It was soooo nice Sunday, and #9365/"Otto" was just calling to me.
Couldn't resist. Had a few errands to run, and had to fire him up.
RESISTANCE WAS FUTILE!! 40+ degs out in MN.
Yup, fired him up, let things stabilize and get a little warm, and went for a 10 or so mile jaunt around the neighborhood.
Here's the interesting part. There's a text out there describing "Life with a Cobra Replica...blah blah". One sentence should be engraved in your brain and on the dashboard.
"Disrespect me and I will kill you".
Add up the following: Roads are cold but dry Tires are cold 450HP on tap Short wheelbase Occasional puddle/run-off/wet on the road
I'll save you the trouble... It equals "spirited straight acceleration turning into a 1/2-lock powerskid don't snap the throttle shut or overcorrect keep your goddam foot off the brakes holy **** that retaining wall is close damn I saved it and need to shake the turds out of my pants" in less time than you took to read that.
(No, my body & paint guy doesn't have any extra work!)
Probably what saved my azz is 40+ years of driving on ice for 6 mos. of the year... but these cars give very little warning. They're happy, happy, happy, SNAP, sideways.
Dave Seitz said
Mar 2, 2020
And you didn't go for an even bigger engine? Maybe you needed the Blizzaks on the Cobra?
It was soooo nice Sunday, and #9365/"Otto" was just calling to me.
Couldn't resist. Had a few errands to run, and had to fire him up.
RESISTANCE WAS FUTILE!! 40+ degs out in MN.
Yup, fired him up, let things stabilize and get a little warm, and went for a 10 or so mile jaunt around the neighborhood.
Here's the interesting part.
There's a text out there describing "Life with a Cobra Replica...blah blah". One sentence should be engraved in your brain and on the dashboard.
"Disrespect me and I will kill you".
Add up the following:
Roads are cold but dry
Tires are cold
450HP on tap
Short wheelbase
Occasional puddle/run-off/wet on the road
I'll save you the trouble...
It equals "spirited straight acceleration turning into a 1/2-lock powerskid don't snap the throttle shut or overcorrect keep your goddam foot off the brakes holy **** that retaining wall is close damn I saved it and need to shake the turds out of my pants" in less time than you took to read that.
(No, my body & paint guy doesn't have any extra work!)
Probably what saved my azz is 40+ years of driving on ice for 6 mos. of the year... but these cars give very little warning. They're happy, happy, happy, SNAP, sideways.