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Midwinter drive
Went for a midwinter drive today in the old '98 NB 6spd.
Hood down, one of those calm winter days where the sun shines, probably only 5-10 deg C. Beanie on, heater on, stereo on full. I must have been going a little bit too slow - my wife didn't complain once... About 350km round trip, through the snow-capped mountains, back to the coast, then home There's been a few hard frosts and a bit of snow - they grit the roads here rather than salt, so you've got to be a bit careful to stay awake in the tight and twisty mountain gorges. My goodness the old MX5s are nice to drive - even bog-standard. Not the fastest by far, not the most comfortable, but close to the nicest for a spirited midwinter hood-down drive you could find at any price. |
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On 3.7.2010. 8:12, Me wrote:
> Went for a midwinter drive today in the old '98 NB 6spd. > where you at? here's like 30+ C degrees |
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On Jul 3, 5:22*am, Domagoj Bagaric > wrote:
> On 3.7.2010. 8:12, Me wrote: > > > Went for a midwinter drive today in the old '98 NB 6spd. > > where you at? here's like 30+ C degrees While there's snow in some places of the northern hemisphere, it's not called winter - so he's in the southern hemisphere, My guess would be New Zealand. |
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NetMax wrote:
> On Jul 3, 5:22 am, Domagoj Bagaric > wrote: >> On 3.7.2010. 8:12, Me wrote: >> >>> Went for a midwinter drive today in the old '98 NB 6spd. >> >> where you at? here's like 30+ C degrees > > While there's snow in some places of the northern hemisphere, it's not > called winter - so he's in the southern hemisphere, My guess would be > New Zealand. You can tell from his accent? |
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On Jul 3, 1:56*pm, "Frank Berger" > wrote:
> NetMax wrote: > > On Jul 3, 5:22 am, Domagoj Bagaric > wrote: > >> On 3.7.2010. 8:12, Me wrote: > > >>> Went for a midwinter drive today in the old '98 NB 6spd. > > >> where you at? here's like 30+ C degrees > > > While there's snow in some places of the northern hemisphere, it's not > > called winter - so he's in the southern hemisphere, *My guess would be > > New Zealand. > > You can tell from his accent? Can't you? ;~) It's not quite Aussie. I also checked his posting profile. |
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On 3.7.2010. 16:24, NetMax wrote:
> New Zealand. I was hoping more like terra del fuego, or somewhere there nz is sooo like yesterday. |
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On 4/07/2010 12:44 p.m., Domagoj Bagaric wrote:
> On 3.7.2010. 16:24, NetMax wrote: > >> New Zealand. > > I was hoping more like terra del fuego, or somewhere there nz is sooo > like yesterday. Yes it is - like Lake Wobegon, but fewer Lutherans and milder winters. |
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On 4/07/2010 2:24 a.m., NetMax wrote:
> On Jul 3, 5:22 am, Domagoj > wrote: >> On 3.7.2010. 8:12, Me wrote: >> >>> Went for a midwinter drive today in the old '98 NB 6spd. >> >> where you at? here's like 30+ C degrees > > While there's snow in some places of the northern hemisphere, it's not > called winter - so he's in the southern hemisphere, My guess would be > New Zealand. Good guess - even if you cheated a bit. I changed oil and filter on the MX5 for the first time today. Had to buy a little strap clamp that you tighten with a knob (the usual twist type I have for my other cars doesn't work) to grab the filter to undo it - worked well though and only cost about ~US$8. It's probably worse doing the filter on a RHD model - the oil from the filter drops straight on the steering box and drizzles under to the splash guard where it's damned hard to get at to clean. Next time I'll be ready for it. It's a very small filter for a 1.8 litre engine. |
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"Me" > wrote in message ... nz is sooo >> like yesterday. > Yes it is - like Lake Wobegon, but fewer Lutherans and milder winters. Don't think you're going to slip the Garrison Keillor reference past this American ;-) Apparently NPR's genius is world renowned! 'Cool' to hear about your winter drive. It'll be awhile before we get our month of winter here ;-) Later, Chris (in Hou) 99BBB |
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Me > wrote:
> Went for a midwinter drive today in the old '98 NB 6spd. > Hood down, one of those calm winter days where the sun shines, > probably only 5-10 deg C. While you're enjoying winter, I'm in the middle of 44C summer! Top up, AC on full! -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ |
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