A Horse With No Name

We ought to have an Ohio get together. I know of other posters from central Ohio here... At Scmidts is good! Chris

I'll be wishing you a happy birthday as I outrun a Civic at the next autocross... Seriously, happy birthday dude. Chris

Right now, this has to be one of the coolest cars in the whole C and G fleet! Chris

Hey, it's a 5 speed, sweet! Chris

I'll take the Nomad myself, although the GN is a close second. Chris

Kind of funny...but I'd almost take Wal-Mart and the freaks over "normal" people. Normal people are like normal cars, they are kind of boring, imho. Thankfully, no one who posts regularly at Cheers and Gears is anywhere close to what I'd call normal...

The Thurman Cafe downtown has great burgers, they have been written up as one of the ten best burgers in the nation. They buy all their beef fresh from a local slaughterhouse, so what you eat was on the hoof yesterday. They have been family owned since something like 1937 and the beer is just ungodly ice cold, every time. Best wings in Columbus anywhere. I usually get the hottet available, they make me break out into a healthy sweat. The other idea would be Moretti's, the only resteraunt in Dublin i really like, but they are Italian. Personally, I think you'd like the Thurman better. Keep me posted on dates... Chris

Damn, love the car, love the color...hate to see it hurt. but I think 'blu is right, she is a write off as far as I can tell... Chris

If you want to get ill... http://www.houston-imports.com/forums/show...ad.php?t=539745 Chris

Creek

Blu... I think he got offended that we were no longer offended by him. Seriously, we seem to have lost another round of members, such as Black Viper, GM4life, et al. Wonder where everyone is going and why they are not hanging around? Chris

True, XLRV. However, I don't think that he's going to sink a ton of cash into this thing. Think he's going to drive it until he gets out of school, and then get a Camaro SS or something. Chris

67 is actually from Dayton also. What do you like to eat? I'll buy! Would LOVE to meet you. Chris

MaXX or Focus FTW! Although the Intrepid is a damn good car. I owned the sister car, a Chrysler Concorde. Averaged 28-29 MPG, was the cheapest to own of almost all of my cars and perhaps one of the most reliable. But the Focus has a great chasis. You won't go wrong with the Focus. Eleventy billion to one, that would be my vote. Or get an older VW TDI, they can be had for reasonable bucks and 45 MPG isn't going to be something to laugh at if gas goes to 5.50 a gallon. Chris

West Second Street. Tell Mike, Angie, Erica, and the gang I said hi if you go. Chris

That 69 reminds me of a very similar 67 at a car show here in Columbus. They guy who owned it had a 16 year old daughter. Her boyfriend always wanted to know why he couldn't everdrive that Camaro... Chris

Which is what is so cool about this type of event-getting to see good amatuers at work. He drove well indeed. I'd like to meet him. Chris

This is going to become such a mess. Our local Hyundai dealers are considering a class action lawsuit against the government. One dealership in particular, Dennis Hyundai, is owed 1.5 million dollars by the government. Herrenstein Hyundai has over 120 cars they haven't killed or been paid for, and it's going to become a catch 22-they aren't going to get paid until they kill the cars, and they aren't going to kill the cars until they get paid. At $4500 a car, how many new Hyundai trades is THAT? Chris

Ready to go find that vintage car yet Camino-cause that's the only place your gonna get what you want. Good thing you don't ahve children, or you would be depressed when they drove home to see you in their Volts, Priuses, Diesel VW's, et al. When gas hits $5.50 a gallon, that is all that will be left on the market. Trust me. Chris

Neat. Now if I could only get re-united with my 66 Mustang Fastback we would be all set. Chris

The list is probably copied from 2004 or something. Around here, it is pretty rarte to even see an Integra anymore. I can't even think of the last time I saw an Integra, outside of dedicated autocross or track cars with the SCCA. Chris

Deer

Fast and cool, I'll check it out in Hot Rod. It takes real balls to drive a doorslammer of any kind that fast. Amazing watching any shorter wheelbase car that's any faster than about 8 seconds in the 1/4 IMHO. Those cars are a handful to drive. A few years ago we had a French foreign exchange student from Forbach,France. He wanted to know what was so special about driving a dragster or drag racing, he said that it must be easy. It's anything but easy. Moran is amazing. Chris

At lunch I often eat at an old fashioned diner called Carl's Town House, which was part of the 1939 world fair before it was moved to Ohio. It has been a resteraunt in Chillicothe ever since. Was sitting there at Lunch and a black Camaro SS with white stripes pulled up and parked. And then a Cadillac Fleetwood (I think like Roger/GMCTG74's car) in white with a black top pulled up right next to it. Kind of neat looking out at those two cars, sitting in the diner... And then once I was done with lunch I ran my first service call...saw a beautiful red and black Jag E type (early type) and a nice 68 Mustang ragtop, also red and black. Chris

Not worried about flipping it, but the upper weight can be a problem when trying to get a really good fast time. I don't even like how my buddy's Focus SVT is when you push it. But yeah, I think it is a little top heavy for competition. Would be a fun car to race though. And you would have plenty of room in the Back to haul a set of Hoosier A6's to the autocross... Seriously, it is cool to see one of them road raced. I've seen stranger things on track. Volvo's of all things used to be the fast cars in SCCA Improved Touring "B" Chris