[Silly Little Cars] Record journeys in little cars?
Simon Barber
simon at superduper.net
Mon Jan 10 14:57:42 PST 2011
Who's been the furthest?
My wife Julia did the 300 miles from SF to Gerlach in 1 day, then back a
few days later.
Wrybread did a several day extravaganza.
Any others?
Simon
On 01/10/2011 02:17 PM, Bryan Lowe wrote:
> I just bought a 2002 Go-4. Longest trip so far is about 120 miles.
>
> I got insurance online through Geico. $151 for $250,000 medical per
> person, maximum $500,000. No much else. I have my own medical
> insurance and can't take passengers.
>
> Seems reasonable to me.
>
> No problems licensing, though they took a couple of days to get the
> right answer due to state budget cuts. I had to get an assessment of
> value from a car dealer. The dealer just said write what you want and
> I will sign it. I am a liberal, so can't complain about taxes, so I
> didn't lie! ;-)
>
> Bryan
> Seattle
> http://walterMittyAC.com
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> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:28:39 -0800 (PST)
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> The best DMV advice I can give anyone is to register it in SF. All
> my DMV
> problems arose from the seller trying to do me a favor and register
> it ahead of
> time in socal. If you register elsewhere, try to find an ally at
> the DMV in
> case you need to back a few times. CA regulations now addresses
> these vehicles
> and they are considered motorcycles, but sometimes the DMV doesn't
> read it's own
> regulations.
> Your powertrain s from a Ford Aspire and you can get those parts at
> any parts
> store. The rest is all custom and to my knowledge needs to come
> from Westward
> Industries via one of their distributors. The distributor in
> sacramento is
> called MME. Here's a link below. They're nice to work with, though
> parts are
> expensive.
>
> http://www.source-mme.com/
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> Mike
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> From: Jason Kirmse <jkirmse at gmail.com <mailto:jkirmse at gmail.com>>
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> Sent: Sat, January 8, 2011 2:39:25 PM
> Subject: [Silly Little Cars] Interceptor Parts
>
> Just bought a '98 Interceptor on ebay and got delivery yesterday. Very
> excited! About to dive into the world of
> insurance/dmv/modifications/etc. All
> the posts on Silly Little...have been extremely helpful. Any last
> minute tips
> for the dmv process would be appreciated. Also, how does one source
> parts for
> these cars? Are most parts specific to the make/model or can
> generic "auto"
> parts be used, say from Kragen.
>
> Thanks, Jason
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> Thank you! Great advice and much appreciated.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jan 10, 2011, at 11:28 AM, Mike Aisenfeld <maisenfeld at yahoo.com
> <mailto:maisenfeld at yahoo.com>> wrote:
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> > The best DMV advice I can give anyone is to register it in SF.
> All my DMV problems arose from the seller trying to do me a favor
> and register it ahead of time in socal. If you register elsewhere,
> try to find an ally at the DMV in case you need to back a few times.
> CA regulations now addresses these vehicles and they are
> considered motorcycles, but sometimes the DMV doesn't read it's own
> regulations.
> > Your powertrain s from a Ford Aspire and you can get those parts
> at any parts store. The rest is all custom and to my knowledge
> needs to come from Westward Industries via one of their
> distributors. The distributor in sacramento is called MME. Here's
> a link below. They're nice to work with, though parts are expensive.
> >
> > http://www.source-mme.com/
> >
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > From: Jason Kirmse <jkirmse at gmail.com <mailto:jkirmse at gmail.com>>
> > To: silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com
> <mailto:silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com>
> > Sent: Sat, January 8, 2011 2:39:25 PM
> > Subject: [Silly Little Cars] Interceptor Parts
> >
> > Just bought a '98 Interceptor on ebay and got delivery yesterday.
> Very excited! About to dive into the world of
> insurance/dmv/modifications/etc. All the posts on Silly
> Little...have been extremely helpful. Any last minute tips for the
> dmv process would be appreciated. Also, how does one source parts
> for these cars? Are most parts specific to the make/model or can
> generic "auto" parts be used, say from Kragen.
