Software Wheels
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Having passed my driving test a few weeks ago and with a bit of spare cash on the hip I decided to buy myself a car. After a few weeks looking for the most economical, sensible car with the cheapest insurance, I said Fuck it and bought a Mazda Mx-5 (I believe they're called Miata in the US). By the way, that's not my car - mine is similar but a little newer. I've got a feeling I'm trying to compensate for being a programmer. What do you think??? James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
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Having passed my driving test a few weeks ago and with a bit of spare cash on the hip I decided to buy myself a car. After a few weeks looking for the most economical, sensible car with the cheapest insurance, I said Fuck it and bought a Mazda Mx-5 (I believe they're called Miata in the US). By the way, that's not my car - mine is similar but a little newer. I've got a feeling I'm trying to compensate for being a programmer. What do you think??? James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
I think you shoulda bought a Hyundai. At least they have a 100,000 mile warranty. Of course, if you were TRULY concerned about going fast regardless of the pracfticality or insurance considerations, you could have bought an A/C Cobra kit car with a 427 side-oiler topped off with four 60mm down-draft Webers. I think they run about $90,000 (turn-key) delivered, and the insurance would probably cost you a couple grand every year... "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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I think you shoulda bought a Hyundai. At least they have a 100,000 mile warranty. Of course, if you were TRULY concerned about going fast regardless of the pracfticality or insurance considerations, you could have bought an A/C Cobra kit car with a 427 side-oiler topped off with four 60mm down-draft Webers. I think they run about $90,000 (turn-key) delivered, and the insurance would probably cost you a couple grand every year... "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
Mortok, Slayer of Dragons, Eater of Goats wrote: Mortok, Slayer of Dragons, Eater of Goats LOL :) Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 Trank
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Mortok, Slayer of Dragons, Eater of Goats wrote: Mortok, Slayer of Dragons, Eater of Goats LOL :) Mauricio Ritter - Brazil Sonorking now: 100.13560 Trank
Mauricio Ritter wrote: Mauricio Ritter LOL ;P ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave …
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Having passed my driving test a few weeks ago and with a bit of spare cash on the hip I decided to buy myself a car. After a few weeks looking for the most economical, sensible car with the cheapest insurance, I said Fuck it and bought a Mazda Mx-5 (I believe they're called Miata in the US). By the way, that's not my car - mine is similar but a little newer. I've got a feeling I'm trying to compensate for being a programmer. What do you think??? James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
James Spibey wrote: What do you think??? First, did you just happen to have enough cash lying around to just buy a car? Holy crap. I have pay off my nice (nice, but not up there with a Mazda Mx-5) Toyota Tazz over five years! Did you rob a bank? Have an uncle in the mafia? Rich parents? Rich girlfriend? What?!?! Secondly, cool car, and yes, you are making up for being a programmer. :-D Why be sensible when you can have fun? regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Sonork ID: 100.9903 Stormfront
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Mauricio Ritter wrote: Mauricio Ritter LOL ;P ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk Sonork ID: 100.9977 Dave …
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Having passed my driving test a few weeks ago and with a bit of spare cash on the hip I decided to buy myself a car. After a few weeks looking for the most economical, sensible car with the cheapest insurance, I said Fuck it and bought a Mazda Mx-5 (I believe they're called Miata in the US). By the way, that's not my car - mine is similar but a little newer. I've got a feeling I'm trying to compensate for being a programmer. What do you think??? James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
I bought myself a new VW Jetta :) [Bora, Vento, or whatever it is in your country]. Not my Jetta, but a nice one. ---- xian "Winners never quit and quitters never win, but those who never win and never quit are idiots." -despair
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Having passed my driving test a few weeks ago and with a bit of spare cash on the hip I decided to buy myself a car. After a few weeks looking for the most economical, sensible car with the cheapest insurance, I said Fuck it and bought a Mazda Mx-5 (I believe they're called Miata in the US). By the way, that's not my car - mine is similar but a little newer. I've got a feeling I'm trying to compensate for being a programmer. What do you think??? James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
Just sold my Mazda MX-5, which i owned for 10 years now, and bought a BMW 316ti which i expect to arrive next week :rolleyes:
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Having passed my driving test a few weeks ago and with a bit of spare cash on the hip I decided to buy myself a car. After a few weeks looking for the most economical, sensible car with the cheapest insurance, I said Fuck it and bought a Mazda Mx-5 (I believe they're called Miata in the US). By the way, that's not my car - mine is similar but a little newer. I've got a feeling I'm trying to compensate for being a programmer. What do you think??? James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
I've had my Mustang GT convertible for just about a year now. Definitely a crotch rocket. Makes up for the geekiness of being a programmer any day of the week. :-) Brigg Thorp Software Engineer Timex Corporation
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I think you shoulda bought a Hyundai. At least they have a 100,000 mile warranty. Of course, if you were TRULY concerned about going fast regardless of the pracfticality or insurance considerations, you could have bought an A/C Cobra kit car with a 427 side-oiler topped off with four 60mm down-draft Webers. I think they run about $90,000 (turn-key) delivered, and the insurance would probably cost you a couple grand every year... "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
Mortok, Slayer of Dragons, Eater of Goats wrote: I think you shoulda bought a Hyundai. At least they have a 100,000 mile warranty. Of course, if you were TRULY concerned about going fast regardless of the pracfticality or insurance considerations, you could have bought an A/C Cobra kit car with a 427 side-oiler topped off with four 60mm down-draft Webers. John, whats with the carbuerettor measurements. I mean you mention distance in miles, engine size in cubic inches but then follow it up with carbuerettor size in millimetres. I didn't thin Americans new about millimetres. :confused: Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
