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Subject: Re: Snow
From: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 18:34:26 -0500
The sand gets especially nasty when you ride a motorcycle.  When I lived out
in Colorado, I generally avoided riding my bike up into the mountains until
a month or two after it stopped snowing because there was just too much sand
built up, especially in the twisties, to make motorcycling fun.

I know I'm in the minority here, but I drive my V8 every day in Ohio, and I
drove my roadster every day for 8 years before the V8.  Even though Ohio
claims they can't afford any more salt, they are still pouring it on.  I
just wash the car when I can and make sure to do the undercarriage.  Rust
will get the car eventually if you live in an area with any appreciable
humidity (like Ohio), and I love my car too much to just let it sit around.

When the sills and fenders rot out (and they will eventually drive it or
not) I will replace them, and that's that.  I don't expect to change
anyone's mind here but that is how I feel.  If the car were an E-type
lightweight, or something truly rare, then I might feel differently, but I
doubt it.  The fact of the matter is that these are sports cars, not
centerpieces, and I personally believe that they desire to be driven as much
as I desire to drive them.

I always love watching coverage of the Goodwood race because you get to see
obscenely valuable cars out on the track being flogged just like when they
were new.  That is what a car is for, IMO.  It is always painful to see them
crash because you can see the zeros piling up, even by television, but it is
very satisfying to see cars that now live in museums out on the track where
they belong.

Flame suit on!
James Nazarian
71 MGBGTV8
71 MGB Tourer





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