nick_charles. We were comparing his dream car, a 1969-1972 Lincoln Mark IIIto my car, Casper the Miata.
It's a long conversation, so I'll cut it, but it's quite entertaining. We get into known defects, racing, and crash derbies. Good times.
nick_charles (11:30:14 PM): I would want to race you.busychild424 (11:30:20 PM): HAHAHAnick_charles (11:30:21 PM): No twistys.busychild424 (11:30:25 PM): damn!nick_charles (11:30:28 PM): Heheh.busychild424 (11:30:30 PM): you'd smoke mebusychild424 (11:30:33 PM): butbusychild424 (11:30:54 PM): if we had a course that consisted of two quarter mile straights with one 110 degree turn in the middle, I'd kill youbusychild424 (11:31:03 PM): maybenick_charles (11:31:09 PM): Twistys are bad in a 6150lb (dry) car.busychild424 (11:31:21 PM): yahbusychild424 (11:31:27 PM): unless you got really skilled at drifting itbusychild424 (11:31:37 PM): which would be a site to beholdbusychild424 (11:31:47 PM): *sightnick_charles (11:31:49 PM): If you wanted to go for the crash-up derby thing, though, I'd invest in some touch-up paint and take you on any day.busychild424 (11:31:58 PM): no thanksbusychild424 (11:32:06 PM): unless I just relied on my car's ability to DODGE you the whole timenick_charles (11:32:23 PM): Hmm.busychild424 (11:32:25 PM): "oops, made you miss! oops, you missed again!"nick_charles (11:32:39 PM): With your low weight, you might be abe to get me by FORDing a river.busychild424 (11:32:45 PM): remember that crash derbys happen on dirt surfaces and I have RWD and a short wheelbasebusychild424 (11:32:48 PM): HAHAbusychild424 (11:33:28 PM): the other day I did a combination e-brake slide/first gear clutch dump to pull a 180 on a gravel road, first time I'd mastered that combination. it was fun.nick_charles (11:33:37 PM): Hmm. The RWD wouldn't be real unique... My 390hp would, though.busychild424 (11:33:51 PM): but the short wheelbase + rwd allows me to turn around faster than you busychild424 (11:34:07 PM): your car would just TAKE LONGER to swing around 180busychild424 (11:34:14 PM): I could just stay parallel to you the whole timenick_charles (11:34:19 PM): My need for an octane of no less than 102 to avoid ping would put me at a disadvantage without AvGas, though.busychild424 (11:34:23 PM): hehehehbusychild424 (11:34:45 PM): who do you think would run out of gas first?busychild424 (11:35:01 PM): your massive gas chewing 8 with a huge tank, or my little light 4 with a small tanknick_charles (11:35:04 PM): Hmm. The Mark III was rated at 8 in the city, by Ford.busychild424 (11:35:10 PM): wowbusychild424 (11:35:18 PM): 8mpg * how many gallons?nick_charles (11:35:37 PM): 42 gal rear tank, fill behind license plate.busychild424 (11:35:42 PM): jesus christbusychild424 (11:35:48 PM): you winnick_charles (11:35:51 PM): busychild424 (11:35:56 PM): 8*42=336 miles/tanknick_charles (11:36:19 PM): If gas pumps were video games, I'd beat you on the top $$ score list any day.busychild424 (11:36:34 PM): for me, keeping the numbers in the SAME ORDER (mpg * gallons), my 23*11.9=273.7 miles per tank.busychild424 (11:36:41 PM): the 23 is city mpg of MY car, measured by ME.nick_charles (11:36:44 PM): Heh. What a wussy tank.busychild424 (11:36:49 PM): sirbusychild424 (11:37:00 PM): my car has never cost more than $18 to fill from empty.busychild424 (11:37:10 PM): how much is 42 gallons of AvGas?busychild424 (11:37:36 PM): or, if you like, 42 gallons of gas + octane boosternick_charles (11:37:36 PM): Hmm. AvGas... $2.50/avg lately... A bill would probably fill it.busychild424 (11:37:40 PM): oknick_charles (11:37:45 PM): Octane booster blows.busychild424 (11:37:46 PM): so you spend $100 to go 336 milesnick_charles (11:37:50 PM): Rightbusychild424 (11:38:26 PM): 100/336busychild424 (11:38:34 PM): .29/milenick_charles (11:38:37 PM): Rightbusychild424 (11:38:38 PM): my carbusychild424 (11:38:54 PM): .06/milenick_charles (11:39:13 PM): Yeah, but in your research did you find any known issues with broken driveshafts like the Mark III had?busychild424 (11:39:22 PM): hehehehbusychild424 (11:39:29 PM): I don't think stock Miatas are capable of thatnick_charles (11:39:52 PM): There's nothing like a bad-ass problem to have like snapping the damn driveshaft because you had such an excessive amount of torque happening down there.busychild424 (11:39:58 PM): hahahanick_charles (11:40:19 PM): 