When you see a pretty car...

[ZX9RCAM]

Hell of a grocery getter....

 

[pronstar]

Some sweet custom iron and lots of blowers…pretty cool car show.

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

Some sweet custom iron and lots of blowers…pretty cool car show.

I see those 3 blowers off to the left.

 

[TheDan]

Agreed. I really wanted one. Then I stood next to one and realized I couldn't fit even if I were half my weight and 3 inches shorter.

Waist high is just the right size for a car.

 

[striker55]

Waist high is just the right size for a car.
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I have a hard time getting in and out of a Camaro.

 

[dsgrey]

I have a hard time getting in and out of a Camaro.

Yep! Not when I was young but a reality as I'm older. The X1/9 and my 2nd gen Miata were worse though those vehicles required a driver to be 5'10" or less and have a "normal" BMI.

 

[TheDan]

those vehicles required a driver to be 5'10" or less and have a "normal" BMI

Comments like this always amuse me. I'm 6'3" and on the high side of overweight; have been obese in the past. The x1/9 isn't even the smallest car I've driven. An original 500 is probably the smallest closely followed by a Honda Beat. Despite being smaller, the 500 has more room as old cars just have less bulk to them.

Here at 1:10 you can see me very briefly sitting in a 500. Doesn't look ridiculous at all.




MG Midget is next with a surprising amount of leg room, but the steering wheel rubbed my belly

 

[benenglish]

Comments like this always amuse me.

10 years ago I decided to buy a new Miata. I went to the dealership, sat in the driver's seat, and looked over everything. Looked great.

Then I tried to close the door. It hit the blubber off my left hip while the edge of the door was 6 to 10 inches from closing.

Total no-go.

I've sat in small cars plenty of times. I just have to get into them like I get into an airplane seat. That is, make sure the seat belt ends are splayed out as much as possible, semi-stand in the seat with my butt 6 inches off the seat, close the door, grab the seat belt ends to keep them from being hidden by my bulk, the squeeze into the seat and fasten the seat belt. It's fine in the short term as long as I'm the driver. In fact, I used to go to lunch often with a co-worker who drove a Miata, then a 2nd-gen MR2, then a Miata again.

I could have closed the door on the Miata at the dealership but if I did, my blubber would have rendered the steering wheel unusable.

By now I know I'm never going to own a small car of any kind. I just want to remove enough bulk to be able to sit in one comfortably.

Come to think of it, I may have already reached that point. I should find a Miata and try sitting in one again. Hmm...

 

[Brains]

Here at 1:10 you can see me very briefly sitting in a 500. Doesn't look ridiculous at all.

Oh cool, you're wearing a little red car as an overcoat!

 

[Tnhawk]

Some sweet custom iron and lots of blowers…pretty cool car show.

My first thought was 'high maintenance'

 

[popsgarland]

My first thought was 'high maintenance'

But just think of how much fun and noise you could make.

 

[Tnhawk]

But just think of how much fun and noise you could make.

Been there, done that, got the scars!

 

[Coiled]

My first thought was 'high maintenance'

Blowers often are.

 

[Coiled]

I thought those were Lambo wheels.
What do I know, 'cept . . . I'm not being towed.

 

[TheDan]

Saw lots of pretty cars at Italian Motor Gathering in Boerne on Saturday.

 

[BigRed]

 

[BigRed]

 

[TheDan]

 

[innominate]

Saw lots of pretty cars at Italian Motor Gathering in Boerne on Saturday.

I saw alot of high end European groups on and off of 290 Saturday. we were heading east of out town ~0900. Wonder if they were heading that way.

 

[BigRed]