Finally!

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I've heard tell, it never rains in southern California, but when it does, it pours, man it pours
Pete

The El Nino is in full swing which usually means a very wet winter. Low pressure systems coming out of the northern Pacific stall when they get close to shore and sit there spinning off huge bands of rainstorms. Two days of deluge with a day in between one after the other. That shit gets pretty old when the ground is saturated and the hillsides start slipping.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ni%C...rn_Oscillation

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I've heard tell, it never rains in southern California, but when it does, it pours, man it pours

We're taught to be careful at first, or if it's a very light rain.

Pete

In Sonoma County, where I live, rainfall is weird. Like a lot of California we basically have April to October totally dry and October to April rainy but this one little part of California has HUGE variation in annual rainfall. Where I am in the southern part we get about 20 or 30" a year (so that's about 4" a month on average) for the rainy season. Other parts of the county get a LOT more. The northwest quarter of the county, around the Russian River, gets more than twice that, 50 - 70", during the same period. There's one part just a mile or two up Austin Creek from the Russian River, around the town of Cazadero, where they can get between 100 and 120". Again, that's in 6 months!

John

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

John in the dry I'd push it a little harder, I could give'er a little gas and a little steer get that back end straightened out maybe 4 wheel drift In the wet it's a spin machine! I don't DARE push it with grand canyons next to the road

Pete

Want a wet weather "spin machine"? Try the first generation Miata!

And you don't really want to know about snow!

John

[piece-itpete]

Lol! I've tried to get my wife into a Miata for a while. If topgear says they're great I'm sure they are.

I usually use studded snow tires on the various beasts I drive but didn't have a spare set of rims for the 03, so I tried those Goodyear Ultra Grips or the rear and they are just the smallest whisker less effective than studs, they really work well.

Unless you WANT to do donuts I do every year, drives the SO nuts

Pete

[piece-itpete]

My car!

Well close. A while back I owned a 1976 Lincoln Mark IV for a couple years.

Same color, moonroof, but it had a 1/4 top like the grey car I pic'd (which looks much better in my humble opinion). With the driver's window down I could put my hands behind my head and stretch out completely backwards at a light. Over 19 feet long.

Truly an awesome car. More sheer presence than anything else I've owned.









No affiliation blah blah blah....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1976-...item416c49749d

Pete

[BlueStreak]

About three acres of hood and well over four hundred cubic inches, but only 150 hp. Ah, the late '70s........

That being said, I did love those big ol' boats. My Aunt had a four door '76 Cadillac Coupe' de Elegance. Midnight Blue with a Medium Blue velour interior. A rolling livingroom if there ever was one. Rode like floating on a cloud.

Regards,
Dave

[piece-itpete]

Little bit over 200 really, and plenty of torque (my SO said 'at least hills aren't a problem') but not a rocket in a 5200+ lb car, not at all

That thing would cruise over 100 mph all day long. If I had it now the engine would make gobs of HP for sure! Easy in the mighty 460. The engine looked industrial.

If you look at the space between the front of the engine and the end of the grill I think you're looking at the length of the entire hood on a modern car.

It looked GREAT with raised whites on those aluminum dish mags. And you could take 12 of your closest friends lol.

Pete

[piece-itpete]

Gosh, looking at the first pic I miss it! 'Ain't... she.. sweet...'

Pete

[ebacon]

My buddy had a mid-70s Cadillac Sedan de Ville gunship. He was proud that it slept six.

[finnbow]

Those 16" naval guns retract beautifully behind the headlights.