Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Clutch Dog

I can sit with the seat all the way back and steer with my knees touching the gas and clutch...

Ditto. Sometimes I drive in stop & go traffic for miles without ever touching the steering wheel. ...in Mexico.

Originally Posted by Clutch Dog

maybe i shoulda got a C6/C7. but damned be if i love my smaller cars .

Yuk. I don't care how great they handle or how fast they are. I have no love for those fat pigs.

[Clutch Dog]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Ditto. Sometimes I drive in stop & go traffic for miles without ever touching the steering wheel. ...in Mexico.



Yuk. I don't care how great they handle or how fast they are. I have no love for those fat pigs.

truth

if i was a few inches shorter id be an s2k

i value the driving dynamic over just going fast ( that said they are stupid fast the C7)

but theres also the whole. driving a low hp car at 9/10ths is way more fun than a faster car at 3/10ths

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by spike021

That’s what I’m hoping. Hopefully just something that you guys mentioned being faulty rather than the engine itself .

Don't worry too much. Just consider that the "engine" won't spontaneously fail. It fails by being operated out of balance, either very out of balance for a short time, or a little out of balance for a long time.

Originally Posted by Clutch Dog

truth

if i was a few inches shorter id be an s2k

If I was a few inches shorter I'd have been in a Miata since day-1. The very first batch came available when I was stationed on Guam even before they hit the mainland. What a shit day that turned out to be. I remember feeling utterly crestfallen when I couldn't get my right leg under the steering wheel.

[Clutch Dog]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

If I was a few inches shorter I'd have been in a Miata since day-1. The very first batch came available when I was stationed on Guam even before they hit the mainland. What a shit day that turned out to be. I remember feeling utterly crestfallen when I couldn't get my right leg under the steering wheel.

I can only relate in terms of the 04 NC when it came out and i rushed to the dealer.

it was supposed to be the bigger one.

If i ever got a dedicated track car I could make the NC work but frankly.... im sure by the time i got to the ability to own a non street legal car, the BRZ might be retired from civil responsibilities...

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Clutch Dog

If i ever got a dedicated track car I could make the NC work but frankly.... im sure by the time i got to the ability to own a non street legal car, the BRZ might be retired from civil responsibilities...

When I was your age, the last three years of my naval service and eight years after that, I drove the shit out of my 240Z. God, I loved that rusty, vapor locking death trap.

[Clutch Dog]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

When I was your age, the last three years of my naval service and eight years after that, I drove the shit out of my 240Z. God, I loved that rusty, vapor locking death trap.

worth some cash now a days, i work with a shop in escondido that is restoring one. and pro-modding another with an RB ( think its an 280z) they are peculiar for sure.

and totally get the death trap.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

If I was a few inches shorter I'd have been in a Miata since day-1. The very first batch came available when I was stationed on Guam even before they hit the mainland. What a shit day that turned out to be. I remember feeling utterly crestfallen when I couldn't get my right leg under the steering wheel.

I got the picture -


humfrz

[EAGLE5]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

I worry that I'd be frustrated with it still not quite being tall enough. Whenever I do the shoulders-back steering wheel test it's 6 inches between my wrist and the wheel.

It will still be an improvement. If you're in the area, feel free to come sit in my car.
The alternative is a race steering wheel with no airbag, and that's just dangerous without a cage and HANS. Also, if it were longer, you'd need to extend the airbag wires. I'm not sure I'd want to risk a bad connection there.

[Captain Snooze]

Incredible, impeccable, surgical timing.

I just hope I never get a blowout in a front tyre.


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[korhun]

His clock ticks faster than ours.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Somewhere between us is the target market.

Me

[spike021]

So just got in for the appointment early to make sure I saw the car before they brought it in (since the tow truck driver dropped it off without me last night).

The tech advisor asked almost right away if I’ve changed my spark plugs and I said no since I only have 36k miles. Maybe he already suspects that’s the issue?

He asked about engine modifications too so I just said I’m not tuned but I do have the flex fuel kit installed but that it’s not plugged in, only the fuel lines are connected to it.

We’ll see what happens.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by spike021

So just got in for the appointment early to make sure I saw the car before they brought it in (since the tow truck driver dropped it off without me last night).

The tech advisor asked almost right away if I’ve changed my spark plugs and I said no since I only have 36k miles. Maybe he already suspects that’s the issue?

He asked about engine modifications too so I just said I’m not tuned but I do have the flex fuel kit installed but that it’s not plugged in, only the fuel lines are connected to it.

We’ll see what happens.

Hope you get it fixed.

[Clutch Dog]

Spark plugs would of been the first thing to check. I hope its something simple like a fouled plug or dropped electrode