Reply With QuoteDirt and gravel roads are fuuuun in Miatas (if you don't care about your paint). Although... gravel can sneak up on you at inopportune times...
Off-Road adventures with the Teins... :)
So I went down to the Hill Country this weekend, and I had a BLAST on those Hill Country Roads! Dayum!
The scenery was incredible, and we did nothing but drink beer and kayak on the Llano River on Saturday. However, I have one TINY bone to pick with the hosts of our family reunion... Nobody ever said I had to have a friggin Scooby Doo Outback to get down to the House on the River. Goddammit! Anyhow... it all worked out for the best, and I didn't knock a hole in my oil pan (although I heard/felt some pretty ominous bumps under the car this weekend). So the upside is that I drove some of the most scenic roads I've ever seen in the Miata! Including the shitty 10 miles of gravel/rock/dirt/sand/oil/shit roads that almost took the oil pan off my car... Good Times!
The Teins did just fine on the washboard roads with street settings... although I DID think I might have dragged the bottom off my car a few times in the sand, over the cattle guards - jeeez what a friggin ride... very, very, very good times, in spite of all that.
The BIG upside to the trip was that we went thru Dublin, TX and got a REAL Dublin Dr Pepper (made with REAL Imperial Cane Sugar)! Gotta say that it's wildly different from today's HFCS DP - more bite and the best nose-burning burps since childhood! YES!!!
Pix on Facebook now... but more pix to follow here at some point... zzzzz.
Last edited by trickyrix; 06-15-2008 at 09:56 PM.
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
Dirt and gravel roads are fuuuun in Miatas (if you don't care about your paint). Although... gravel can sneak up on you at inopportune times...
09 Lexus RX350
.... no Miata
Central Market sells it for just under $8.00 a six pack, if you really like it.Originally Posted by trickyrix
1994 R-package - gone, but not forgotten.
1966 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40. Restification in progress. or should I say De-RUSTification in progress?
1984 Honda VF1100S. V4 Fury!
Albertsons has it cheaper.
Daily Driver: 2013 Club edition in Pearl White Mica
Lightness? What's that? I drive a PRHT!
The POS Family loves the Dublin Dr. Pepper we have done the plant tour and well all got T-Shirts on our last visit. We need to go again soon!
http://www.dublindrpepper.com/
The DP in Dublin was $1 per bottle, or $16 per case of 24. Sadly, we only had room for a 12-pack at that point, so I didn't get the bulk discount (damn you, little car!). Granted, I could've bought cans for $0.60/ea, but that just kinda defeats the purpose, right?
Anyhow, here's a link to some pix... mostly family, but you can get an idea of where we were hanging out all day Saturday. And, yes, some of the later pix might look a little fuzzy... that's prolly the Miller Lite taking hold at that point.
LINKIE
'94 Black & Black & Tan
'99 head swap, JR header, TDR intake & header blanket, MegaSquirt, RB hollow bar, Tein Flex, 15x8 6ULs, HD M2 Sport, FM cat, Borla cat-back, black '95M interior, MOMO Zebrano, IL Motorsport console...
Dyno Days
8/16/08 (bone stock): 103.1 hp/99.0 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/23/08 (Borla cat-back): 108.2 hp/104.1 lb-ft - Dynojet
8/13/11 (more stuff...): 126 hp/116 lb-ft - Mustang dyno
Roger Moore: the Danny White of James Bonds
Miata road trip to Dublin?
VW Bug in running shoes
M Porcupine sedan
M Porcupine coupe
Crusty old e46 beater
Battery Powered appliance car
Not a Miata deal, damn little cars will not hold enough Dublin Dr. Pepper!
2 words...tire trailerNot a Miata deal, damn little cars will not hold enough Dublin Dr. Pepper!
Or we can just all squeeze into the 'Lac
VW Bug in running shoes
M Porcupine sedan
M Porcupine coupe
Crusty old e46 beater
Battery Powered appliance car
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