If you’re to the point of counting cash, you’re past the agreeing on the price stage. “I only brought $2900 with me” is one way to do it a bit more gracefully-although still kinda crappy. “Will you take $100 off?” much better.

Outstanding in its field.

Yup-thats what I got out of the video. The guy ran him up the wall-he just didn’t lift. Tight racing on a small track-the wall is inbounds.

Who else figured out the car (or tried to) just by the opening pic?

He-he. I noticed the low psi too. Doesn’t the secret service have a tire pump around?

With a warranty.....

“I did have my cream chipped beef at the Shore Diner though.”

I’ve seen scarier battlebots.

As someone whos seen flatrack go from a thing-to near death-I’m so excited to see the the big upswing as of late. I watched every second of both nights on fans choice tv. Where the hell were all the fans? The place was empty in every shot I saw.

Everything from Ramblers to Pacers-and then Jeeps.

There WAS (sadly past tense) a great indoor track in Ct for a brief time. They had a motocross track and a dirt oval. They called it a 1/4 mile-but it was more like a 1/5. They ran in the winter so it was everyone’s off season. They claimed the place was heated-but I never felt it. (Try standing around between races…

If it wasn’t an advantage, it wouldn’t in the rules-nor would teams push it close to - and over the limit.

Next stop-the Chili Bowl? ( I hope?)

No-they were union. They were paid to slap together cars-not have judgement

Back in 1978 (long before “quality is job one”) I toured the GM assembly plant in Framingham ,Ma. The weird notchback Buicks +Olds would roll down the line-at the end the car went on a set of rollers. The guy would start the car + drop it in gear within 5 seconds he’d be up to 30mph. Then tromp on it up to 60. Let it…

It got so bad that the couldn’t turn the cars to get them in+ out of the garage! They had to get a jack under the rear to move them around.

I’m willing to bet that even though they managed to install those lights all by themselves, they still bring it to a dealership for service work. And they never gave one fucking thought about how to pull a wheel-fork or saddlebag off with a stupid bag of snakes wiring job done entirely with blue crimp connectors or…

I dunno. Where a video of him banging his head on the door might be funny the first 100 times, you know- surer than shit- he’d do again and again-in every one.

The old days-carbs dumping gas-same amount warm or cold (washing oil off the cylinders)-cast iron rings-rough cylinders-poor machining—break ins mattered. The last bit of machining is parts rubbing against other parts.

I spilled Taco Bell on my seats-and it didn’t show.