I was being sarcastic. If people can get into an internet pee fight over cars, then there's something wrong with them and they'll fight like a couple toddlers over a moldy cracker. Sheesh.
So what thread you talking about with the fiskars? I missed that one.
. That thread was started by Overclock and was titled "Fiskars, what a piece of plastic" or something to that effect. And svk and Chris-PA were trying to throw out a guess as to who Overclock really was and said it was Brush Ape. Could be...possibly. I'm going to throw a guess out there myself and say it's MasterBlaster! Do I win a prize or anything??
You have better or worse traction on state roads? My car doesn't really care.
. And svk and Chris-PA were trying to throw out a guess as to who Overclock really was and said it was Brush Ape. Could be...possibly. I'm going to throw a guess out there myself and say it's MasterBlaster! Do I win a prize or anything??
some of us keystoners know how to drive Spidey.
Well... remember... Iowa is in a different universe than Pennsylvania.
For one thing, Iowa has nearly twice the miles of just unpaved roads than Pennsylvania has total... and traffic, even in Des Moines, doesn't slow to a crawl in a snowstorm. Most of us learned to drive as soon as we could see over the steering wheel... some of us had our own car or pickup (complete with shotgun behind the seat) long before we reached "license" age. Booze-cruising and bar-hopping during a blizzard is considered sport... which, because most little towns only have one or two bars, means driving from town-to-town. Your "tiny 1500cc front wheel drive" would be worthless out here... it would be high-centered on a family truckster tire rut in the first mile. Which would be bad for you 'cause some farm boy in a pickup would drive right over ya'... then look at his girl friend and ask, "Hey, did you feel that?? Hand me another beer, would ya' babe?? Let's put some Skynyrd in the 8-track... kay??"
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used to take the '74 pinto wagon w/B-60/13 BIAS ply tires out in a snow storm and run down the 4 lane as fast as that little 4-banger would go . push in the clutch,pull up the emergency brake and slide through the median into the opposing lane and head back from where we came from. no other cars on the highway but we had fun. and yes Skynard was prolly in the 8 track. and
I'm starting to come to the conclusion that this statement must be SOOO very true, IA must be completely different than ANYWHERE else. Explains a lot...a whole lot
So it is you!!!
Well, certainly no mountains, but as you move closer to the Mississippi the hills and bluffs get pretty decent size with steep grades and winding roads... the far northeast is probably the worst. The north-central is as flat as a pancake and once the ditches fill up the snow can drift deep enough to swallow a Greyhound bus... the plows basically make tunnels. I live in a transitional area between those two extremes. Parts of the southwest remind me of Missouri and South Dakota breaks land, but with a less rock showing... much of it better suited for cattle than corn. A lot of southeast Iowa (other than along the Mississippi) is hard to distinguish from much of western Illinois... there's even a few small oil wells. But no matter what part you're in, there's uncounted river and stream bottoms that toss in all sorts of wrinkles, curves, and grades.
Did masterblaster get banned? I always enjoyed his posts.Oh yeah, I know you were being a wisenheimer
and how did I act at the gtg???? just dont like bs,,and aint pc......Just Spidey's corner lol.
Most of the IA guys I know from here are pretty normal.
I did say most, Oly
notice,, more than a few on here,, have figured out sp.....
In '76 I put my '66 Galaxie 500 end-over-end when the front u-joint let go, the drive shaft hooked the roadway, kicking the rear end off the ground, and sending me front-first into the ditch where I promptly hit a driveway... a wild ride, and total loss. Needing a fast replacement, and short on cash, I found a clean little '74 Pinto with the optional 2300 4cyl and a 4spd manual. I was always impressed with the "snow-driving" ability of that little thing. I didn't have it long... it had Firestone 500 radials on it. Just before Christmas one of the front treads separated at 70 MPH on I-694 in Minneapolis and I smacked a bridge. The transmission tail shaft housing came up through the floor when the front end folded under... my second wild ride and total loss of '76. The year 1977 brought the baby-blue '73 Satellite Sebring Plus and the puke-green '71 Torino GT... both of which I managed to unload before they were wrecked or using too much oilsome of us keystoners know how to drive Spidey.
