Sluggo earned his name mostly to make fun of an acquaintance of mine who owned a Mustang. This particular Mustang was a base model with a V-6. The guy put MUSTANG GT across the top of his windshield which just killed me. A friend and I promptly went out and bought a few stick on numbers (about 6" tall) and created SLUGGO GT for my car (it was green and he had made fun of it saying it was slow). He didn't like it much, challenged me to a race, which I won. The Sluggo stickers stayed on for about 2 years, much longer than I thought and the name stuck. That guy took off his Mustang GT stickers and never spoke to me again. I felt bad, but he started it by insulting my car. This weekend I gave Sluggo an oil change in preparation for another Canadian winter and figured I would take some more pictures. Sluggo I bought from my Great Aunt for $500 Canadian five years ago and he has been great ever since. She hardly ever drove him, and even with the five years I have driven him he only has 88900 km (as of about a week ago). He is also quite fast, despite what many others think upon first glance. This summer I came upon an Alberta prairie highway (dead flat, straight, 30 foot wide asphalt, and at the time empty) and with my GPS on the dash saw how fast Sluggo could go, 190kmph (About 119mph) was as fast as I went. I'm sure you know what it's like to wonder what he'll do, I just had to wait for the right safe moment. the GPS also helped as my speedometer only goes to 140kmph, and the GPS has a Max speed setting. Knowing that makes me proud and glad to stick safely to the speed limits. I have a friend who recently bought a new Z24 Cavalier that has a governor at 160kmph (100mph), he is pretty unhappy that my 20 year old car can go faster than his brand new one. These sure are good cars, I plan on taking care of mine and driving it for a long time.
From Anthony Churchill