I forget the guy's name, but I have pushed started a Lime green Ferarri to grid at MSR; so don't feel bad.
"I'll be honest, the paint is about the only thing that runs good on it....." :giggle:

I will pretty much let anyone look at my car but stupid questions drive me crazy, but I try to remember to when I didnt know alot about cars and try to explain stuff to people that I think can understand. It's been awhile since I anyone ones stealing cars around here. Dont worry about the miata getting stolen. My turbo integra would be the one to go and that would be ok with me 2 turbo cars is to much to play with. Guess that why I use the integra for a daily driver and the miata is more for fun.

I've got a buddy at work who thinks his '02 M5 is the fastest thing on the road. He loves quoting "400hp". We were at lunch today with a buddy who has an R32 and we were talking about driveline loss's of AWD/FWD/RWD... and a general discussion about power to weight ratio.

M5 guy chimes in that his BMW weighs 5200lbs. I told him I was sure it only weighed about 4000lbs because my Dodge Ram weighs abobut 5200. He insisted that it weighed 5200lbs because it said so in the owners manual and he would go out and get it and show me. He comes in an opens the page... GVWR:5200lbs. I give him a short education on empty/curb/gvwr/etc... and he replies (I shit you not):

"Cars are always weighed with people in them because all the car companies and magazines load the cars down for their testing."

I said "You mean, when Car and Driver publishes a 0-60time, they did it with an entire family with all their luggage in the car."

He says, "Well, no, they usually just use sandbags to simulate people."

He swore up and down that he was right and nothing me or my buddy said would convince him otherwise. I know you all have had conversations like this.

I actually have no friends family or coworkers that could even change their own oil. Case in point, one coworker today told me her mechanic is charging her $450 to change the brake master cylinder and it'll take a half a day. I've never talked to any stranger about my car who would understand if you were telling them the truth or complete bullshit so why try?

FUCK YOU GUYS!


im keeping my turbo...

I know a kid who gets the keys to his dad's E39 M5 every so often. He was REAL surprised (and so were his passengers) when my lowly little Miata started gaining on him during a 30-110 pull. ;) This was without the hardtop; with the hardtop on the ownage would have been epic.

I enjoy giving rides in the car at meets and stuff, and if someone's interested I'll go pretty in-depth about the setup. If a random stranger asks me, I just say it's turbo and that's enough to confuse them until I can grin and drive away.