The cars and bikes thread!

[happyscrappyheropup]

Right now we don't have anything that you can haul larger things in.

For serious hauling I always rent a truck from Lowe's or Home Depot. I had to haul a couple thousand pounds of tile and I rented the Home Depot flatbed for $20 to move it.

[Raza]

Here’s something the Elise guys might get a kick out of. Car and Driver’s first comparison test with the S2 Elise, up against a Caterham Seven, a Factory Five Cobra, a Honda S2000, and a Mazdaspeed MX-5.

https://bringatrailer.com/2020/08/15...4-lotus-elise/

[mlcor]

Here’s something the Elise guys might get a kick out of. Car and Driver’s first comparison test with the S2 Elise, up against a Caterham Seven, a Factory Five Cobra, a Honda S2000, and a Mazdaspeed MX-5.

https://bringatrailer.com/2020/08/15...4-lotus-elise/

I still miss my Elise sometimes. Right up until I think about how much harder it would be for me to get in and out of it now. If I were going to have a track-only car, that would still be the one. Just amazing fun on the track.

[chuckmiller]

In 1980 I bought a Jeep CJ5 and drove it for 6 years until my brother crashed it. I still miss it. Last December I put a Jeep back in the family.

20191223_155603 by Chuck Miller, on Flickr

[chuckmiller]

They have changed a bit.

2020-08-15_01-48-20 by Chuck Miller, on Flickr

[gnuyork]

Here’s something the Elise guys might get a kick out of. Car and Driver’s first comparison test with the S2 Elise, up against a Caterham Seven, a Factory Five Cobra, a Honda S2000, and a Mazdaspeed MX-5.

https://bringatrailer.com/2020/08/15...4-lotus-elise/

Redline specs on the Lotus seems off to me, redline should be 8500.

[mlcor]

Redline specs on the Lotus seems off to me, redline should be 8500.

As I recall, the nominal redline was 8000, with occasional bursts of 8500 allowed but if you did it too much, it would cut you off.


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[gnuyork]

As I recall, the nominal redline was 8000, with occasional bursts of 8500 allowed but if you did it too much, it would cut you off.


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Ah, must be my mods then... The previous owner said mine could even handle 10K + with the built internals... but there is still the limiter (as I've experienced - the Italian tune up ).. I think it was for handling big downshift mistakes... either way even 8K is addicting with the Larini exhaust.

[mlcor]

Ah, must be my mods then... The previous owner said mine could even handle 10K + with the built internals... but there is still the limiter (as I've experienced - the Italian tune up ).. I think it was for handling big downshift mistakes... either way even 8K is addicting with the Larini exhaust.

Yup. I had a BWR supercharger on mine (plus the Larini, too), which lowered the point where the second cam kicked in to 3000, so getting above 8k wasn’t really necessary.


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[93EXCivic]

Bought a new to me car, 04 Element with only 120k miles on it a couple weeks ago. Super utilitarian for hauling the baby when need or mountain bikes.

Going to get something more fun to act as a sometimes daily as well next year.