Quote from: giant_mtb on March 28, 2020, 05:55:19 PM
Love that shade of red. I wish Taco was a bit darker of a red like that. What'd you use for wax, out of curiosity?

Turtle wax Ice synthetic. Lasts longer, easier to apply.

Quote from: SJ_GTI on March 28, 2020, 05:57:39 PM
Looks great!

Quote from: shp4man on March 28, 2020, 05:52:11 PM
Washed and waxed the Miata this morning and went for a ride. Check out that deep shine! Arm's a little sore. 

Perfect colour combo with that cream/white interior.

Quote from: shp4man on March 28, 2020, 06:04:22 PM
Turtle wax Ice synthetic. Lasts longer, easier to apply.

The spray? That's what I use. Works on black plastic and glass, too.

Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on March 28, 2020, 09:33:36 PM
The spray? That's what I use. Works on black plastic and glass, too.

Yep. The paste version, but you can get it on plastic, rubber and flat black and it works OK.

Found the original window sticker under some papers in the glove box. MSRP was $32, 695 in 2011. 

Quote from: shp4man on March 29, 2020, 07:20:37 PM
Found the original window sticker under some papers in the glove box. MSRP was $32, 695 in 2011. 

Fancy!

If I ever buy a brand-new car, I would hope for a Miata.

The first Miata (1993) I bought was from my boss- a short signal Major. He said, "it's my wife's car!" but he was the one who drive it every day. When he was going to Hawaii he offered to sell it because his boys didn't want it.

That car was originally white, they had the whole thing painted Miata red after it was rear-ended and repaired. It was rear-ended again, so the decklid was green under red. Bought in summer 2012, had to sell in spring 2013 because of divorce. Bone stock.

My current Miata is so much more go-karty. Very planted, virtually no body roll. Plus I just never liked the pop-up headlights.

LOOVE Love Love Rich's ND soft top.

I love the CX. 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJIikK432Rs

The Apocalypse Truck...Own Your Very Own Firewood-Powered Truck For $4,500...It runs on just about anything.

QuoteThe Chrysler Turbine cars could run on an assortment of different "fuels" – diesel, jet fuel, vegetable oil, and even tequila. It was an ambitious experiment in the early 1960s that looked at alternative fuel sources, but it was never as ambitious as this 1995 Dodge Dakota that's listed for sale on Craigslist. It runs off not only gasoline, but also firewood thanks to a gasifier contraption in the truck bed.

Would have been cooler if it had a Stirling engine

Quote from: MX793 on April 01, 2020, 05:04:16 PM
Would have been cooler if it had a Stirling engine

What's cooler than a big wood burning stove in the box?

Quote from: FoMoJo on April 01, 2020, 05:05:32 PM
What's cooler than a big wood burning stove in the box?

A Stirling engine.  They will run on anything that will burn.  Wood, coal, gas, diesel, old tires, garbage...

Quote from: MX793 on April 01, 2020, 05:09:33 PM
A Stirling engine.  They will run on anything that will burn.  Wood, coal, gas, diesel, old tires, garbage...

I want to make a tire burning engine. I'd have free fuel at work.

Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on April 01, 2020, 05:20:43 PM
I want to make a tire burning engine. I'd have free fuel at work.

Show those coal-rolling brodozers how it's done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwlNqaz9q_0

Man, Koenigsegg makes such amazing nerd supercars..

Eye candy...XK120

Oof. Detailing a newer Durango today. Went to pull it into the shop and the driver door wasn't fully closed...no big deal, just driving 15' into the garage...nope, it engages the auto-hold brake feature when I put it in drive. Jfcccccc

Quote from: giant_mtb on April 02, 2020, 08:45:18 AM
Oof. Detailing a newer Durango today. Went to pull it into the shop and the driver door wasn't fully closed...no big deal, just driving 15' into the garage...nope, it engages the auto-hold brake feature when I put it in drive. Jfcccccc

Yeah, I tried to open the door when backing up so I could see a curb.  Car didn't like it.

Quote from: FoMoJo on April 02, 2020, 08:48:56 AM
Yeah, I tried to open the door when backing up so I could see a curb.  Car didn't like it.

Obnoxious nannies are obnoxious. But I suppose once you are used to the interference, you just learn the habits to bypass it quickly.  For this one it told me to shift into park and then back to drive...okay, sure.

Quote from: giant_mtb on April 02, 2020, 08:45:18 AM
Oof. Detailing a newer Durango today. Went to pull it into the shop and the driver door wasn't fully closed...no big deal, just driving 15' into the garage...nope, it engages the auto-hold brake feature when I put it in drive. Jfcccccc

I fuckin hate those electric parking brakes and electric shifters. I have disable those stupid things when I do alignments.

Quote from: giant_mtb on April 02, 2020, 08:45:18 AM
Oof. Detailing a newer Durango today. Went to pull it into the shop and the driver door wasn't fully closed...no big deal, just driving 15' into the garage...nope, it engages the auto-hold brake feature when I put it in drive. Jfcccccc

These things happen when someone famous gets killed by a shitty shifter design.

Oh dear god. The fuel door's lock/latch is operated by a servo motor. On a Chrysler product.

Quote from: giant_mtb on April 02, 2020, 09:45:32 AM
Oh dear god. The fuel door's lock/latch is operated by a servo motor. On a Chrysler product.

Rip that door right off and toss it in the trash. Damn straight.

Quote from: giant_mtb on April 02, 2020, 08:45:18 AM
Oof. Detailing a newer Durango today. Went to pull it into the shop and the driver door wasn't fully closed...no big deal, just driving 15' into the garage...nope, it engages the auto-hold brake feature when I put it in drive. Jfcccccc

That's the result of the lawsuit from the actor that managed to run over himself and die

R.I.P. Neo Chekov!

I saw two NAs and 4 minis on my short drive home today. Weird.

There are like ZERO Camaros at my local Chevy dealerships. At least on their websites. Really odd.

Quote from: CaminoRacer on April 08, 2020, 11:52:24 AM
There are like ZERO Camaros at my local Chevy dealerships. At least on their websites. Really odd.

Hoard the Camaros for when SHTF!

With the weather warming, I was toying with the idea of bringing the Mustang out of storage this weekend.  Then I looked at the forecast.  Snow.

Quote from: MX793 on April 08, 2020, 12:01:20 PM
With the weather warming, I was toying with the idea of bringing the Mustang out of storage this weekend.  Then I looked at the forecast.  Snow.

That sucks. It's been nice enough in Utah for me to get my motorcycle out and race the El Camino hard enough to break it