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February 26th, 2018, 08:16 PM
#621
Senior Member
SHNY? (shiny)
BARE (metal)
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February 26th, 2018, 09:01 PM
#622
Ask me about my bottom br
Tapiro or a permutation of?
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February 28th, 2018, 06:11 PM
#623
Administrator
I like BARE a lot but somebody already has it. SHNY is there, though.
AWSM is also taken. Particularly frustrating because it would've been a match to the plate in the chicken picture of my car.
The four letter thing is really shitty and starting to piss me off if we're honest.
I'm supposed to go tomorrow to register it. We'll see.
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February 28th, 2018, 08:52 PM
#624
mAdminstrator
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March 1st, 2018, 12:14 AM
#625
Senior Member
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March 1st, 2018, 10:41 AM
#626
Administrator
Chose:
AHSM
I982
82 D
in that order, but I think they're all available so I'll likely end up with "AHSM." It's as close as I could get to the "AH SUM" in the chicken picture as I could get, but I like the continuity of provenance there. Russ suggested it, so hat tip to him.
Because I'm a bad owner and should feel bad, I topped up the coolant before leaving and forgot to put the cap back on so I drove the 15 minutes each way with the coolant reservoir open. Got home and the rear quarter windows were steamed and the motor was splashed with the stuff. YAY ME.
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March 4th, 2018, 09:51 PM
#627
Driver
Better coolant than oil!
I experienced the headroom thing first hand the other day. I'd seen a few DeLoreans but never sat in one before. The racing seat could have raised or lowered the hip point -- never know unless you compare with stock. There are plenty of variables there.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zBq8YdT5GxEXrjst2
The roll cage was pretty cool. I didn't take time to inspect it from a road racing safety perspective, but as it's a test car not expected to do any wheel to wheel racing, I thought the cage design was well done for that and the integration of the windshield header bar was tight and neat.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/0HqtAPi1cKnvBD983
Notice anything else unusual? The front steering angle perhaps? This is an autonomous drift car (let that sink in...) built by Stanford students of engineering. I was pretty shocked to learn what it was used for at first, but thinking about it later it seemed obvious. Automotive science/software is heavy into autonomous driving these days, and the kids are into drifting... why not have fun with your engineering work.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/IMS83A5gAJg42sS53
It had an electric drivetrain, too. Of course.
And it's named Marty.
Anyway, just a little DeLorean run-in story. Back to the regularly scheduled dodint programming.
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March 5th, 2018, 06:53 AM
#628
Administrator
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March 5th, 2018, 08:17 AM
#629
Driver
I didn't' shut the door. It's hard to tell just how much relief is there in the headliner and how close it'd be to my head, but it looks tight.
The Sparco in my blue Z sat higher than stock with the Megan Racing mount, and now lower than stock with the Sparco Low mount. So who knows where Marty's seats are height wise.
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March 5th, 2018, 08:36 AM
#630
Administrator
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