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Finally!
1: Eretz Tzion, Cont.
2: For some reason this warranted a picture? High desert, California
3 & 4: Descending into LA County and its lovely polluted sunsets
5: Tired car having its foglights worked on.
6: A neat Miata I saw today. Every time I see one done like this, I think about what might have been (it was either hardtopped original Miata or CelSup). I was just driving back from some canyon carving so the wallowy behavior was fresh on my mind. The handling isn't helped by the fact that I'm still running overly-high tire pressure for economy on the cross country run. Still, a Mazda couldn't have held all my stuff and I couldn't have slept in it. The CelSup is a GT par excellence and was very well suited to eating up those middle-American miles.
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Great trip! Reminds me that I've just come from 4.600km across Europe for the past six days.
Basically, the French banned me from driving, the Belgian motorways have potholes the size of lunar craters, the Dutch have decided to have a traffic jam every 500 yards, the Luxemburgers (or however they are called) have cheap petrol and Italy is not country, it is a race track (I think I may have annoyed slightly a pair of Carabinieri in a Delta because I was going too slow).
[quote=f6fhellcat13;997751]This was another fantastic trip that the Cupra completed with very few stumbles.[/quote]
I didn't know they were selling Seats in the States...
[quote=f6fhellcat13;997752]Current possibilities are a slightly more sporty suspension, because though the car is very comfortable and has 10x the ground clearance of my parents Civics, it is a bit flaccid in the corners.[/quote]
Must be a Japanese thing, this.
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Pssssh. I've seen better countries.
I love the drugged up look your Surpa has with one of its eyes partly open.
Nice work!
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[quote=Ferrer;997841]Basically, the French banned me from driving, the Belgian motorways have potholes the size of lunar craters, the Dutch have decided to have a traffic jam every 500 yards, the Luxemburgers (or however they are called) have cheap petrol...[/quote] Yes, but aren't the Belgian potholes impeccably well-lit? [quote]...and Italy is not country, it is a race track (I think I may have annoyed slightly a pair of Carabinieri in a Delta because I was going too slow).
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Did they express their annoyance by wearing sunglasses and waving their arms around?
[quote]I didn't know they were selling Seats in the States...[/quote]
They are; my car has four.
[quote]Must be a Japanese thing, this.[/quote]
What I don't understand is that the Civics' front bumper seem to have an interference fit with the ground, yet most every other Japanese cars I've driven has the approach angle of a Humvee.
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[quote=f6fhellcat13;997896]Yes, but aren't the Belgian potholes impeccably well-lit?[/quote]
The greatest irony is when they have those signs where it says "Chausée Degradée" and they leave it that. Chasing a bright red Giulietta through the backbone of Belgium is certainly an [I]interesting[/I] experience...
[quote=f6fhellcat13;997896]Did they express their annoyance by wearing sunglasses and waving their arms around?[/quote]
Actually the situation went like this.
I was doing about 90mph on my way to Piacenza when I encountered a blue Alfa Romeo 156 estate, the sort of blue that is similar to the Polizia cars and just when I went past it I saw what I thought was a blue light (when it was probably just a reflection of the sun) so I decided to slow right down. Then along came the grey Delta doing about the same 90mph I was doing. The Alfa Romeo estate undertook me and the carabinieri in the Lancia flashed the lights at me. I moved quickly to the right they passed me, looked despisedly down at me and then I realised that the police was speeding and that the Alfa Romeo was nothing.
You just have to love Italy.
[quote=f6fhellcat13;997896]They are; my car has four.[/quote]
Well played, sir.
[quote=f6fhellcat13;997896]What I don't understand is that the Civics' front bumper seem to have an interference fit with the ground, yet most every other Japanese cars I've driven has the approach angle of a Humvee.[/quote]
I have never ever scratched the front bumper of the Mazda in any speed bump. It is indeed a bit like an off roader.
On the other hand the Lancia was one of the easiest cars to scratch the front bumper on ramps or bumps.
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Wow, really cool trip! I would have probably loved to have the opportunity to drive across America. Sadly I have no time or money.
You never told us why you decided to drive instead of fly though.
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Did they test your car in this video? I know the video said 1982 Celica Supra, but it looks like a dead ringer for your car.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXwPMQ1LQdU"]Toyota Celica Supra - Fast Blast Review - Everyday Driver - YouTube[/ame]
Hope everything is well with you!
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[quote=NSXType-R;997907]You never told us why you decided to drive instead of fly though.[/quote]
I wanted to have the car at school and they idea of shipping a car overland is heretical to me. It was also nice to have my stuff travel with me rather than through the mail, as well.
[quote=NSXType-R;1012627]Did they test your car in this video? I know the video said 1982 Celica Supra, but it looks like a dead ringer for your car.[/quote]
Nope not quite. Mine's been trucking along faithfully here in CT. Mine is a little more stock than his, though my exhaust is developing a blow and stock pipes are hard to find.
[quote]Hope everything is well with you![/quote]
Here is is recuperating from some spirited driving in the Adirondacks. I have also acquired another black '80s (well... designed in the '60s, changed model names in the '70s, built in the 90's, but with a distinctive-'80s feel) superwedge. I will be traveling for work in the near future and will give a more thorough writeup of the Saab and juxtapose it with the Supra.
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The family of interesting black 80s cars grows. Very nice. What do you drive in to work?
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The Supra. I enjoy driving it so much more.
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Here is is recuperating from some spirited driving in the Adirondacks. I have also acquired another black '80s (well... designed in the '60s, changed model names in the '70s, built in the 90's, but with a distinctive-'80s feel) superwedge. I will be traveling for work in the near future and will give a more thorough writeup of the Saab and juxtapose it with the Supra.[/quote]
Nice to see you're doing well and enjoying cars!
I've been... not doing much with cars, just more schooling again... so that maybe I can buy cars I like in the future?
Anyways, any reason why you picked the Saab?