What is it that makes people want to do ANYTHING to these other than drop them off a cliff?

Hey! I used to play that game. In school. A million years ago.

Ummm... I bet that's a car wrap.

Yup - it's an amazing package. I have kicked myself so much since trading mine in that it's nearly impossible to sit down now.

I should have posted my dear departed 8th generation Honda Civic Si.

A bike.

I know what's missing from this story...

Bike wheels are actually pretty strong... in one direction. Sideloads are not their friends.

Same HC in return, but I'm sure I can't make it. Far too busy down in Raleigh, NC now.

Excellent... but... I guess it had to be so from a defensive perspective.

As a native of just outside Utica, and a resident of just north of Syracuse for a time, I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit I never made it to Geneseo even once.

I've seen FiFi fly at Oshkosh. I went in 89, 90, and 91.

I have to turn in my Jalop card.

I hope that young apple falls far, FAR away from her family tree.

I used to DJ with a guy (back in the early 90's); he had a 1985 Honda Accord LX-i hatchback, if I recall correctly. It was amazing how much equipment he could cram into it; he ultimately managed to crack the frame. Of import to the story, though, he also had several thousand watts of car stereo in it.

There. I see what you did.

Interesting. Didn't know that was typical, and apparently just the way it is for the combination.

Maybe. I test drove one, back around 2006 I guess. I found it so unrefined as to be of no interest to me whatsoever. At idle, most of the car shook, most notably the gearshift (manual transmission, of course). I just couldn't get over that.

Is the hand placement to ensure that outlandish balloon doesn't float away?

Nice!