A true gem

for me it's a 200g packet of red rock honey soy chicken crisps

 

A picture of ashmonds.

http://www.geocities.com/lifeline_eq/pi20.jpg

 

Yep!

Gorgeous from every angle to boot! (Um, the car, that is!)

 

can't afford the petrol

they are the best and a definite keeper

the qv will be a keeper too I think, once I get the fuel problem fixed, and the nut behind the wheel gets sorted (I think the nut is cross-threaded , he's not mixing with the other children very well)

 

yes, i'd much rather hear about the qv (or the gt4) or even aircons 355 than some of the OT stuff on here at the moment.

 

God bless MR2 replicas.

In all seriousness though, you gotta love the 355

 

Which is of course the reason F-Chat has such a poor rep in some circles.
Far too much dribble lately.

 

blame your friend

 

Amazing how well a car with a diagonal twist that preloads the antiroll bars so much (once cornerweighted) can drive....

Imagine what a straight one would drive like...

 

it's ok PeePee, i've had my medication and i'm feeling much better now. let the dribble continue..... previous comments were mainly directed at some of the cr@p coming out of some of the newbies (myself included)

 

Blame achieves nothing.

Ban him, and see how the quality improves.....

 

Its a nice post... I understand what you are getting at, although I havent managed to find oneness with a Ferrari... a Fiat 128 came close once, when I was young and knew no better...

It would be nice to find the "perfect" car, like a pair of old shoes, comfortable, yet does everything you want it to do, in style, while giving pleasure...

 

You know it's not straight.

You saw me set ride heights from the chassis points and then corner weights, and then we discussed making adjustable anti roll bar drop links to compensate for the twist and pre load on the bars.

I also showed you the sticky tape (that was still on the floor) that showed the drop check results, that were uneven, and you also chose to leave the unfinished repairs to the rear subframe.. where the welding of the new bar by the oil tank is not done at all....

 

I would go A over T on a roller skate but I get what you mean.

I inherited a riced up WRX company car (till it got nicked) and didnt enjoy the experience... sure it was seriously quick (320bhp at the wheels on the MRT dyno), but it didnt connect.. too much on boost/off boost... a pain in traffic...

Perhaps I am yet to find the 'right' car....

 

A question...

How does a car that is not straight, and/or have issues with its suspension mounting points... pass its annual registration inspection each year?

 

im not starting anything here, as i know PP can be a bit of a $#!t stirer, however, he actually just posted a good post about his car, and his opinion compared with some of the more recent vehicles, and it seems that you guys are baiting him into confrontation?

and yes i think the 355 will always be a keeper,

 

The trick is you move to Victoria

 

I am not baiting him. I agree with your description of the thread posts...

What do you do with a classic when it gets a little old though? A Ferrari can live forever, but Aircon has mentioned he gets a fair few miles up on the red rocket... what do you do when she is no longer able to be viably maintained??

 

There is no annual inspection in Victoria.

And chassis twist is not measurable on a typical roadworthy inspection anyway.

AND, the fact that it is twisted, makes no difference anyway, it drives ok and is safe. there's no law saying it HAS to be straight.

 

I owned a car once that had to get its roof replaced after hail damage. it was a really lousy panel job because the car didnt like going in a stratight line after that. Wouldnt track straight down a flat piece of road.

Is this what a chassis twist would also do, make the car not track straight?