Road &
Track,
about el cheapo 'performance' meters ...
a dash-mounted hula girl is a very good indication of
'performance'!! :)

Speed Zone by Douglas Kott
Do-it-yourself Road Testing
Dashboard Hula Girl - "Sweet Leilani"
$11.99
www.HawaiianKineStuff.com
"the least expensive, least accurate yet easiest-on-the-eyes
accelerometer
is Sweet Leilani, far classier than the pine tree air freshener
hanging
from the rearview mirror. Trial-and-error will correlate torso lean
with
lateral and longitudinal g's, although rough pavement will cause some
"noise" due to the undamped spring that's roughly in the lumbar
vertebrae
area. best results are achieved with Don Ho ukulele music
plink-plinking
through your stereo speakers."

or spend $199.99 on the g-tech pro ss.
or $12.99 for Dynolicious software for your apple iphone and iPod
Touch.
or $39,865 for a new Dodge Charger SRT8 with optional SRT Group II
package which has a built-in accelerometer in the onboard trip
computer.

:)

unca joel