Sean

Reading this reminds me of seeing literally the first vehicle to drive past me when I stepped out of the train station in Osaka Japan in 2017, which must have been a legally licensed for road use vehicle, as I understand they were from a popular rental business (which I believe was only shut down due to a lawsuit from Nintendo, not for safety or equipment violations).

Caterham are not legally able to sell a new car anywhere in the USA, including MD. They sell only new car parts and kits of new car parts in the USA. This might seem nit-picky at first glance, but it is a critical distinction. Sounds like bumpers fall off in MD almost as much as front plates fall off in CA. I blame cheap counterfeit fasteners!

This may help: https://www.semasan.com/resources/everything-you-need-register-and-title-your-hobby-car-all-50-states Best of luck, sir. edit -- PS - Please don't listen to people who offer advice on the dubya-dubya, as it can be difficult to tell if they know their schtuff or not, especially with many states having different processes and things changing as the years go by. Best to acquire first-hand knowledge through a reliable source such as your local motor vehicle department's web pages, SEMA, etc.

I wonder if that press release was originally issued yesterday, on April 1st?

Redline?

They make a variety of electric vehicles. Their folding scooter/bike thing is nice. Japan has a few decades of experience making micro cars. Here's a photo from 2003 showing a Mitsuoka MC-1 (for reference, the guy in the photo is 5-7"). REF: Blaze Japan home pages: https://portal.blaze-inc.co.jp/ Mitsuoka Japan home pages (see "Production History" tab for the micro cars, and also their Zero-1 7 replica; my brother-in-law bought the Zero-1 prototype from the factory, which was the first 7 I ever sat in, but he sold it long ago): https://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/global/

A Duratec sound (with apex overshoot!):

I carry a set of three juggling practice bean bag balls ($10-12 bucks on Amazon) in the car whenever I drive the Seven, to throw into the body panel of any car that threatens to collide in a low-speed or parked situation, such as a car/truck/SUV in front of me at a traffic signal that decides to reverse. My thinking is, when the bean bag makes contact - *THUMP* - that will immediately get noticed and the driver is most likely to stop and REALLY look, and most likely get out and look. And the bean bag is very unlikely to cause any damage at all to the other car. Haven't used 'em yet, but have heard multiple stories from Seven drivers seeing a reversing car approaching, using the horn thus causing the other driver to look around but still not see, and get crunched into anyway. Driving a Seven increases drivings risk, so you could say it takes some balls.

Saw this site referenced on a different forum. Currently no users with a 7 from what I saw. Searchable by track, car, driver. I have no affiliation or anything; just looked cool. https://www.tracklaps.net

I went through this as well, getting the MBE 9A4 working with the Cosworth YD8048 engine loom. I'm not sure if there may be pin assignment differences between the ECUs or the harnesses? Happy to help if I can.

That sentence still works just as well with the nouns on either end swapped.

It seems to be the most popular SLA choice, but I have always preferred the PC625 over the PC680.

Long ago on the Blatchat of old, I learned of a British furniture polish called Aristowax non-silicone Wood Silk being used to good effect on carbon fiber parts. Works for me, though like anything else for this purpose, it has to be re-applied frequently. Not readily available in the U.S. typically, but I found it on eBay as well as the occasional online specialty store. Best of luck.

Wow, our commander in chief is really making us look bad lately. First the light/disinfectant thing, and now the petty tweets today. Wherever one stands politically, this is just getting embarrassing for us all.

I think I may have once visited that “gynecologist’s” web pages. :leaving:

Excel graph of US deaths of COVID-19 over last 30 days: Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear to me to be flattening just yet, but thankfully the rate has slowed a bit from a couple weeks ago.

Looks good, but... Many on here have bemoaned the lack of available tire options for a 14" wheel. Either 13" or 15" offers more choices for tires. Personally, I prefer 13" because they're lighter, but others may differ. Looks good! :drool: edit -- Oh yeah, congratulations to you both!

Agree 100%. My take is: If an item is being offered for sale, then the seller sets a price for the buyer to accept, reject, or counter-offer. It should NOT be on the buyer to make an offer. If an item is not being offered for sale, it's on the would-be buyer to submit an offer for the seller to accept, reject, or counter-offer. It should NOT be on the would-be seller to set a price. It seems so simple, and yet...

Was leaving a store last week, and I commented to the cashier that not long ago, he might fear for his life if someone walked into the store wearing a mask, and now he might fear the same if they’re not.

I wasn't even looking at number of infected or trying to get a final death tally, but just trying to see for myself if the 100K-200K projection could be anywhere near real - keep in mind, those numbers were projected a week ago. So I made a simple model to "ballpark it". I focused solely on number of deaths using published CDC numbers as the only data source (which I had already been tracking day-to-day) to derive my own determination of whether the 100K-200K death count was possible, and if so, an approximation of when that might occur. Assuming one believes the CDC numbers to be reasonably accurate, and they appear to be conservative figures comparatively, then yes, the 100K-200K projection does appear to be readily achievable. I'm continuing to watch these numbers, looking for the rate to begin and maintain its decline. I remain optimistic that happy day will come soon. Until then, beer, bikinis, and humor will have to do.

I'm optimistic the trend will be slowed in 3 weeks or less. Of course I did project the math beyond 3 weeks, and if things don't change soon, May looks frightening. But I try to retain a balance of realism and optimism. Fortunately, we still have beer, girls in bikinis, and humor to keep us entertained while we isolate.

I've been checking the CDC web pages daily for the last 10-12 days and noticed a distinctive trend: the number of COVID-19 deaths reported there doubles about every 4 days. As of a few minutes ago, CDC shows 6,593 deaths from this crap in the USA to date. Which means unless the death rate can be slowed, we're on track to tally 200,000 USA deaths right about 3 weeks from today. Not trying to be alarmist or anything; that's just the cold reality of the current situation. Let's hope the measures in place and any others that may be enacted in the next few weeks are effective enough to ramp down the death rate. Sorry to be so morbid, but I've overheard a lot of debate recently about the 100K-200K projections on USA death toll, and decided to do the math for myself. I almost wish I hadn't. REF: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/cases-in-us.html CDC doesn't chart the day-to-day changes of the rate, but we'll know the trend has continued if the tally reaches 13,200+ by Wednesday of next week.

Curious -- Is there a reason the front and rear dampers are installed inverted relative to one another? Looks like limited room on either end!