“Roy. I did the autoX and my car is a pan with no reinforcements. I think I even beat somebody.”
Ed, thanks for the words of encouragement.  I heard that they are not going to allow the Double=decker city bus in the autocross competition this year. 😆Â
“So what if the pan flexes in the auto cross? So what if you loop it? There’s plenty of run-off room and you’re not likely to turn it over. (And if you break anything, we’ll help you fix it).”
I’ll bring my tow bar, just in case. Â
“I’ve taken Bridget along some wooded stream roads and even reeled in a couple Brit sports cars in my day.”
45 years ago, I was test driving a XKE on a country road. Â In my rear view mirror was an MGB desperately trying to keep up with me. Â Finally I slowed down enough to notice that the MGB had a funny flashing light in it’s windscreen. Â Â Not really so funny after all, – I got my first speeding ticket while test driving, on a NY country road, by a cop driving a MGB. Â Not fair!!Â
“you don’t have to be going dangerously fast to have a good time”
And you are absolutely right about that! Â I had some pretty tense moments at 25mph on “Roy’s Loop” with bias ply tires in my MGTF-1500. Â In fact it was a lot more fun than radials on my 911s at 45mph. Â The lack of good roads to exercise a sporty machine is one of the very few reasons that I am seriously considering, at 72, moving from New Bern, NC to the mountains again. Â The country here is so flat you can see your dog run away for 2 days. Â
Are you planning on running the autocross again? Â
I would really like to drive a couple of the TD’s at the show (not in the autoX), – just to get an idea of what’s right/wrong with mine. Â