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In Reply to: RE: My ideal would be an MG Midget. posted by ghost of olddude55 on December 21, 2023 at 06:58:50
lose the Slobalt and get a true sports car? BIL really enjoys his newish Miata.
The S2000 has been putting a smile on my face since '01. Recently got a look underneath while at my nephew's shop getting some work. You can easily see how the shifter is situated straight up from transmission. No linkage. These were built at the smallish Takanezawa facility in Tochigi alongside the NSX.
Still doesn't burn oil after all that time and nearly 114k miles. Here's the new VTEC valve actuator mechanism and hoses that were beginning to swell and one of shop. There was also a similar '03 S2000 there to the left for major valve work as that one had been ridden hard! I watched that tech remove the valve cover and cams. You could easily see the contrast in size between the normal lobes and the wild VTEC ones.
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Gotta be able to haul the grandsons around.
Any sports type car I'd get would have to be in addition to the Slobalt.
And I want something with no computers. No CANBUS. No control modules. No power anything. Zero-60 times and lateral acceleration aren't important.
BTW, this is a thing:
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along with needing a long distance travel vehicle - hence the Passport.
That seems like lots of hassle for 20 HP and adds weight where you don't want it. I suspect that guy doesn't worry about attaching things like AC compressors, etc.
I think the horsepower increase is a lot more for early model MX-5s. It's not a particularly smooth or fast revving engine, but it is durable.
The LE5 is the same engine that's under the hood of my car. It's capable of a lot more power but there's no point. I'm still gonna be stuck behind the car in front of me.
Back to the grandkids...my son in law is a foot taller than I am and the oldest boy will be my height by the time he turns 12 next September. He doesn't fit in the back of my car anymore.
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I'm still gonna be stuck behind the car in front of me.
Like the importance of having a nicely sized and treated room to fully experience what one's speakers can do, access to comparatively open streets and highways greatly enhances the enjoyment of a sports car. Living in a small college town in a rural area affords us those luxuries.
Just today, I needed to ensure a smooth transition to a main thoroughfare and enjoyed some 8000 RPM shifts. No drama, just wonderful sounds and effortless movement in a low traffic situation. The local PCA club has found all manner of really fun twisties within a couple hours of us - where we occasionally must run the Box flat out in Sport/Sport+ during rides to keep up. No complaints here!
There are advantages to being 5-6. I fit places others don't. :)
...too much construction. There are great rural roads to the southeast but they're only "open" early Sunday mornings. If I take the bike down out to Meyersdale the back way, the trip there is usually a blast.
But by 10 am, it's all over. People are awake and making their rounds. The back roads aren't clogged with cars but all it takes is one driver in no particular hurry to get anywhere.
The latest bane of our driving existence locally is utility work. Water, sewer, and gas line replacement that not only jams traffic but leaves the road surface thorough mangled.
We don't have heavy traffic like the Washington DC era, we just have a lot of folks who drive like they have a raw egg between their foot and the gas pedal.
And PA allows local municipalities to plunk down traffic lights wherever they want. It's not unusual for traffic to back up from one intersection to the next. Very poorly controlled.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
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