Renegade Aquatics
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Thank you! I have considered joining for a little, but wasn’t totally sure if it was worth but I might have to put my name in next spring when they start up again. I’ll be happy to come on down!
Renegade Aquatics
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Daaang, I had planned on going but ended up sleeping through my alarm. Since it’s an hour drive for me down there. Which isn’t bad if was up a little bit late at another friend’s meet we have up north.
Off to Auto Trim in Tukwilla this afternoon to drop off the car for the new leather seats. Looking forward to nice new comfy seats that are not all worn out! I will miss my car for the two days they have it. Will have to drive the wife's car, a Honda CRV with a little 4 cylinder.
John58Ford
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The supercharged version was factory way more fun than the newer turbo machines. Mild work can get them in the 150+mph-unstable shoebox range of fun vehicles, I believe my windows usually came out of the upper seals just after the 5-6 shift around 135-140?. I parked mine upside down at Sonoma back in 2006. I'll have to dig around my laptop and see if I have any pictures of the thing, it was a blast the couple years it survived my abuse.
Edit: found a couple. We (our bases sports car club) used to take over the helicopter pad and wash our cars (instead of the helo) on our duty weeks. Man were small digital cameras literally toaster quality back then.
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Absolutely. The turbo engines were cheaper to produce, and got better gas mileage, but the early supercharged MCS was the hot-rod. I didn't know you had one! But what crazy track let you run with the windows rolled up?
My MINI often reminds me of another favorite car that I tracked extensively, my BMW M Coupe-
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Looking forward to seeing the results.
Thanks, loving it. My buddy saw the picture of it and asked if I had the door panels done too. With the new two tone seats the panel design pops more.Wow; that looks great; almost like having a new car again.