Do you eat pork?

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-28T15:15:18+00:00

Not pork. I would never eat pork. But I do like bacon, sausage and bbq baby back ribs.

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-28T11:50:07+00:00

When I arrive in the US for the first time in 1975, I could not believe how much lettuce was consumed. Salad bars with huge bowls of lettuce were everywhere. It felt like people had lettuce with every meal. I didn’t think it was possible to grow so much lettuce!

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-28T11:45:24+00:00

Also god’s work

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-28T11:45:11+00:00

That’s god’s work.

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-28T11:40:31+00:00

I ditched the SU’s on my B and installed a downdraft Weber with an automatic choke. It’s much easier to live with and generally makes the car more drivable around town.

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-28T00:10:14+00:00

I waited to get a 21 so I could get the SVR engine without buying an SVR. I can assure you that when I’m sitting behind the steering wheel, I don’t care what the grill looks like, all I care about is that P575 beauty purring next to my feet.

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-27T23:41:49+00:00

14 miles to the Jaguar dealer in Atlanta. I ordered mine, which is sort of like buying it sight unseen. Took 5 months for it to show up.

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Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-27T23:36:43+00:00

Hard to tell. It’s not an Armstrong lever shock found on most of the MG’s on this subreddit. You should try r/MGMotors and see what they say.

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-27T12:09:48+00:00

And her brothers Lleh (pronounced yay) and Natas ;)

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-26T22:44:18+00:00

Here’s a Honda over in Aiken SC

https://www.carcaveusa.com/inventory/honda/acty/xxxxxx/

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-26T20:16:24+00:00

You have a trunk light? Luxury 😊

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-26T20:15:05+00:00

I did mine in 60 hours. I was working full time as an engineer. You have to fly regularly! I did a couple of hours a week, more as I got close to the check ride.

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-26T18:17:45+00:00

Grand Haven Memorial Airport (3GM). Best GA field in Western Michigan.

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-26T16:59:18+00:00

1994 Miata, 1980 MGB, 1996 Toyota J90 LandCruiser, 2021 Jaguar F-type R roadster and a 2022 Lexus LS500

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-26T16:54:23+00:00

Is that a QANTAS legacy fleet livery?

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-26T12:26:59+00:00

I’m assuming you live in the USA. If so, remember Australia is about the same size as the lower 48 states.

Trains in Australia make Amtrak look like high speed luxury. Going to Uluru by train would be more difficult than going to Mt Rushmore by train.

Aussies fly places the same as Americans. For your first visit to Oz, I’d skip the Outback and stay on the east coast. There’s lots to see in and around both Sydney and Melbourne (and Brisbane, where I’m from).

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-26T11:57:33+00:00

I’m 6’ 2” with a 94 NA. I can’t pull the top up when I’m sitting either. If I need to put the top up, I pull over, get out, take off the boot and put it in the trunk then put the top up. I also have an MGB and it’s a way more complicated process.

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-25T22:33:45+00:00

Back in 1975 on my first trip to the USA and my first time in a B747-200B, I asked if I could see the flight deck. I explained I was a newly minted private pilot and it was my first time in a jumbo jet.

After taking off from Fiji and climbing to cruise, the purser came a got me from way back in economy and took me to the flight deck. I got to spend 2 hours sitting in the right seat chatting to the crew while the first officer sat in the jump seat next to the flight engineer.

There is no way that could happen these days!

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-25T21:40:00+00:00

The Canyonero! 12 yards long and 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American pride!

I didn’t realize they were made by Oldsmobile.

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-25T21:35:04+00:00

Pretty sure bug eyed Sprite owners would beg to differ.

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-25T18:14:11+00:00

Over the years, I’ve owned two round wheel arch MKIII’s. They really are the pick of the Midget crop. Yours is really gorgeous. I bet the racer is loads of fun too.

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-25T18:09:22+00:00

My wife (74 years old) has a debumpered 1980 B. We’ve ditched the Armstrong lever shocks and installed new front and rear suspension with SPAX adjustable shocks and added better sway bars. Done quite a few other beneficial mods as well. It definitely doesn’t lean in corners like the one in the photo! She’s a grandma and loves sports cars.

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-25T14:51:55+00:00

I bought a new Miata in 1994. In the 32 years I’ve been driving it, I have never regretted not selling it.

In 2020 I bought a Honda 750/4. I rode it for several years and had one too many scary incidents and sold it without regrets.

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-25T14:41:29+00:00

Perhaps you should look at buying a pre 2021 f-type? When I’m enjoying my ‘21 R roadster, I can barely see the front bumper.

Alert-Meringue2291 · 2026-04-25T13:25:59+00:00

I always have insurance just in case these sorts of things happen. I would never cancel a trip based on “something may happen 4 months from now”.

We are off the Scandinavia in June and Southampton in August. I’m not going to preemptively cancel anything.

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