Total count = 70. I never owned a car until I got out of college,
so the historical count is heavily weighted toward motorbikes. I
didn't realize how many until I started counting. That first car
I ever owned was a Honda Civic, the very one that still occupies
the current list. Since that was well over 10 years ago, it says
something about Honda reliability. I killed all the R/C airplanes
except the current twin. Their average lifespan is about 1 year.
What happened to all the motorcycles is a more interesting story
but too long to write in email.
Current count = 36
1 Panoz Roadster = 8
1 Honda Civic = 4
1 Honda Magna = 4
1 Lexus GS430 = 8
1 R/C airplane with twin OS Wankels = 12
Historical count = 34
1 Mazda RX-7 = 6
1 Mazda Protege = 4
1 Suzuki GSXR-750 = 4
1 Kawasaki GPZ-750 = 4
1 Harley Fat Boy = 2
1 Honda CB550K = 4
1 Honda CB350F = 4
1 Kawasaki KLR-650 = 1
1 R/C plane with a single OS Wankel = 6
3 R/C planes each with 1-piston 2-stroke = 3
Smokerbros@aol.com wrote:
>
> Peter Egan's latest column on R & T is about the number of cylinders we have.
> My current count is 17, for instance. 8cyl. Silverado, 8 cyl. Firebird, 1
> cyl. Go-Ped. Meager by some counts. I think Egan's current count is 58.
>
> Then there is your life's total. Mine is 110 (including 18 4 bangers, and 17
> cars that have been autocrossed). Egan's is nearly 300, I think.
>
> By the way, Egan says that anything with internal combustion engines counts,
> including lawn mowers, weed whackers, etc., and reminds us of something that
> we all know, there are levels of quality, too. 12 lawn mowers does NOT equal
> 1 Ferrari 275!
>
> For counting purposes, Egan didn't have to count Rotaries, or at least didn't
> mention it. I figured them as 6 cylinder engines (3 chambers X 2 rotors).
>
> Okay, let's hear your numbers, complete with lies, excuses, stories!
>
> CHD
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