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2017 BMW M2 with 6 MT in Mineral Gray Metallic. I bought it over the phone from a dealer in San Diego because the local dealers were getting a $5k gouge and couldn't get me a car before the end of August. Its a sweet machine, I love the smoothness and sound of the straight six engine. Once I get it past the 1,200 mile break in period I can start exploring its performance.

Two guys, one old, one young, are pushing their carts around Wal-Mart when they collide. The old guy says to the young guy, "Sorry about that. I'm looking for my wife, and I guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was going." The young guy says, "That's OK, it's a coincidence. I'm looking for my wife, too... I can't find her and I'm getting a little desperate." The old guy says, "Well, maybe I can help you find her... what does she look like?" The young guy says, "Well, she is 27 yrs. old, tall, with red hair, blue eyes, is buxom...wearing no bra, long legs, and is wearing short shorts. What does your wife look like?' To which the old guy says, "Doesn't matter, --- let's look for yours."

So would I. I did get a ride on city streets in a freshly restored real Type 35C. No muffler, no license plates and the driver was hooning it all over the place. It was an experience of a lifetime. Two weeks later I was on a track with that car following it around in my Miata reveling in the sights, sounds and smells of the car as it was being shaken down prior to being transported to Laguna Seca for the Historics.

• 101st Airborne Division- “ When it comes to Combat, care enough to send the very best”, “When in doubt, empty the magazine” • “Sniper– You can run, but you’ll just die tired!” • “Machine Gunners – Accuracy By Volume” • “Except For Ending Slavery, Fascism, Nazism and Communism, WAR has Never Solved Anything.” • ” U.S. Marines – Certified Counselors to the 72 Virgins Dating Club.” • " U.S. Air Force – Travel Agents To Allah” • “The Marine Corps – When It Absolutely, Positively Has To Be Destroyed Overnight” • “Death Smiles At Everyone – Marines Smile Back” • “What Do I Feel When I Kill A Terrorist? A Little Recoil” • “Marines – Providing Enemies of America an Opportunity To Die For their Country Since 1775" • “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Anyone Who Threatens It” • “Happiness Is A Belt-Fed Weapon” • “It’s God’s Job to Forgive Bin Laden – It was Our Job To Arrange The Meeting”(Gen H. Norman Schwarzkopf ) • “Artillery Brings Dignity to What Would Otherwise Be Just A Vulgar Brawl” • “One Shot, Twelve Kills – U.S. Naval Gun Fire Support “ • “My Kid Fought In Iraq So Your Kid Can Party In College and Protest” • “A Dead Enemy Is A Peaceful Enemy – Blessed Be The Peacemakers” • “Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But the US military doesn’t have that problem."

The man said to the dentist, “Doc, I'm in one heck of a hurry. I have two buddies sitting out in my car waiting for us to go play golf, so forget about the anesthetic, I don't have time for the gums to get numb. I just want you to pull the tooth, and be done with it! We have a 10:00 am tee time at the best golf course in town and it's 9:30 already. I don't have time to wait for the anesthetic to work!” The dentist thought to himself, “Well, well, how about that, at last a golfer with real guts!” So the dentist asks him, "Which tooth is it sir?" The man turned to his wife and said, “Open your mouth, honey, and show the dentist.”

S3 & SV side by side. Likely the same picture as John intended but it didn't show up for me.

Its been about 7 months since the photo shoots but now that they are both sold the article came out. The Caterham is on page 50 and the Lava V8 is on page 56. Be patient, the eZine takes awhile to download. https://www.rcnmag.com/ezines/2017/06

That one is nearly identical to mine, just a difference in power, electric vs. gasoline and color. It belongs to Mighty Mike on this forum and was built by the same shop in Colorado Springs.

It was a sad day today, I bid farewell to the Caterham and watched it being loaded into a transport and sent on its way to Dermot. I hope he has as much fun with it as I did.

So can we assume that on average you had a comfortable trip? I've done a few long distance trips in my Caterham in high heat and in rain and even snow, its all part of the adventure of owning a Se7en.

I leased a 2014 WRX hatch. A couple of months before the end of the lease I checked what used ones were going for and the book values and determined I had substantial equity in the car. It had 15k miles and was pretty much as new. Instead of buying out the lease and selling the car I traded it in on a 2016 Ram 1500. I didn't have to pay any end of lease fees nor did I have to pay sales tax on the balance of the lease which I would have had to do had I bought the car from the lease company. I got a little more than $4k from the car and as it was at the end of December there were serious rebates and along with some 4 hours of negotiation they took a little over $14k below MSRP and the lease equity was then applied as a down payment. I've leased a number of cars but never before was there any equity at the end. WRXs are a hot item around here and the 2014 was the last year for the hatch back WRX.

