[Toshi]

think again:

http://www.specmiatavideos.com/Race Videos/mcollins_smpt_4_06.wmv

watch at least the first lap. it's entertaining until at least the 17 minute mark, too, if you have that much patience.

this frame capture is blurry since, uh, he was passing people while braking with two wheels on the grass...

-t

 

[stevew]

I'll try later in the morning, that page is taking forever to load.

I like Miata's.

 

[MudGrrl]

I saw a miata get crushed by a SUV



carnage

 

[Tenchiro]

Jetta's are girl carls, Miata's are for 30 something gay dudes and male IT workers.

 

[DRB]

Jetta's are girl carls, Miata's are for 30 something gay dudes and male IT workers.

Not Jettas, VW cabriolets are girl cars.

 

[bballe336]

Jetta's are girl carls, Miata's are for 30 something gay dudes and male IT workers.

I know more than a few guys driving jettas that would blow the doors off of most people's cars.

 

[Echo]

Jettas are cool, if there was no such thing as a Subaru Outback I would drive a Jetta.

 

[Jeremy R]

I know more than a few guys driving jettas that would blow the doors off of most people's cars.

With their mouths?

 

[Acadian]

dude...1.05 in did he tag that other car on his right? almost sounded like it!!

 

[Tenchiro]

I know more than a few guys driving jettas that would blow the doors off of most people's cars.

Not Jettas, VW cabriolets are girl cars.

Around these parts the only Jetta drivers I see a Sorority girls.

 

[MMike]

Seattle has a very different vehicle demographic than in the east....

 

[binary visions]

Around these parts the only Jetta drivers I see a Sorority girls.

Me, too. That and stupid guys driving older Jettas with exhaust pipes and rims that cost more than the car

I don't think they're particularly girly, just see a lot of girls driving them. I do think Miatas are pretty feminine looking, though...

 

[Tenchiro]

Me, too. That and stupid guys driving older Jettas with exhaust pipes and rims that cost more than the car

I don't think they're particularly girly, just see a lot of girls driving them. I do think Miatas are pretty feminine looking, though...

Golf drivers are usually young guys with big exhausts and blacked out windows here.

 

[douglas]

miatas and Jettas = chick cars

 

[antimony]

Jetta's are girl carls, Miata's are for 30 something gay dudes and male IT workers.

I also believe the new VW bugs are girl cars.

 

[Jeremy R]

I also believe the new VW bugs are girl cars.

These are not beliefs, these are facts.

 

[Tenchiro]

I also believe the new VW bugs are girl cars.

Middle aged hippy women seem to like them around here.

 

[teamkranzelbike]

Miatas, Jettas, and any Vette after 1970 IMO all girls cars.

 

[brungeman]

I started watching it, and then played it again and watched his rearview instead of out the front! That guy was pretty bad A$$ he really layed down some serious moves, and really kicked up some dust on some of those "off tarmac" passes

 

[douglas]

I started watching it, and then played it again and watched his rearview instead of out the front! That guy was pretty bad A$$ he really layed down some serious moves, and really kicked up some dust on some of those "off tarmac" passes

I'm thinking his skills/car(engine) did not belong in that division

kinda like if an expert entered a beginner race, but started last

 

[Dirt rider]

I also believe the new VW bugs are girl cars.

Yah girls love my old Vee dub they say its cute

 

[brungeman]

I'm thinking his skills/car(engine) did not belong in that division

kinda like if an expert entered a beginner race, but started last

maybe, I wonder what class that car would have been prepped for? don't they have tech inspections?

 

[RhinofromWA]

Nothing wrong with racing Miata's.....against other miatas.

Heck you can race big wheels for all I care, but masuline miata's are not (thought the new ones are trying harder)

They are a cute little car. Would I own one? No, but that is because it would be worthless for what I would ask it to do. Haul MX bikes, MTB's, dirt, tow, dive over a curb without scraping.....

Rhino

 

[Transcend]

I also believe the new VW bugs are girl cars.

Known is some circles, as "the bitch bucket".

 

[Dirt rider]

Known is some circles, as "the bitch bucket".

are you kidding me..

I own a beetle and the majority of beetle owners ive met are males usally under 35 who like a classic design as opposed to the cookie cutterness of japanesse automakers.

and chicks dig my ride.

 

[douglas]

I dont think I have ever saw a guy driving a new bug

 

[Dirt rider]

I dont think I have ever saw a guy driving a new bug

OH I drive an old bug a 71 super beetle.

 

[DRB]

are you kidding me..

I'm gay and own a beetle and the majority beetle owners ive met are gay males usally under 35 who like a classic design as opposed to the cookie cutterness of japanesse automakers.

and ***** dig my ride.

There I clarified that for you.

 

[sanjuro]

http://www.drunkingham.com/ Click on the sticker sale...

EDIT:

"The worst thing about driving a Miata is telling your dad you're gay"

 

[Tenchiro]

and chicks dig my ride.

Because it is a chick car. I mean come on it has a frickin vase built into the dash.

 

[Dirt rider]

Because it is a chick car. I mean come on it has a frickin vase built into the dash.

nope not mine.. mines a 71

 

[Tenchiro]

nope not mine.. mines a 71

hah I thought you meant a new one, classic beetles are indeed cool.

 

[DRB]

nope not mine.. mines a 71

riiiiiiiight

 

[douglas]

here a 71 worth owning

 

[Toshi]

I'm thinking his skills/car(engine) did not belong in that division

kinda like if an expert entered a beginner race, but started last

spec miata is a spec series, and all the cars should theoretically be equal if built up to the spec. www.specmiata.com

however, you got it: he's one of the faster guys in the field and he started at the very back of the pack after crashing his car during qualifying the day before. apparently the body shop worked on it straightening the frame rails until 3 am, and then the car wasn't finished and back together for another few hours yet.

why his car could pull on the cars you see in the first few minutes is the difference between a freshly built racing engine (to the very limited spec) and a clapped out stock engine with 150k on the clock. why he could pass people on very unorthodox lines is through creativity and pure balls. note his line coming back onto the main straight -- he often gets all 4 wheels into the dirt, and as he makes his way through the field you see the fast guys all use this line to maximize exit speed from the corner. around 14:00 or so you see this line come to haunt first the "meathead" with the camera, and then a few other competitors... ink:

and Acadian, yes, there definitely was contact a few places . spec miata is dirty, and this was a national runoff event so the stakes were high.

 

[jimmydean]

Yes, Miata's are chick cars. Don't forget VW Cabrio's either, that is as chick as it gets right there.

Not saying you can't have a fast chick car, but fast doesn't mean it's not a chick car.

 

[OGRipper]

Cool vid but I don't see the point of the post. The fastest, best handling chick car on the planet is still a chick car.

And that remains true even if the male driver is over-compensating because everyone is chuckling at the dude driving a chick car.

 

[jimmydean]

OH I drive an old bug a 71 super beetle.

Super beetles are not "bugs" at all. A bug has a steel dash, no heat, shocks (not struts) and a flat windshield for reduced aerodynamics.

 

[Toshi]

Cool vid but I don't see the point of the post. The fastest, best handling chick car on the planet is still a chick car.

no, it shows that your collective criteria for defining what is a "chick car" are stupid. beetle w/flower vase? sure. cabrio with no power, handling, or just about anything going for it? sure. but the miata? it's just small.

is it a chick car because it's the opposite of a lifted F350? if the lifted truck owner suffers from "little man syndrome" shouldn't miata drivers be proverbial julius irvings?

 

[MMike]

shouldn't miata drivers be proverbial julius irvings?

Or Tommy Lee/Ron Jeremy's?