Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Do you know the name of the field? It's a long way from here to Idaho in my plane, but you never know!

Here is the closest to me.

https://www.cityofcaldwell.org/departments/airport

Here is where the museum is located.

https://www.cityofnampa.us/116/Airport-Division

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

It only seemed that long because it was. We walked the whole rest of the museum, looked at dozens of aircraft, had a drink, I went for a couple of smokes, we played with the other active displays upstairs and eventually came back looking for you.
There you still were.
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There are several cutouts of piston and jet engines. Unfortunately they all looked static.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

There are several cutouts of piston and jet engines. Unfortunately they all looked static.

Well will just take a stick on button he can push and tell him the engine is just turning really slow. He will never know.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by ls1ac

I looked twice but did not see trans type??

You can see it is MT in the pics.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Just got an email from the dealership!

You'll need to let me know how you like the sliding armrest. I've had one for about 5 years that I never installed.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

You'll need to let me know how you like the sliding armrest. I've had one for about 5 years that I never installed.

I will probably rarely use it and keep it slid back out of my way but it looks pretty.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

It only seemed that long because it was. We walked the whole rest of the museum, looked at dozens of aircraft, had a drink, I went for a couple of smokes, we played with the other active displays upstairs and eventually came back looking for you.
There you still were.
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But I wasn't bored.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

He's probably trying to see what every component does in it's cycle. One spin per component and

OMG, you nailed it! The valve train was amazing. Craziest places for cams & followers I've ever seen.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

But I wasn't bored.

Someone once said "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result"...….







humfrz

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by bcj

The cam system is incredible. Like "What the hell is going on there!"

Right? Ok, it wasn't just me. No wonder it would only last a few hours between rebuilds.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by bcj

It really was fascinating watching a huge double wasp engine on the half shell turn over and over.

Like being able to sit inside a swiss watch while it ticks.

The cam system is incredible. Like "What the hell is going on there!"

I looked up a cutaway on YouTube. That’s pretty wild. Amazing how many components they can cram in that space.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by ls1ac

I looked twice but did not see trans type??

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

You can see it is MT in the pics.

Yep MT. That was why they were not sure if they would be able to even get me one. From the info they were able to look up there are only 50 Hakone SEs allotted to Canada. Of those it looked like 70% were ATs. That means that across the whole country there will probably be a grand total of 15 MTs. That is IF Canada even takes their whole allotment. The sales manager told me that many of the Canadian dealerships where the car does not sell well (such as the Prairie Provinces) declined their allotment. If other dealerships don't take them then they just won't be built to Canadian specs. So far their system showed 30 in the country with 10 being MT so the ratio is pretty close.
The funny part is that the CANADIAN MSRP (remember cars just cost more here it isn't an exchange rate calculation) is $33,800 but many of the dealers in the slower sales regions are asking almost $37,000 for them. Even the one they are getting for me shows a price of $36,995. I paid a little under MSRP at $33,000 and they had to order/find/ship it.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I looked up a cutaway on YouTube. That’s pretty wild. Amazing how many components they can cram in that space.

This is the actual engine that Ultra played with for so long.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vg4b29x8W0[/ame]

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

But I wasn't bored.

No. No you were not. I recall that we still had to coax you away with shiny things.