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From posts overnight on FB, it sounds like Mike Palero and Patty Wang got hit on their bikes last night by some doof making a left turn. Sounds like they are at Huntington waiting on tests. Mike is still posting so at least the internet-interface part of his brain (if not his spelling center) appear...

Whoa! These things ARE sticky...

The roses are in bloom...

Bump. Same question different year... but the other vehicle I've been working on will be delivered Sunday night about 10:30 pm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki_Af_o9Q9s" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I currently have a set of Hankooks on the Miata but my daily driver needs...

That's what I call: "out in the clag"!

Happened to see this pile school car shop "stuff" for sale and though of you folks.

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I'm not a party to this in any way. Caveat Emptor.

steve

Will Kalman wrote:

Steve Collins wrote:I'm supposed to be working a Mars landing rehearsal till late on Friday night.

Come on, Steve, we've all heard that one before!

No really, you guys... My other car is half way to Mars.

I'm not kidding! It IS.

...guys?

I'm not quite clear how this will work. I clicked the box for "make it a true test n tune" when I registered for practice and included the amount in my check to KJ. Now I'm wondering if that was what I was supposed to do and how this is related... sc You are good to go Steve. You're in th...

I'm not quite clear how this will work. I clicked the box for "make it a true test n tune" when I registered for practice and included the amount in my check to KJ. Now I'm wondering if that was what I was supposed to do and how this is related...

sc

Mako Koiwai wrote:No Steve, still no class for Mars Rovers. What does JPL have up its sleeves?

Need to figure out where I can run nuclear power, 6WD and rocker-bogie

Rick Brown wrote:Note that there a few changes to the run order pending due to 2012 class changes. ST is now STC and there are two new classes, STF and SSP.

Where can I find out more about the class changes. I can't find anything that looks like 2012 solo rules on solo2.com or scca.com.

steve

Pete,
Please Please Please, go to a doctor and have yourself checked out. After flipping all the way around like that, you can never be too careful. }:)

steve

Parts are cheap. Decent tires are cheap. Fully adjustable suspension. More "speed maintenance" less "point and shoot".
Engines are reliable. I've got a 92

I think what we've learned is that the louder the car is, the faster Mako drives. We need to get him one of those vroom vroom things that plugs into the cigarette lighter.

sc

And some headphones.

Thanks Arthur. It turns out she really needs an automatic. We're still looking...

steve

Interesting. Perhaps a bit long in the tooth, but that's the right price-point. Does the roof mostly hold water? I'll check with my "client" and see if she demands to have an automatic.

sc

My "ex" just blew the trans in her volvo and needs wheels that will get her around town to work.
Looking for something not-pretty, mostly reliable and dirt cheap.

Steve Collins
626 644 4917

For high speed, large radius turns like ours hmmm ... I though our AX corners were tight and low speed for the most part Compared to road course, yes. But in this context, what matters is the turn radius relative to the wheelbase of the car. "Small radius" turns here would be something th...

Hmmmm... I was under the impression that an approximation to Ackerman steering had been implemented on cars (and buggies) by clever placement of tie rod ends since the early 1800's. For high speed, large radius turns like ours, Ackerman effects are small and the weight transfer (and resulting change...

It was cool that a bunch of folks took turns using my camera/tripod to get us complete coverage! I got a taste of my own medicine! Hahahaha. Got ya! Sorry about all the blurry pics of the side of the motorhome. A lot of folks seemed to be experimenting with the "wide line" through the fin...

Thanks mucho for the advice folks. I'm working on the car and we've got the paperwork underway. Think I'm going to spend a few hundred and have someone pull out the bumper mount on a frame rack (couldn't budge it with the come-along...) Found most of the other stuff I need already at pic-a-part. steve

Is there room for walkups at the practice? I've apparently missed the reg deadline...

sc

My GF fenderbent her 97 escort. It has minor but fixable front damage. She was still carrying full comp on it and the est was $3500 to repair so the ins co declared it totalled. They paid her $2500 or so and for $300 let us keep the wreck. What's the "skinny" on the salvage title. Do we ne...

What's the story WRT non-driving guyz? A friend of mine from work will be driving my car. Can/should I come along as a pit crew/course worker or is the event intended to be "gals only".

steve

Drift cam snap shot ... Rhys Millen: http://images51.fotki.com/v1548/photos/4/43793/4909192/RhysI-vi.jpg Um, is that snow behind you? or clouds? Or are you on a greenscreen stage somewhere? Hmmm... sports season.... and it has somebody wants it to look like snow in the background... OMG! Did you sh...