> >
> > Thanks, Jason
> >
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> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:41 -0800 (PST)
> From: Rahsaan <razzle9 at yahoo.com <mailto:razzle9 at yahoo.com>>
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> Mike: you gotta be kidding me..the SF DMV?? Look on line to see wait
> times...3 hrs at SF 20 minutes in SAn MAteo. I cant believe you
> still go to SF DMV. DAly citys ok. Mike you must know someone at SF
> DMV. One Dmv in SF for 800k people. WTF?
>
> --- On Mon, 1/10/11, Mike Aisenfeld <maisenfeld at yahoo.com
> <mailto:maisenfeld at yahoo.com>> wrote:
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> From: Mike Aisenfeld <maisenfeld at yahoo.com
> <mailto:maisenfeld at yahoo.com>>
> Subject: Re: [Silly Little Cars] Interceptor Parts
> To: "Silly Little Email List"
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> Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 11:28 AM
>
> The best DMV advice I can give anyone is to register it in SF.? All
> my DMV problems arose from the seller trying to do me a favor and
> register it ahead of time in socal.? If you register elsewhere, try
> to find an ally at the DMV in case you need to back a few times.? CA
> regulations now addresses these vehicles and they are considered
> motorcycles, but sometimes the DMV doesn't read it's own regulations.
> Your powertrain s from a Ford Aspire and you can get those parts at
> any parts store.? The rest is all custom and to my knowledge needs
> to come from Westward Industries via one of their distributors.? The
> distributor in sacramento is called MME.? Here's a link below.?
> They're nice to work with, though parts are expensive.
>
> http://www.source-mme.com/
>
>
> Mike
>
> From: Jason Kirmse <jkirmse at gmail.com <mailto:jkirmse at gmail.com>>
> To: silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com
> <mailto:silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com>
> Sent: Sat, January 8, 2011 2:39:25 PM
> Subject: [Silly Little Cars] Interceptor Parts
>
>
> Just bought a '98 Interceptor on ebay and got delivery yesterday.?
> Very excited!? About to dive into the world of
> insurance/dmv/modifications/etc.? All the posts on Silly
> Little...have been extremely helpful.? Any last minute tips for the
> dmv process would be appreciated.? Also, how does one source parts
> for these cars?? Are most parts specific to the make/model or can
> generic "auto" parts be used, say from Kragen.
>
>
> Thanks, Jason
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:47:32 -0800 (PST)
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> Also: for parts. MME can give you NAPA part numbers.
> R
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> --- On Mon, 1/10/11, Jason Kirmse <jkirmse at gmail.com
> <mailto:jkirmse at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> From: Jason Kirmse <jkirmse at gmail.com <mailto:jkirmse at gmail.com>>
> Subject: Re: [Silly Little Cars] Interceptor Parts
> To: "Silly Little Email List"
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> Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 12:34 PM
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> Thank you! ?Great advice and much appreciated.?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 10, 2011, at 11:28 AM, Mike Aisenfeld <maisenfeld at yahoo.com
> <mailto:maisenfeld at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> The best DMV advice I can give anyone is to register it in SF.? All
> my DMV problems arose from the seller trying to do me a favor and
> register it ahead of time in socal.? If you register elsewhere, try
> to find an ally at the DMV in case you need to back a few times.? CA
> regulations now addresses these vehicles and they are considered
> motorcycles, but sometimes the DMV doesn't read it's own regulations.
> Your powertrain s from a Ford Aspire and you can get those parts at
> any parts store.? The rest is all custom and to my knowledge needs
> to come from Westward Industries via one of their distributors.? The
> distributor in sacramento is called MME.? Here's a link below.?
> They're nice to work with, though parts are expensive.
>
> http://www.source-mme.com/
>
>
> Mike
>
> From: Jason Kirmse <jkirmse at gmail.com <mailto:jkirmse at gmail.com>>
> To: silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com
> <mailto:silly_little_cars at lists.sillylittlecars.com>
> Sent: Sat, January 8, 2011 2:39:25 PM
> Subject: [Silly Little Cars] Interceptor Parts
>
>
> Just bought a '98 Interceptor on ebay and got delivery yesterday.?
> Very excited!? About to dive into the world of
> insurance/dmv/modifications/etc.? All the posts on Silly
> Little...have been extremely helpful.? Any last minute tips for the
> dmv process would be appreciated.? Also, how does one source parts
> for these cars?? Are most parts specific to the make/model or can
> generic "auto" parts be used, say from Kragen.
>
>
> Thanks, Jason
>
>
>
>
>
>
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