turning point on my life happiness graph

[Milo]

Number fifteen for me, my friend. I love the GTV, but I wish I could have kept my Giuia Super: what a car!
Off to Melbourne next week to cast a loving eye over a 1962 Giuia Spider....naughty.

[Chris H]

anything too young or too light is just going to get me into more trouble then i need

Here you go Rick..... AWA ......old....... heavy!


http://cgi.ebay.com.au/OLD-SCHOOL-ANTIQ ... 230ac95019

[HA_DA_JA]

Let me know when you start talking about old motorbikes!

[Alastair Reynolds]

You're not really a car person til you've had an Alfa,
Ah Motorbikes.. another good topic, 94 Harley Sportster - ex "Roaring Sportys" racer. Heavy, basic and loud

[rick]

anything too young or too light is just going to get me into more trouble then i need

Here you go Rick..... AWA ......old....... heavy!


http://cgi.ebay.com.au/OLD-SCHOOL-ANTIQ ... 230ac95019

tempting but its the wrong colour for me
now if it was institutional green .... well

[TimS]

now that was funny!!

[rick]

If a was going to get a 2nd hand alfa spider
(modern)
what are the paramaters of conversation that might affect
my life happiness chart..?

[HA_DA_JA]

Yes but can your car fly?

http://www.terrafugia.com

from US$200,000

[headman]

Rick, re Alfa Spider
Alfa Spider: everyone will think you are cool; "man you have a Spider" or "Alfa convertibles are the best looking machines on the planet". No one says this about Audi or Lexus or Benz or BMW. So live with their eccentricities and your Life Happiness Chart parameters will be sky high.
There is just enough room in the back for small children and the new model is based on the 159 chassis and drivetrain.

Belissimo

headman

P.S. That flying car is as ugly as sin.

[rick]

Oh great just what I need a car that will make people think I am cool
how cool will it be to say
"yeah well actually this is my wifes car she bought it for her self as Christmas present
I actually sold my cool car so I could afford to by my kids there Christmas present
Ben ten soccer balls are expensive this year"
seriously though she is talking about a spider
I don't know anything about them except they look good

[headman]

"I don't know anything about them except they look good", that's almost enough. But as well as that they handle like a dream and stop (and go) really well. Plus, one again, the "cool factor"

headman

[heathen]

Damn that's nearly the same colour as my 97 Futura. Only got $800 for mine though. I like my 2006 XR6, though the interior feels like it was made in china. Hmmm really want an XR8 now.

[heathen]

Would have thought you were more of a Mach 3 Mustang type of guy Rick.

[Milo]

One of the things I like about the Alfa club : the bumper bars are stainless steel, not chrome. My rear bumper is in 3 sections, and you can buy just one second-hand section if you biff it. But the best part is: the new second-hand bit has apparently been hand-polished for hours by some little old guy in his back room: my mechanic has a team of them somewhere (the Stainless Sweatshop) dedicating the waning hours of their lives to buffing my bumpers.
Somewhere else there's a team of re-honers (brake master cylinders), wooden steering wheel polishers and light lens shapers.
The only boo-boo I've heard of is someone who began to manufacture new inlet manifold gaskets, and unfortunate customers found they were resistant to everything except petrol.

[tweakeasy]

Congrats on the sale (though winner got a bargain), sorry for your loss (the car not the money put into it), and I hope you do another restoration some day (and suspect you probably will).

[rick]

Cheers

[NYMo]

Hi there,

Thought I would share my little black number...and no, I'm not a giant !!

Cheers
John NYMO Nyman[attachment=1]NymoCamaro sml.jpg[/attachment][attachment=0]CamaroNymo sml.jpg[/attachment]

[Cymatics]

Wow... very nice indeed!

[tweakeasy]

That's badass, Nymorider.

[rick]

I wondered what happened to kit when he retired
its probably time the hoff had a haircut though ...

[NYMo]

Rick, ha ha !!

Looks like Kit..but Kit is a Pontiac Firebird..mine is a Z28 Camaro !
As for the hair...freedom...its something you can't buy

Cheers
John NYMO Nyman

[mylesgm]

so here's my addition. Original, unrestored Honda CB 550 Super Sport (4 cyl, SOHC) on the road over the tasmanian highlands. camping gear is not particularly flattering but...

[headman]

All this is well and good, but did Rick (and his wife) get the Spider?

headman

[rick]

hmm well the wife got the spider
i guess i will get to wash it

i was only teasing about the hoff haircut nymo ,
but i thought as kit was hanging out in QLD disguised as a camero in his old age who knows what the hoff is doing now ..?

[heathen]

Very nice Nymo.

Myles that ol thing is a death trap! Though they go ok in straight line, especially the 900. My Mum used to have the 900, now she has 1 of the very last Buell S3 Thunderbolts left alive (with racing kit, bought from new), took that for a ride not long ago, always amazes me hitting 95kmh in 1st gear, heh.

[mylesgm]

Mine is/was a beautiful carver! not a speed demon but a lot of fun and a solid bike. Those buells are something mean though!

[Alastair Reynolds]

Great Muscle Car Nymo.. very cool

[NYMo]

Hi there,

Alistair...yours is more than CLASSIC !
Rick...can we see the spider ?

Cheers
John NYMO Nyman

[rick]

next time the sun is out
or my wife isnt in it
v6 6 speed -racing pack exhaust and inlets - it sounds like it looks

[Alastair Reynolds]

Nymo, it may be a classic, but it still has the ability to suck in money like a black hole. Last week, went to get new tyres, found the rear spoked rims were corroding internally and will have to be replaced . JAguar Bolt pattern Tru-Spokes are not an off the shelf item unfortunatey, but they look the part