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I've had my Mustang GT convertible for just about a year now. Definitely a crotch rocket. Makes up for the geekiness of being a programmer any day of the week. :-) Brigg Thorp Software Engineer Timex Corporation
You're totally right. When I'm driving my BMW 318i (E36), I forget everything about my job ;P ------------------------------------ Ash to ash, and clay to clay, If the enemy doesn't get you Your own folk may ------------------------------------
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James Spibey wrote: What do you think??? First, did you just happen to have enough cash lying around to just buy a car? Holy crap. I have pay off my nice (nice, but not up there with a Mazda Mx-5) Toyota Tazz over five years! Did you rob a bank? Have an uncle in the mafia? Rich parents? Rich girlfriend? What?!?! Secondly, cool car, and yes, you are making up for being a programmer. :-D Why be sensible when you can have fun? regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Sonork ID: 100.9903 Stormfront
Paul Watson wrote: Did you rob a bank? Have an uncle in the mafia? Rich parents? Rich girlfriend? What?!?! Actually, it comes down to two things:- a) Lack of current girlfriend b) Redundancy payments from my last job Wasn't that expensive anyway - cost me about £4,500 which is about US$6,000 so no big deal. James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
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I think you shoulda bought a Hyundai. At least they have a 100,000 mile warranty. Of course, if you were TRULY concerned about going fast regardless of the pracfticality or insurance considerations, you could have bought an A/C Cobra kit car with a 427 side-oiler topped off with four 60mm down-draft Webers. I think they run about $90,000 (turn-key) delivered, and the insurance would probably cost you a couple grand every year... "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
Mortok, Slayer of Dragons, Eater of Goats wrote: I think you shoulda bought a Hyundai. At least they have a 100,000 mile warranty. This is exactly why I didn't buy a hyundai - too practical, too sensible :) I'm desperately clinging onto being under 25 and this is an extension of that. I'm getting a headache now from trying to keep track of John's user names X| James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
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Paul Watson wrote: Did you rob a bank? Have an uncle in the mafia? Rich parents? Rich girlfriend? What?!?! Actually, it comes down to two things:- a) Lack of current girlfriend b) Redundancy payments from my last job Wasn't that expensive anyway - cost me about £4,500 which is about US$6,000 so no big deal. James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
James Spibey wrote: cost me about £4,500 which is about US$6,000 so no big deal. £4,500 is worth about 54000 South African Rand. That is half my annual income. No ways in hell I could save half my annual in a year. There is such a big difference between the cost of a car to a Brit and the cost of a car to a South African. That is why I was amazed you just went out and bought a car. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Sonork ID: 100.9903 Stormfront
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David Wulff wrote: David Wulff LOL Nish p.s. I am just continuing the chain... Bow wow wow, Yippee yo yippee yay, My miniputt high, Is now 30 yay.
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Mortok, Slayer of Dragons, Eater of Goats wrote: I think you shoulda bought a Hyundai. At least they have a 100,000 mile warranty. Of course, if you were TRULY concerned about going fast regardless of the pracfticality or insurance considerations, you could have bought an A/C Cobra kit car with a 427 side-oiler topped off with four 60mm down-draft Webers. John, whats with the carbuerettor measurements. I mean you mention distance in miles, engine size in cubic inches but then follow it up with carbuerettor size in millimetres. I didn't thin Americans new about millimetres. :confused: Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "Don't belong. Never join. Think for yourself. Peace" - Victor Stone
Michael Martin wrote: John, whats with the carbuerettor measurements. I mean you mention distance in miles, engine size in cubic inches but then follow it up with carbuerettor size in millimetres. I didn't thin Americans new about millimetres. Well, Webers are measured that way, and the common reference to the size of their venturis is in millimeters (notice the correct spelling there - :) ). that's how you order them, so that's how you refer to them. :) If I was going to order caretr or Holley carbs (with Carter being the preferred choice for me), I'd order them according to their advertised flow rate (CFM). When you work on *very* fast cars, you can't afford to be a measurement snob. :) "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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Mortok, Slayer of Dragons, Eater of Goats wrote: I think you shoulda bought a Hyundai. At least they have a 100,000 mile warranty. This is exactly why I didn't buy a hyundai - too practical, too sensible :) I'm desperately clinging onto being under 25 and this is an extension of that. I'm getting a headache now from trying to keep track of John's user names X| James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
I realized most of you humans were about to have their heads explode, so I returned to the name most of you use in your worship of my devine entity. "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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I've had my Mustang GT convertible for just about a year now. Definitely a crotch rocket. Makes up for the geekiness of being a programmer any day of the week. :-) Brigg Thorp Software Engineer Timex Corporation
Definitely a worthy choice, but a more extreme choice would have been a Harley. You don't often see "biker" and "computer programmer" in the same sentence referring to a single person. How about this... A 1969 Datsun 2000 Roadster with a supercharged Buick V-6... I think THAT would be way un-geeky. "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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Having passed my driving test a few weeks ago and with a bit of spare cash on the hip I decided to buy myself a car. After a few weeks looking for the most economical, sensible car with the cheapest insurance, I said Fuck it and bought a Mazda Mx-5 (I believe they're called Miata in the US). By the way, that's not my car - mine is similar but a little newer. I've got a feeling I'm trying to compensate for being a programmer. What do you think??? James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
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James, you shoulda got yer self a Lexus IS200, a real mans car. I've noticed around Manchester a lot of woman drive MX5s ;P Normski. - Professional Windows Programmer
Norm Almond wrote: .. around Manchester a lot of woman drive MX5s Gives me something to talk to them about then doesn't it :-D Actually, I think I'm being a bit optimistic having a convertible in one of the most rainy cities in the world. James Spibey I love the word naked, it's brilliant isn't it, 'naked'. When I was a kid I used to write the word naked on a bit of paper hundreds of times and rub my face in it - Jeff, Coupling, BBC2
