I agree. There's just nothing like having a second car for your daily
murderous commute -- preferably with A/C, a soundproofed interior, and
all the other goodies. I've discovered over the last few years of living
in Atlanta that I absolutely *hate* driving my daily commute...why spoil
my love for my MG by subjecting it to that every day? Better to take it
out on an unsuspecting Toyota...
-- Marc
On Thu, 30 May 1996, W. R. Gibbons wrote:
>
> On Thu, 30 May 1996, Will Zehring suffered a mini-midlife crisis and wrote:
>
> > thing the first: last night a member of my car-guy support group stopped
>by
> > to show me his new/used 1993 RX-7 (a car we can all agree is a classic in
> > the making). Black with a red leather interior. Drop dead good looking
> > car, and cosmetically in great condition. Awe-inspiring performance for
>the
> > price of a new Miata. I want you to know that it soured my evening, even
> > tho my beloved and I were watching an inspiring Disney movie about sled
> > dogs. Later that night I pulled Olde Whitesides into the driveway and
> > started to think what a frumpy car it was (the MG, that is). There, I said
> > it. Of course I don't really want a three year old RX-7, with the
> > associated costs, but it is a great car.
>
> Now Will, get a grip. Classic in the making, my backside. Think what
> that RX7 is going to be like 20 years from now, when all the little tiny
> hoses are rotted, and nobody knows where they went so you can't replace
> them, and nobody is making new transmission parts for the 6 cars that have
> not yet succumbed to rust, and only one person knows how to install new
> rotor seals and she (got the she, Denise?) is in Japan, but it doesn't
> matter because not even one person knows how to resurface the housing.
>
> The thing to do with something like an RX-7 is to buy it new, if you can
> afford it, run the pee out of it, and then sell it to some unsuspecting
> fellow like your car buddy. Pity him; do not copy him.
>
> It is one thing to oogle Pamela whatsername on Baywatch; it is quite
> another to decide to get divorced and pursue her.
>
> > particular car has lost its 5th gear synchro after only 28k miles (???).
> > Figure that one out. I drove it "around the block" and was surprised at
>the
> > mushyness of the shifter. That made me feel a bit better.
>
> If you knew Pamela whatsername, you would also probably be surprised by
> the mushiness... oh, never mind.
>
> > thing the second: the commute has been **horrendous** lately, and I almost
>
> Would it be more fun being stuck in traffic in a black RX-7?
>
> > Deeeetroit. Has the world spun off its axis?
> > Seriously: What does a car guy do when its no fun to drive !!??
>
> I drove 100K miles on the Dan Ryan expressway in Chicago, reputedly the
> most dangerous highway in the nation. While driving home in the snow one
> evening, I counted 17 freshly wrecked cars. At 70 mph, I once came upon
> an outboard motor boat abandoned in my lane. This was not the place for
> an lbc; the only (partial) cure I could come up with was a new car with an
> unburstable cooling system, a good heater, an air-conditioner, and a
> decent radio. I carried a paperback book for heavy traffic.
>
> Why do you think I put up with the weather in Vermont?
>
> Ray
>
> Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
> Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
> gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
>
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