Oh, $#!†!!!!

[Al N.]

We're famous! Especially Gert!

 

 

 

Have not read the whole thing yet...

 

 

 

http://jalopnik.com/cars/test-drives/i-am-the-gert-riding-shotgun-in-a-se7en-over-decker-canyon-234223.php

[solder_guy]

>>the engine sounds as if the world's angriest, unmuffled lawnmower wants you dead.

 

 

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/lol.gif

 

 

 

>>Saying it feels faster is like explaining sex to a virgin.

 

 

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/blush5.gif

 

 

 

Rob M.

 

 

[Boxologist]

many thanks to Gert to for putting up his Birkin and his roadside metal fabbing skills http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/wink5.gif

 

I was wondering what he talking about on CCC http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/wink5.gif

 

 

 

i hope the writer was a better passenger than a writer. if he acts like writes, on the east coast and i leave him in the middle of the night on the west side highway to be sodomized by the homeless.

 

 

 

NY represent, y0! http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/rofl.gif

[Al N.]

Box-I think you may be picking up on the "jalopnik house style" if one exists. Their posts are hardly ever written "straight" (like you might read in a traditional car mag), but this particular brand of humor/commentary has caught on well — it's one of the leading car blogs out there.-Al

 

 

 

A belated word of thanks to Gert. After making introductions and the Malibu Blizzard of 07, I didn't hear much from you or Jonny. Glad you were able to hook up with him. Sorry about the car. Thanks again for helping spread the word about Se7ens!!

 

 

[slngsht]

I wonder if there was any permanent damage to the car. I hate it when that happens

[slomove]

  slngsht said:

I wonder if there was any permanent damage to the car. I hate it when that happens

 

 

 

Nah, piece of cake....this was a fun drive and Jonny is a very nice guy.

 

 

 

The "incident" happend when I tried to pull a 180 degree semi-donut back into Decker Canyon. I really should not do such bragging with 2 day old tires that hook up a little better than the old ones and took me out to that rainwater runoff berm. It was only 2 or 3 inches tall and did not do any damage to the suspension but when trying to pull back I forgot about the rubber mud flaps which got caught between the berm and the wheel. Consequently my persistent escape attempts pulled down the wing, bent the brackets and made the wing block the wheel.

 

 

 

As you can see from the pics I used the jack and a deep socket to bend the horizontal tube back and a few foot kicks to adjust the vertical one. That got us going again. This weekend when I replaced my shocks I straightened out the tubing and spackled/repainted the nicks in the wing. Looks like new   http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/smile5.gif

 

 

 

I was really lucky that I brought my full tool complement. Would have been even more embarrassing to take the trip home on a flatbed.

 

 

 

Gert

[slomove]

  solder_guy said:

>>the engine sounds as if the world's angriest, unmuffled lawnmower wants you dead.

 

 

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/lol.gif

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normal cruising noise is actually not that bad. But at some occasions I took the opportunity to demonstrate the engine rev limiter in 3rd gear. Unfortunately Jonny had declined the earplugs that I offered him before we took off.....