11-09-2005
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Sten Sniper
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: New Hope
Drives: Evo VIII RS
Posts: 1,385
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R.I.P - Talon
What follows is the sad story of the last 4 years via pictoral history.
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11-09-2005
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Sten Sniper
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: New Hope
Drives: Evo VIII RS
Posts: 1,385
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
Here's the rest of that sad, sad story
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11-09-2005
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Is funding Exxon.
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Ham Lake
Drives: like a bat outta hell!
Posts: 7,983
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
A moment of silence....
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Is burning corn and stayin' warm!
My motorcycle is stock and reliable, my Talon is neither!
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11-09-2005
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Blaine
Posts: 2,789
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
what hapend in the last pic?
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11-09-2005
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Asshat King
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Decorah / Ames, Iowa
Posts: 3,683
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
What happened that caused all the damage picture 5?
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11-09-2005
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Totenritt
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Gardner, KS
Drives: Cranberry Plastic, Shiny red Bayliner with a V10
Posts: 1,670
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
LOL!
They were the best of times, they were the worst of times.
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11-09-2005
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Been there, done that.
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Camden, S.C.
Posts: 3,248
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
Ya what exactly happened, for the longest time you were on the track of being one of the faster DSM's around.
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1997 GSX - new ride
1997 GSX - dedicated track car
2004 R6 - sold
1992 GSX - sold
1996 GST - sold
1995 GSX - sold
Best 1/4 - 11.7 on 93oct
Best 1/4 MPH - 120mph
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11-09-2005
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Resident Redneck
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Corpus Christi, Texas
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
I'll have to tip my 40.
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11-09-2005
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AWD4G64
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Shoreview, MN
Posts: 2,286
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
read the title of the pics dudes... 05deer hit 002.jpg . maybe that might be the cause, i donno
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11-09-2005
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Banned
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Boulder, CO
Drives: Conquest
Posts: 5,049
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
no no no no, he hit a barn door with it!
but seriously, did you hit a flock of deer?
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11-09-2005
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Chattanooga TN
Posts: 630
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
sorry to see and sad to see it had to go to the crusher and not get fixed
might I ask why you didn't save the spoiler/ complete hatch lid or the driver side door?
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Slow is better than broke.... but broke is better than nothing.
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11-09-2005
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
Man that is sad, there were some fun times in that car. First DSM that I ever rode in that pulled a 12 second timeslip. It wont be forgotten!
And yea he hit a deer a little while ago...
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11-09-2005
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At-Least-It's-White-Again
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
Awww you just had it towed away like that... I forgot, I shoulda came and stole a few things like the outside window upper trim off it.. 
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Done fuckin' with cars but I will snap some photos of yours for now! =)
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11-09-2005
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back in the saddle again
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
Mine wasn't that cool. I bought it for $260, drove it for 12k, it spun a bearing, I promptly crushed it, end of story.
1 dsm down, thousands to do.
Good kill CVD.
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11-10-2005
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R U DTF bro?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Oak Point, TX
Drives: C8 Stingray Z51
Posts: 20,620
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
Goodbye Talon. I remember a lot of fun times involving that car. Its been good...time to make better!
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11-10-2005
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
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Originally Posted by niterydr
1 dsm down, thousands to do.
Good kill CVD.
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That should be 2, CVD's got it too |
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11-10-2005
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Shit Rocket Pilot
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Shoreview, MN
Drives: 2003 Evolution VIII
Posts: 7,752
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
I remember when I first met CVD and saw his car at some sort of event at Elite. I never did get a ride.
May it rest in peace...
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11-10-2005
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Sten Sniper
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: New Hope
Drives: Evo VIII RS
Posts: 1,385
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
Yeah, I showed the pictures to my dad, and even he was sad, and he hated the thing.
The second to last picture was an impact with a deer at unknown speed. Somewhere between 55 and 75 mph during a WOT pull.
It stayed in action even after the deer incident, but that was basically the last nail in the coffin. The shell was worthless and I was unable to find another in acceptable condition. Hence pic #6, the car after it had been stripped of everything of value. At the end the body panels were given away free, I only assumed that those who know me knew this, so I didnt make any attempt to make it public. They werent worth the time and space to pull and store in my shed until they might be sold.
The cars best ever run was a mere 12.2 and best trap at 117mph. Both runs with problems, probably just a terrible batch of gas or massive boost leak or both. Either way, a shame to crush a car that still had so much potential, but I figured it was time to move on. Parts are still available. I'll update my FS post later today and reprice some things.
Hopefully I will find some time in the next couple of weeks to go through my video collection of all the good times had with this car and post them up.
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11-10-2005
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Any 2 card caller.
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
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Originally Posted by blageo23
read the title of the pics dudes... 05deer hit 002.jpg . maybe that might be the cause, i donno
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Sorry buddy, not everyones computer does that when you scan the mouse over it. And in the properties of the pics is has nothing about a deer in the url.
Sad to see it go CVD. That was always a beautiful car!!
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It's always the second mouse that gets the cheese....
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
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11-10-2005
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Now 1 second.....slower!
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: St. Paul, MN
Drives: 1993 Talon AWD
Posts: 1,359
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Re: R.I.P - Talon
That's sucks. One less fast DSM to be proud of. Are you done with DSMs? I would've never suspected that the car would run low 12's just from looking at it...thumbs up.
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