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1. testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring); Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 08:45:09 -0400; Fellow fiends: I call upon the wisdom of the net: I had a bad day and I'm a weak man and I'm being tested. May I rant for a screen or so? Two things: thing the first: last night a member of my car-gu; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01042.html (9,169 bytes)
2. RE: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: Wes Grady <wesgrady@csbh.mhv.net>; Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 08:54:07 -0400; When it is no fun driving any more you can: 1. Move to another location where the sun always shines, the weather is = perfect the people are friendly and the traffic jams are minor. (I = personally p; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01043.html (8,539 bytes)
3. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: Tim Moses <moses@csra.net>; Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 07:19:59 -0600; We all are tested at some point or other. Rant on, brother........ But it is STILL a RICE Burner... Keep in touch with your friend. Can he maintain the RX-7? Can he repair it?? (Can he AFFORD to??) D; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01044.html (11,178 bytes)
4. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: Marc Steinberg <marc@crl.com>; Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 06:22:48 -0700 (PDT); Get yerself a nice, comfortable, commutable car -- preferably with A/C, automatic, and a low-noise interior/nice stereo. I've also discovered (don't think I'm a geek!) that if I obey all the traffic; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01045.html (10,628 bytes)
5. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: "Thomas Wannenburg" <twannen@isnet.is.bgsm.edu>; Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 09:42:22 -0400 (EDT); More unwanted advice: IMHO: 1) Move to North Carolina (although we really don't want any more North'ners down here). Great weather, nice roads (esp Western NC), easy commuting, - and they've proposed; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01047.html (8,655 bytes)
6. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: patrick bailey <pbailey@qnet.com>; Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 07:18:34 -0700; First you put the B in the garage under a tarp so you can't see it. Second you start riding "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION" If that doesn't work in a week or so Third you go out and buy a used Ford escort, s; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01052.html (8,471 bytes)
7. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 10:52:36 -0400 (EDT); 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; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01054.html (11,449 bytes)
8. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: Marc Steinberg <marc@crl.com>; Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 08:25:18 -0700 (PDT); 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 y; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01055.html (12,607 bytes)
9. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu (Will Zehring); Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 11:30:03 -0400; Good points, all. In fact, we stopped counting the hoses in there. And that doesn't include the 16 pipes for the anti-lock brake system. My friend admitted it took him 15 mins to locate the dip stick; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01057.html (10,823 bytes)
10. RE: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: "Ernest E. Gilbert" <barrister@lawref.com>; Date: Thu, 30 May 96 09:26:19 -0700; thing the second: the commute has been **horrendous** lately, and I almost got into an accident yesterday in the B (cars behind me plowed into each other and it chain-reacted up to about a quarter of; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01058.html (10,185 bytes)
11. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: Barry Berg <barry.berg@nwa.com>; Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 12:43:48 -0700; Marc Steinberg wrote in reply to Ray Gibbons: ... [clip] .... Actually I use an American descendant of the LBC ... A Pontiac Fiero... It took a long time to find a good 1988 Formula ... The V6 goes l; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01061.html (10,405 bytes)
12. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: Ragthyme@aol.com; Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 12:36:23 -0400; Give this a shot. Rent a car for a few days. Get some nice, air-conditioned shock-absorbed insulated Toyota or something ... something with an auto tranny and a radio. Drive it to work for a few day; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01062.html (9,659 bytes)
13. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: Don Mathis <tdm@smtp-gw.ak.att.com>; Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 12:54:55 -0400; Ray, you're probably addicted to Maple syrup?!? Why DO you stay in Vermont?? Don Mathis,Ph.D. LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES '61 MGA '37 Bentley; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01067.html (9,284 bytes)
14. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: Dave Houser <mgs4dave@warwick.net>; Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 18:05:04 +0000; I, too, have visited the state you are in just now. The answer you seek? Relax by Changing the spark plugs in the B, have a beer close by and the MG manual open to any page. Works for me. Dave; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01076.html (8,950 bytes)
15. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: Barry Berg <barry.berg@nwa.com>; Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 17:09:36 -0700; Note: My Mailer was having trouble sending this earlier...so I am resending it....sorry for the time warp effect. ==b2 Marc Steinberg wrote in reply to Ray Gibbons: ... [clip] .... Actually I use an; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01078.html (10,336 bytes)
16. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: Cindy_Jizmagian@bcsmac.org (Cindy Jizmagian); Date: 31 May 1996 04:06:52 GMT; O.K., drive to a sidewalk cafe in late afternoon on a perfect June day. (Bring someone with a good sense of humor or with good conversational skills). Park on the street right in front of the cafe a; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01092.html (9,407 bytes)
17. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: grant@vp4.med.harvard.edu (Bob Grant); Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 10:51:21 -0400; Fellow SOLers, I have been lurking on the list for quite a while now, but this is my first posting. My LBC is a 69 Sprite with about 90K miles. It's pretty much original except for an ugly orange pai; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01093.html (10,426 bytes)
18. Re: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: BritCarMag@aol.com; Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 12:35:51 -0400; Thanks, Cindy for suggesting one best thing to do with a bbc (beautiful British Car) If you're ever in my neighborhood, the Los Altos Bar & Grill has exactly the right tables on the sidewalk. It conf; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01098.html (8,791 bytes)
19. RE: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: "David M. Hall" <dhall@hp-vcd.vcd.hp.com>; Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 08:04:27 +0100; down.) Some of them will want to tell you how they "had one in college" and Wow. I actually had some guy come over and do this the other day. Kinda cool. My parents are into restoring Ford Model A's; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01103.html (9,387 bytes)
20. RE: testing my mettle, or: irksome rant (score: 1): Author: "Ernest E. Gilbert" <barrister@lawref.com>; Date: Fri, 31 May 96 11:15:44 -0700; Not even in a vet did that ever happen before. Ernest barrister@lawref.com; /html/mgs/1996-05/msg01105.html (8,221 bytes)

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