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mitchntx
Since the first weekend of November, I have driven my Trans AM a grand total of 13 miles ...

Most of that was shuttling it around the driveway and garage ...
trackbird
QUOTE (mitchntx @ Mar 3 2005, 10:17 PM)
Since the first weekend of November, I have driven my Trans AM a grand total of 13 miles ...

Most of that was shuttling it around the driveway and garage ...

I drove my car 13 miles.....

......to work today.

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That is sad. And you have better weather than we do.
firehawkclone
Im going to rub this in tongue.gif I drove to work today with the windows down with shorts and a t shirt on nutkick.gif
RegaMaro
I drove... my parents car around today and came home to see my car burried under a foot of snow unsure.gif
sgarnett
I've driven mine about 16 feet in the last two months. That was 8 mildly-aggressive feet back, and 8 mildly-aggresive feet forward, bouncing it back up onto my full-length wooden ramps (my stack-of-2x12s poor man's lift) to settle the rear springs and recheck the height smile.gif
y5e06
I think I'm about even w/ you on use of the camaro. I try to drive it once I see the brake rotors have taken on a nice new surface of rust. Just can't bring myself to sell it right now.
AllZWay
Mitch... since the MSR event we did, my car has been driven exactly ZERO miles. I have cranked it and moved it out of my way in the shop once. blink.gif

So I think I have you beat on low miles.
NataSS Inc
My car hasnt moved 1 MILLIMETER in 7 months......that is really sad. But not having a motor in it is kind of an excuse.
trackbird
QUOTE (NataSS Inc @ Mar 4 2005, 12:25 PM)
My car hasnt moved 1 MILLIMETER in 7 months......that is really sad. But not having a motor in it is kind of an excuse.

If you had driven it with no motor, you'd be my new hero. :drive:
CMC #37
I guess this is not a good time to say our forecast will be in the 70s next week? (ducking)
trackbird
QUOTE (CMC #37 @ Mar 4 2005, 12:34 PM)
I guess this is not a good time to say our forecast will be in the 70s next week? (ducking)

As I look out the window here on the 11th floor in downtown Columbus, OH it's snowing lightly.

It's a good thing you're far away..... rant.gif (if you were close, we might just show up).
firehawkclone
Well so much for rubbing it in. It has rained so hard that we have 2 feet blink.gif of water on the streets! The car allmost didn't make it home! So much for the wet opti theory laugh.gif

Oh it's still 60deg's tongue.gif
Formula WS6
i wish i didnt drive so much. i drive 80 miles each day.
Crazy Canuck
how far is your driveway from your garage ?
maybe in the end of the cowboy field, you have an old barn used as a garage... could make a good 1/4 mile everytime you bring it to driveway... blink.gif :leaving:
mmmm... I drove my car in november... stored it the last day of november actually.
ever since, haven't even washed it for hibernation laugh.gif so 0mm since last day of November. going on a 400 miles course next weekend, though (trailered)
sgarnett
QUOTE (Eugenio_SS @ Mar 5 2005, 01:19 AM)
maybe in the end of the cowboy field, you have an old barn used as a garage... could make a good 1/4 mile everytime you bring it to driveway... blink.gif :leaving:

I could probably fit a 1/2 mile or more miniature road course (like an autocross course, but with grass and trees between the turns) in my field, maybe even a mile with enough turns, and I have daydreamed about doing exactly that :drive: . It would cost a fortune, though, and I don't really want to own that much pavement.

However, my cars absolutely do NOT go in the barn. I'm not sure why it's still standing, but nothing delicate goes inside biggrin.gif

There isn't quite room for a straight quarter, and even if there was the stop at the end would be brutal. Whichever pieces made it through the trees would still have a six foot drop into the stream .... burnout.gif
Formula WS6
pavement!? who needs pavement, make a rally course in that field
SuperCricket
Got mine insured yesterday and went driving around logging data on the laptop with the girlfriend.

Nothing like pulling into the gas station with graphics on all 4 corners of the car, opened headers, idling at 600 rpm, no windows, no door handles, no parking brake... good times. I predict one week before I get pulled over.
98_1LE
I have driven your T/A twice since November Mitch smile.gif

The first time was from the shop to the house driveway, and the second was putting it back in the shop.

How many miles are on that new motor?
sgarnett
QUOTE (Formula WS6 @ Mar 5 2005, 07:36 PM)
pavement!? who needs pavement, make a rally course in that field

My MGB actually does pretty good in the field. It's a '77, and in '74 MG addressed the new federal bumper height requirements by raising the whole car. That's also when they added lot of extra rubber and steel to the bumpers.

I know this will come as a shock, but the Camaro isn't very capable offroad. Even ignoring the ground clearance, the limited suspension travel doesn't cut it. I do cut through the field sometimes if the driveway is blocked, but I stay on the smoothest section and I don't stop until I get back to the driveway.

Actually, though, the UE TA greatly improved the damp-grass-hill-climb capability laugh.gif
JimMueller
QUOTE (sgarnett @ Mar 5 2005, 01:01 PM)
I could probably fit a 1/2 mile or more miniature road course (like an autocross course, but with grass and trees between the turns) in my field, maybe even a mile with enough turns, and I have daydreamed about doing exactly that :drive: . It would cost a fortune, though, and I don't really want to own that much pavement.

However, my cars absolutely do NOT go in the barn. I'm not sure why it's still standing, but nothing delicate goes inside biggrin.gif

There isn't quite room for a straight quarter, and even if there was the stop at the end would be brutal. Whichever pieces made it through the trees would still have a six foot drop into the stream .... burnout.gif

Build it and they will come thumbup.gif
mitchntx
QUOTE (98_1LE @ Mar 6 2005, 05:27 AM)
I have driven your T/A twice since November Mitch smile.gif

The first time was from the shop to the house driveway, and the second was putting it back in the shop.

How many miles are on that new motor?

Yes, Chuck, you have logged a significant number of miles since November.

And ther is less than 2000 miles on that new motor ...

ewe-Jean-eeoo ...
Go ahead ... make fun of Texas ... those who DON'T live here do that a lot. But once they get here ...

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aftermidnight
i got you all beat....i haven't drove mine in almost 2 years!!! nutkick.gif i should have her done done by the end of spring..... beerchug.gif
redbird1
QUOTE (mitchntx @ Mar 3 2005, 09:17 PM)
Since the first weekend of November, I have driven my Trans AM a grand total of 13 miles ...

Most of that was shuttling it around the driveway and garage ...

Awwww. Poor baby. Try moving to Michigan. I haven't even driven my car 13 feet.
bruecksteve
I drive mine daily, at least 60 miles, sometimes many more.
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