I went to the car show yesterday with my eldest brother and dad. (beware: the site is in flash!). It was pretty good. It's fun to check out all the cars, see what's new, how they placed things in some cars, etc. My dad is actually looking at getting a new van or truck, so we were focusing on those. But we still made time to check out other things too. Just in case you were wondering, I don't really fit into a mini. Not enough head room. ;-)
One of the interesting car's there was the MCC Smart Cabrio which looks like this. The engine, cooling system, etc. looks like it came out of a sewing machine and small enough to pick up. We asked the guy running that display from transport canada and he told us that he took it to Toronto and it doesn't scream at 100 kph. Apparently it goes "faster than the posted speed limit". hee hee... but not that he would know that. In Europe they park them nose to the curb because of their short length. I think that they are shorter than many trucks are wide. And I think that's pretty nuts. But it wouldn't be too good if you had to go very far or carry more than one person. Cool though. I wish that it had been open so that I could have figured out if I fit in it though. Ah well.
One of the things that I was interested in while at the car show was rims. I'll need to get summer tires, and I can either go with steel wheels from crappy tire, or I can look at getting nice rims and wheels. My brother keeps on telling me that I should get 17" rims and get 40-45 series tires. I don't know if I want to go that large. I might get 16", but I'll have to think about it more. There's cools sites out there that will allow you to see what rims will look like on your car. Pretty cool. Now I just have to figure out how much money I want to throw at my car. It can be very important to have a great looking car: I need to pick up hot looking chicks. ;-) hahahhaha... Oie.
Listening to: Styx - Mr. Roboto
Jim, just as a warning about getting bigger rims than what comes with your car. You will also have to get you gear timings readjusted so that they are inline with your new wheel height. Something that is overlooked by many... Please do not take this warning negatively. I personally think big wheels look cool on small cars ;)
ReplyDeleteOh ya, if your rubber + rim equals standard wheel height nevermind about my last comment.
ReplyDeletehee hee... ya, that's why I'd have to go to something like a 40 series. (hight of side wall is 40% of width of tire)
ReplyDeleteThat and I'd have to do that if I didn't want to cut out the wheel wells. ;-) Thanks for the warning though.
You need to get some of those bling-blingin' type gansta' rims. The ones that keep spinning when you come to a stop. Like you see in all those rap videos. That would be Slammin'
ReplyDeleteIt would be like in Office Space, where Michael Bolton is listening to Damn it feels good to be a gansta', by Geto Boys. Jim would be so cool with the new rims.