The Too Tall Roadster Blues - Gearhead Phase pt. III
June 7, 2006
Shopping for a little toy ‘vert is a little more challenging than it sounds.
I’m 6′ 3″, which rules a lot of them out to begin with.
I can’t sit in a Mazda MX-5 or a Honda S-2000 with the top up; my head sticks into the top about 2″.
The roof on a Nissan 350Z is high enough, but even with the seat all the way back, I couldn’t pull my left leg back to use the clutch without hitting the massive door speaker pod.
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Chuck Lawson · Filed Under Signal to Noise
Tired of kicking my horse (or why Mustangs suck) - Gearhead Phase pt. II
June 7, 2006
So, there I was with a 10 year old Mustang ‘vert as a daily driver…
At that point, I remembered the hard way all of the things I’ve hated about Mustangs over the years (and I’ve owned a few) — if they’re not brand new (I’ve never had a new one - maybe they’re better), they break on a pretty regular basis (or they do the way I drive them), they have a rear suspension that was pretty much state of the art for Roman Empire ox carts, and thus they handle like crap, and ride slightly worse.
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Written by Chuck Lawson · Filed Under Signal to Noise