Bruce finally decided to tie the knot with his longtime girlfriend. One evening just after the honeymoon, he was welding some stuff in the garage just for fun. His wife was standing there at the bench watching him. After a long period of silence she finally spoke, “Honey, I’ve just been thinking, now that we are married, maybe it’s time you quit spending all your time out here in the shop. You probably should just consider selling all your tools, along with your guns and fishing gear and that stupid vintage Harley.” Bruce got a horrified look on his face and began choking. She said, “Darling, what’s wrong?” He replied, “There for a minute you were starting to sound like my ex-wife.” “Ex-wife!” she screamed, “YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU WERE MARRIED BEFORE!” Bruce replied: “I wasn’t.”

Dermot, Had I known getting the Caterham was going to be instrumental in getting your manhood back at the track I would have raised the price.:rofl:

Glad to have helped you out. Hopefully he will show up on this forum, that's where he spotted the ad.

#360 is TBD. I will start seriously looking next week. I stopped by the local independent Ferrari service and restoration shop yesterday to chat with the owner. He has an Alfa Montreal in the shop that he said is a solid car but the owner wants the engine removed and put in something else. I said that when the engine has been removed if the owner of the car wants to sell to let me know first. I'll slip an LS3 in place of the OEM V8. :rofl:

I'll keep that in mind Mike. I forgot to mention in the first post that a well built kart stand goes with the Baby 7. Makes it easy to roll the Baby 7 around your garage or shop and high enough to make it easy to service it plus it keeps it from getting kicked or stumbled over if you left it on the floor.

Its a fairly accurate 5/8th scale Lotus 7 S2 hand built by Beauchamp Racing in Colorado Springs. Independent front suspension using the sway bar as part of the upper control arm. Rear axle is solid like in a kart. It has a 3.5 HP, 100cc engine with centrifugal clutch and chain drive to the LR wheel. A single hydraulic disc brake is pedal actuated and connected to the same LR wheel. I've seen 34 mph flash up on the neighborhood "your speed is" sign. Steering is kart quick, about 1/3rd turn lock to lock. Its hard to keep your body upright in a fast turn. Its been on a couple of kart tracks and autocrossed once. This Baby 7 is #4 in a series that only goes to 5 as best as I can determine. Asking $5,500 for the car, the trailer can be added for another $500. It is a Harbor Freight 4 x 8 folding trailer that can be folded and stored vertically on its own casters. The flimsy HF axle and wheels/bearings have been replaced with a 2 x 2" boxed steel axle with end plates to attach Miata front spindles and hubs. It takes a 4 x 100mm wheel. The deck is pressure treated wood with lots of eye rings. It tows very well with no sway. I once hit 125 mph going up I-70 to the Eisenhower tunnel pulling it with the yellow turbo charged Miata seen in the first picture. A size comparison.

If I had done that I would have 359 cars and 16 motorcycles cluttering my yard. The HOA would not be happy.

That's when I really felt it when my yellow '92 Miata went on the transport after 19 years of ownership. The Miata and the Caterham took about a year between first thinking of selling to finally advertising and selling.

I think your chat with him had a lot to do with his decision, thanks for that. Thanks, I don't think it has quite sunk in that after 11 years I no longer own the car. The Lava V8 also sold today so I will be doing some looking around for another fun car.

The Caterham has been sold. It will be on its way to Maryland in a couple of weeks. Thanks for all the kind comments. I will still be monitoring this website. The buyer chose not take the optional Baby 7 so if anyone is interested it is for sale for $5,500. Pictures at the bottom of this site: http://www.britishv8.org/Other/SkipCannon.htm

Two guys from Blount County are sittin' in a boat on Douglas Lake fishing and suckin' down beer when all of a sudden Bill says, "I think I'm going to divorce my wife - she hasn't spoken to me in over 6 months." Earl sips his beer and says, "You better think it over - women like that are hard to find these days."

Two informally dressed ladies happened to start up a conversation during an endless wait in the airport. The first lady was an arrogant California woman married to a wealthy man. The second was a well mannered elderly woman from the South. When the conversation centered on whether they had any children, the California woman started by saying, "When my first child was born, my husband built a beautiful mansion for me." The lady from the South commented, "Well, isn't that precious?" The first woman continued, "When my second child was born, my husband bought me a beautiful Mercedes-Benz. Again, the lady from the South commented, "Well, isn't that precious?" The first woman continued boasting, "Then, when my third child was born, my husband bought me this exquisite diamond bracelet.” Yet again, the Southern lady commented, "Well, isn't that precious?" The first woman then asked her companion, "What did your husband buy for you when you had your first child?" "My husband sent me to charm school," declared the Southern lady. "Charm school?" the first woman cried, "Oh, my God! What on earth for?" The Southern lady responded, "Well for example, instead of saying "Who gives a shit?" I learned to say, "Well, isn't that precious".

New Slogans for United Airlines: We have First Class, Business Class, and No Class. Our prices can’t be beaten...but our passengers can. We put the hospital in hospitality. We have an offer you can’t refuse. No, really. Board as a doctor, leave as a patient. Not enough seating? Prepare for a beating. If our staff need a seat, we’ll drag you out by your feet. We treat you like we treat your luggage. You may have patients, but we don’t have patience. We have red-eye and black-eye flights available. Now serving free punch.

I plan on hanging out here at least for awhile after the car is sold. I will keep the jokes coming as I receive them.