It has been a long time since Nadya and I had to pack for a 6 day trip in the Miata. We’ve been spoiled by the Jeep, cruises and airline trips where two large suitcases don’t matter. It does in the Miata. To make matters worse, the trunk in the 2002 Miata is even smaller than our previous 1990. It seems just as wide but not as deep. Oh well, we’ll get things in...
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Monthly Archives: September 2004
First Place!
I won first place in the peoples choice awards at the ABFM. I kept telling people “If I don’t win then the contest is fixed!” I won so the contest must be legit. I’ve had lots of people, those who know Lotus and those who don’t, compliment me on the car during the summer, but I think I really wanted that hockey puck to say, “Great Job” It is nice to take the car...
2nd place
I won second place in the peoples choice awards at the ABFM. This was the first time I every won anything in the Seven. I don’t polish or clean the Seven between the track day and the car show. I figure it is a Seven so it should look like it just came off the track.
Track Day
Today was the end of summer Lotus Club trackday. As always a great turnout. The weather was perfect, not too hot and no rain. The new brake pads and new soft compound A032′s really transformed the car. With the old brakes, I felt they went off after several laps but with the EBC greens I could brake deeper and harder. Much more fun. Of course the new rubber also helped. At one point during...
Yet another Leak
Well not really a new leak but another fight with an old leak. I pulled the diff out once again to replace the pinion seal in an attempt to get it to stop leaking. Think pure and clean thoughts.Friday is another Lotus Club trackday and I’ve been doing the normal get ready for trackday checklist. Nothing out of the ordinary to report. Weather should be in the mid 70′s and I’m expecting a pleasant...