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Re: How many cylinders do you have?

To: "Loren Williams" <Loren@kscable.com>,
Subject: Re: How many cylinders do you have?
From: "Rick Brown" <free2000@quixnet.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 11:24:30 -0800
I think there is another spin off here - how many cars wrecked.  And it
looks like Loren is in the lead.

Rick Brown
FP 240Z


----- Original Message -----
From: Loren Williams <Loren@kscable.com>
To: autox list <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 4:03 PM
Subject: RE: How many cylinders do you have?


> As if this thread hasn't gone on long enough...
>
> Current:
>
> 4 - '96 Miata R (life is good)
> 4 - '96 Saturn SL1 (wife's car)
> 4 - '94 Saturn SC2 (for sale!)
> 1 - '?? Wizard riding mower (8 HP Briggs)
> ----
> 13
>
>
> Lifetime:
> 6 - '73 Ford Maverick (first car)
> 6 - '76 Ford Maverick (bought to put good parts off of '73 on after
wrecking it
> twice)
> 4 - '78 Chevy Monza (gave up on the Mavericks)
> 8 - '76 Capri (girlfriend wrecked the Monza)
> 4 - '81 Plymouth TC3 (the Capri was getting me into too much trouble)
> 3 - '86 Chevy Sprint (wrecked the TC3 twice, decided to try a new car)
> 4 - '72 Ford Pinto (Mom took the Sprint when I joined the AF... then she
wrecked
> it)
> 4 - '88 VW Fox (Pinto died, then got torched!  Time for new car #2)
> 4 - '77 Toyota Celica GT (wife drove the Fox)
> 4 - '79 VW Rabbit (it was cheap)
> 4 - '86 Honda CRX (got bored with the Fox)
> 4 - '75 Triumph Spitfire (my toy...)
> 1 - crusty ol' push mower (bought a house)
> 4 - '91 Mazda B2600 (had to trade the CRX for something with a back seat)
> 6 - '75 Triumph Spitfire (engine transplant from a Ford)
> 3 - '93 Geo Metro Convertible (got divorced, needed cheap reliable
> transportation)
> 4 - '94 Saturn SC2 (the Geo was starting to feel less than solid)
> 1 - '95 Briggs powered push mower (bought another house)
> 4 - '95 Saturn SL2 (wife's car)
> 4 - '96 Saturn SL1 (finicky wife traded for a lesser car without a
persistent
> dash rattle)
> 1 - '?? Wizard riding mower (bought a house with a bigger yard)
> 4 - '96 Mazda Miata R (mid-life crisis)
> -----
> 83
>
> Bought first car at age 15... 18 years ago.  83/18=4.61 cylinders per
year.
>
>
> --
> Loren Williams  | Loren@kscable.com
> '96 Mazda Miata | Wichita Region SCCA - http://www2.southwind.net/~scca

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