Topic: Dent buys a semi convertible thing 2017 Mazda MX-5 RF GT

[Firm]

More features, but slow....I am going with some 80's luxury boat.

[rrocket]

Now I have some metal in there.

[ltruong]

mazda millenia, mazda 323,  toyota cressida

[dkaz]

There’s an 88 Mazda 929 for sale in the Edmonton area. Asking $2800 but mint.

[Blueprint]

There’s an 88 Mazda 929 for sale in the Edmonton area. Asking $2800 but mint.

929 had no stick available, IIRC.

Mazdaspeed6 ?

[Gurgie]

Some kind of convertible? To replace the bike for open road feeling?

[Blueprint]

Arthur Dent has a yearning for the open road
His towel is ready but his motorcycle was crashed then sold
He needs a new character filled stead that is hopefully not a toad
So guess at what it might be but make sure you are bold

[PJungnitsch]

The front wheel locked up randomly on me on the first day of a trip. Did almost a 360 spin in the air on the bike. Broke my shoulder blade in three places. Rode it about 20 minutes to hospital. Now I have some metal in there. First day of August. Would not recommend.

Hulk smash sounds like, ouch



Takes a hard hit to break a shoulder blade

On the car, maybe a MX-3 or MX-6?

[dkaz]

The front wheel locked up randomly on me on the first day of a trip. Did almost a 360 spin in the air on the bike. Broke my shoulder blade in three places. Rode it about 20 minutes to hospital. Now I have some metal in there. First day of August. Would not recommend.

Ouch, that sounds awful. Was the cause of lockup ever determined? Did it heal fully?

[ktm525]

The front wheel locked up randomly on me on the first day of a trip. Did almost a 360 spin in the air on the bike. Broke my shoulder blade in three places. Rode it about 20 minutes to hospital. Now I have some metal in there. First day of August. Would not recommend.

Ouch. Sounds like you only rotated 270 degrees not the full 360  Strange your little scoot took you on that long trip without incident and then tried to randomly kill you.

So the Celica must have been off target. Gonna need a pic..

[Arthur Dent]

Yeah - I put over 10k on that bike with zero issues. It was supposed to be my forever vehicle. I still have no idea why it did it. I was going 70km/h (luckily not at full highway speed) and all of a sudden boom. Locked front tire and ass over . Then (probably stupidly) I rode it all twisted up to the hospital. Issue did not re-occur. It really bothers me to not know the why. Sold the bike as is as a fixer up with all that disclosed to a mechanic so I got very little for it. I guess it was lucky it was not expensive to being with. It has fully healed I think but a few extra lumps in the shoulder from the plate. Sometimes bothers me but less and less.

New vehicle is not fwd if that helps. 

[ktm525]

So RWD, manual, and replacing a motorcycle as an open road adventure mobile?

I am still going down the Toyota line and changing my guess from Celica to Supra!

[EV Dan]

Has got to be a Lada or a Volga 

[blur911]

Remember when we could ask if it was Axis or Allied?   Now it's too confusing

[PJungnitsch]

So RWD, manual, and replacing a motorcycle as an open road adventure mobile?

When it's put that way, Miata!

Most of the fun of motorcycling without the achy-breaky when things go wrong

[Gurgie]

So RWD, manual, and replacing a motorcycle as an open road adventure mobile?

When it's put that way, Miata!

Most of the fun of motorcycling without the achy-breaky when things go wrong

Not odd enough, but a good possibility!!

[Great_Big_Abyss]

Has got to be a Lada or a Volga 

0-60 in less than 10, remember?

[Great_Big_Abyss]

Could also be AWD.

[Arthur Dent]

It has Brembo brakes and BBS rims. Should narrow it down.

[Great_Big_Abyss]

So, Miata?