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01-20-2018, 05:51 PM | #15 |
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You could keep the FR-S for track days at least and just trailer it up and down the driveway, if not all the way to and from the track, with your SUV. Doesn't help with being able to use the car as a daily, but at least you still get to enjoy the track. This assumes that a trailer will fit in that garage, door looks a bit narrow but hard to tell from that angle.
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I suggest crack cocaine.
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used to park the bike in the sun porch around the back, put a moving blanket on it and a potted flower on top.
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I wonder if I could just cut the lower lip of the front bumper off the FR-S, and what that would look like... screw it, if I do that I should just lift it, run mud tires, and put on a pre-runner style metal guard in place of the bumper. Like a zombie apocalypse rally cross car. |
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Yea, that's pretty steep transition.
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So do you need a minivan and an SUV? Seems like the SUV can do anything a minivan can do and more. You don't need to haul 2 families around at once, right? Get rid of the minivan, keep the bike and the FR-S. Then build yourself some wheel ramps like the Race Ramps XTenders so you can put those over that overly steep transition and get a more reasonable angle.
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There is caveat, I went from a bike to a Caterham and it was as much fun if not more as your partner was sitting by your side and you don't fall off.... the Caterham feels as quick due to its closeness to the road and the exposed nature. |
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I looked at those and Got a Panoz... still pine for a Caterham!
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A great car the Caterham. I would consider another one if I had the space to keep it. http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=102 Last edited by JD001; 01-21-2018 at 11:38 AM. |
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It's a funny thing. The probability of a wreck on the bike is not hugely high. I made it for a long time, even roadracing for several years. However, the cost of a screwup, particularly by a cage operator is immense. Once I recovered, I considered getting another bike. Then I saw a BRZ in a Costco display and fell in love. Over the last three years, it's turned out to be as close as I can get to a BMW RT1200, and it has doors, training wheels, air bags, A/C, and heat. For me, it touches (not terribly hard, mind you) the buttons my bikes used to tickle. Every now and then I see a guy on a GS or an RT on the highway and the old urges begin to wake. Then, I look down at the dash and note that it's 105F outside, my arm or a wrist gives me a twinge and I love my BRZ all the more.
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A former riding partner of mine went through the same thing a few years back. Assholes with cellphones in cages. Fuck 'em, right in the eye.
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I fit both in the garage with the help of a rolling center lift stand. It's also handy for maintenance and spinning the bike around.
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I would think if there's room in the garage for a car, there's room for a car and a bike...
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