I met Norman Garrett today. Super nice guy, very friendly and genuine. We didn't get a chance to talk much, but it was a neat experience.

 

did you tell him his book sucks?

 

who? sorry i dont know celebritties too well

 

he wrote this:



i guess it was good for it's time, a lot of stuff it outdated and outright wrongz.

 

You work in the same building as a celebrity every day. Rick's the man when it comes to rotaries.

 

I liked it back in the day when I thought life couldn't get any better than a Borla cat-back and some Tokico Illuminas.

 

i look at a celebrity every day in the mirror

 

Pasting a picture of your idol David Hasselhoff to your mirror does NOT count.

j/k

 

I met him a few months ago, actually. Very down-to-earth.

 

do tell

 

I like Garrets book it has alot of neat details in it while i agree it is not the end all be all it does show alot of cool stuff.
MR2cup i think braineak is talking about the resistor mod to safely make more power on modified cars. And the fact that they say a JRSC hit 140 towards the end of the book and that a 200whp miata is a all out dragster.

 

ill have to pull the book from the shelf. but yeah few random little "tricks" like the 160° thermostat for a "safe" way to add fuel.

 

i have a question still.

how is he actually famous?

 

about as famous as the guy i see in the mirror every morning

 

oh, ok

in a self defined realm, for example -
* President of the Miata Club of America, so famous (in the early years anyway) among club members.
* Project Engineer for the Miata, probably made him famous among Mazda employees involved in the creation of Mazda's new models, undoubtedly increasing with favorable reviews of the car.

 

oh.

Like when I was hanging out in SF with my sis and her friends goin to see a random jazz student band at this cafe and i met her friend's uncle and he turns out to be author Tobias Wolff (the guy who wrote This Boy's Life). Random.