Funniest comment about my Seven so far...

[Hank]

Out in the Megabusa today I stopped in to see a good friend of mine for website work for his business. While drooling in front of it outside he told me he can't wait to lose a little more weight so that he can go for a ride in the Megabusa.

 

He needs to drop 2 more pant sizes to fit in the seat. :ack:

[MHKflyer52]

Hank,

 

I have taken out the seat so some large people can ride in the car and experience a 7 from within.

Nothing like seeing the smile on their face after a quick trip around the local area, just priceless......

[slngsht]

I had a large person in Frankn7 - before she was Frankn7.

 

Probably a couple of months after I got it on the road.

 

Almost put the damn thing off the road - wasn't used to how 300 lbs would change the car's handling.

[Croc]

Almost put the damn thing off the road - wasn't used to how 300 lbs would change the car's handling.

 

 

Been there done that! It is always amazing to me how my pin sharp handling car turns into a pig with understeer when I have two aboard and I forget to put more air in the rear tires :ack:

[eVox]

at drifting events I only let girls ride along for weight balance reasons

[Hank]

^^^ There are "gravitationally challenged" girls that have wanted rides in the 'Busa as well. I walk a fine line in telling them they won't fit. Now the petite girls that like to scream the entire lap, I'm fine with them tagging along shotgun.

[Off Road SHO]

Wouldn't they be "gravitationally endowed" rather than "challenged"?

 

I am altitudally gifted but horizontally weak in the middle.

 

Tom

[Sevnn]

The previous owner of my S2K built a passenger seat out of foam/vinyl covered plywood for the lower section and a vinyl wrapped foam pad with velcro for the rear upright. It uses the center hump and the frame rails to keep them from going side to side (the harnesses help too). This allows a lot more room than a seat that is usually used. I wouldn't do any serious racing with a passenger anyways so there aren't any big safety issues.

[Hank]

Wouldn't they be "gravitationally endowed" rather than "challenged"?

Tom

 

Nope, Tom, "gravitationally challenged" sticks because if you close your eyes and listen to one walk you can hear them slowly being defeated by gravity with each step they take.

 

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[pi7ot]

Been there done that! It is always amazing to me how my pin sharp handling car turns into a pig with understeer when I have two aboard and I forget to put more air in the rear tires :ack:

 

Ha ha!

I did this.

We were at a Go Kart track with the local porsche Club.

They were always, em, *fashionably Late* to arrive so there were 3 cars doing 3 lap sessions. We went out 2 up but I forgot to add 2 psi to the rear tyres.

The rear tyres got to temp before the fronts, so at the end of the 2nd lap. the rear had more grip. We went off into the grass, and I provoke the 7 into massive oversteer once on the grass with the throttle. We were all out of shape getting back on to the tarmac, leaving lurid skid marks on the straight.

Later during the walk about, the chief instructor who had not witnessed the screw up pointed to the skid marks and told us this was exactly the kind of screw up he expected from a talent free driver. FTD was easily mine at the end of the day.

 

 

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[DLW]

Great comment, and to Sevnn, great idea for a seat. I'll probably use something to that effect if/when I get around to building a Se7en, and that was similar to the original "seat" in the first Lotus Sevens- two thin cushions roughly sized to fit Colin Chapman.