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@edsnova posted:

Spyder visited Hoopty Haus yesterday: 50 miles each way on the tollways without disaster.

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Mr. Drake was also kind enough to drive a lap of the Herald Harbor Hoopty Proving Grounds and critique my handiwork. This was a great honor to me, and moreso that the machine passed the audition:

Brakes: excellent. Handling/tires: excellent. Shifter: tight, but good after warmup. Throttle response: fair. He rightly notes a too-long ramp-up on the pedal, which I know I can adjust. Fit/finish: very good. Being Cory, he immediately noticed that all three gauges are just slightly off plumb/level. He gave me a pocket level to remedy this. 

On a wooded 2-lane straight, he wound it up to 5000 rpm in 3rd (i.e. 83 mph) and I got skeert.

 

It's not easy to sit in the passenger seat of any Spyder at full song.

Personally, I'd like my throttle to be a little less sensitive. This may be a good thing.

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