Croc Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I had to take the Seven out today for its second trip this year - my second attempt to get emissions tested in 7 days. The car fired right up after its 2.5 month winter sojourn - no leaks or obvious issues, needles hanging in the right spots, all looked and sounded good. Only one problem - it was 18 degrees F out there this morning - cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. So looking like an eskimo I made the 100 mile round trip from work. Wow...talk about feeling alive. The car sounds fantastic in the cold air, under bridges and tunnels. It is just so immediate and instinctive compared to the daily driver - it is like being in a Seven for the first time again. It was still pretty icy on the roads from yesterday. Coming onto the Holland Tunnel plaza I got on the throttle a leeeetle too early and discovered that the Seven had all the traction of a kitten in a wet bathtub....oops.....progressed rather gingerly after that. The advantage of going early is that the roads were dry - none of the 2 inches snow we got yesterday that had been plowed to the side of the road had melted yet. The best news of the trip was that I passed emissions inspection. It took a while to test as its idle is above the NJ regulated idle speed - so there were some gymnastics there - I think there were 6 inspectors hovering around. Really cool car guys too. For the cruise test it was difficult to hold the car within its test rev band of 3300 to 3500 (I think that was it) but we eventually got there without a problem. :hurray: I get back to the office and discover that the reversing light lens has popped out and been lost on the road somewhere....oh well. At least I am driving this season. The other good news is that the new CSR started last week for the first time - solid oil pressure - looking good - maybe get that in March? Come on where are the rest of the hardy New Englanders? Why are you not driving yet? Or are you all a bunch of _____________? [insert naughty word as applicable] ` Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderbrake Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Congrats on passing theemissions, that is always a dreaded day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowss7 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Good news all around Mike. :seeya: Won't be long now March is almost here! Can't wait to see the new one. Keep that trackday date open at all costs. :driving: Funny we still haven't heard from Al. I saw his name pop up one night in the "on Line" window. But he didn't respond to our taunts. Guess we need to ratchet up the pressure. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slngsht Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Funny we still haven't heard from Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BessieTheSeven Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Funny we still haven't heard from Al. I saw his name pop up one night in the "on Line" window. But he didn't respond to our taunts. Well thats because YOU are part of the mundane hoi polloi and not a special creature....like me :blueangel: You can take it on good authority that Al rang me, Bessie, in Denver at Caterham USA to check that I was being coddled and pampered the way that a girl just loves! He was just tickled with amusement at my lovely posting on this forum. So my public pleas for help at Valentines Day earned ME [] a response. I would like to think it is because I am just so much better looking, more tuneful out of my exhaust, so much more tasty, than you.... Don't take it personally, we all have to deal with our inadequacies sooner or later Now if sweetiepie Al would just get on with opening up his wallet just little further so I can be finished before that crass CSR Superfart or the obnoxious R500 start up and drive out of here for New Jersey - I would like to beat them for the only time in my life... :rofl: Edited February 22, 2011 by BessieTheSeven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitcat Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Bessie: You have definitely got the upstarts beat on "attitude". $$$ just can't buy your kind of swagger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimrankin Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I just figured out why you cold weather guys actually get around to working on your cars, too nasty to drive so your "forced" to pull them apart. I just started my "winter" mods last week because we finally got some bad weather and it looked like driving was going down the tubes. OMG, nearly freezing in the morning and water falling from the sky!! Now I have to race the clock before "summer" gets here again in a few weeks. Don't cry for us California guys, were semi-tough, but then that's just from our tax rate and home prices... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I don't think I've been in 18 degree weather my whole life (over half a century). Can't imagine experiencing it at speed. But I have spent a considerable time in 100 plus temps.... at zero speed, stuck in traffic. , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimrankin Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I've been in both. I'll take the trafic and the heat. In 1965 I rode my brand new Honda 305 SuperHawk across half of connecticut in a freezing rain, then sleet and then snow storm, way before all the fancy new cold weather clothes were on the market. Somewhere outside of Norwich I stopped for my tenth cup of diner coffee and swear to god, heard the Momma's and Pappa's singing "California Dreaming" on the juke box and swore to myself to get the hell out of New England and never to be cold again!! I won't even go snow boarding for a weekend just because it required sub freezing weather. LOL. My whole family lives within miles of the coast along the CT, RI and NH shore and I only visit between June and August just in case of an early or late cold snap. Your right, I'm a whimp,....but a warm one. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 I don't think I've been in 18 degree weather my whole life (over half a century). Can't imagine experiencing it at speed. But I have spent a considerable time in 100 plus temps.... at zero speed, stuck in traffic. Its sort of being dammed either way. When I am in winter I want CA summer weather. When I am in the peak dog days of summer with no breeze, muggy humidity and just sweltering in the car, I want a nice cold day. Call me fussy. I know CA traffic is pretty ugly but I think NYC is just as bad. The other thing I found out there yesterday is the potholes - they are just MASSIVE this year. I know it was a bad year because of the weather but these are the type to swallow a seven whole. I thought I destroyed a alloy rim on the audi the other day, the car just crashed into it. In a seven you just do not see them coming at you until the last second as you are so low to the ground. I need to find a place that is seven friendly - is there such a heaven out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiBirkin Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I need to find a place that is seven friendly - is there such a heaven out there? Croc New Zealand's the place.....well it was until the EQ wreaked the roads these holes below the van has fallen into are every where now. at least the North Island is still ok with great roads. http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/20119/A_220211NZHBPQUAKE2-620.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.moore Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I need to find a place that is seven friendly - is there such a heaven out there? Scratch all of PA off of the list. :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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