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    Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/22/09

    In reply to Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
    Eldoriata=Insane Crazy People.
    The pink gauntlet has been thrown down, Lemonsers.
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    05/22/09

    In reply to Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
    In all honesty, what they've managed to do with the car performance-wise is damn impressive. This really struck me in particular:


    "So how's she run? Well enough to impress our cynical scribes. Let's just say that the 6.8 seconds (6.5 seconds with 1 foot of rollout like on a drag strip) the Miatallac required to hit 60 mph is 0.1 second quicker than the 2010 model MX-5 we tested recently. The quarter-mile arrived in 15.0 seconds at 90.7 mph - the same ET as the 2010 MX-5.


    Handling was more impressive. Slithering through the slalom at 70.4 mph makes the Miata faster than a 2009 Porsche Carrera S Cabriolet. Road-holding, on heat-cycled, flat-spotted rubber, was better than other $500 cars we've driven, at 0.89g. Braking, at 135 feet from 60, is 14 feet shorter than a 2009 Honda Pilot and that's without ABS and on those same crap tires."

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    05/22/09

    @Leeeeena, a Jalopchick: As much as I sort of don't exactly prefer Miatas in LeMons, this is a huge exception.


    I, of course, never learned to read, so hearing you repeat its performance is actually a great asset to me! That's really rather incredible. I do very much hope, now, that it doesn't just explode into a gigantic fireball.

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    Image of FLB is on vacation FLB is on vacation
    05/22/09

    In reply to Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
    Just thinking about the torque-steer on that king gives me chills.
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    05/22/09

    @FLB is a trekkie: king = thing (oh wait...)
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/22/09

    @FLB is a trekkie: It is The King's car.


    Well, if The King had become a cocaine addict rather than a drunk, and thus ended up weighing ninety-two pounds and sucking cock for blow.


    Instead of the drinking, barbiturate near-ODs, and falling off the toilet at the end. Which, come to think of it, isn't really any more dignified.


    Carry on.

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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    05/22/09

    In reply to Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
    How can it not come in first with the Caddy Wings on the back. I will go even futher and say that the wings give the Miata an unfair advantage.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    05/22/09

    @Flathead Smith: According to Chrysler's ad department circa 1957, those aren't fins, they're "rear stabilizers"- draw your own conclusions...
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    Image of .357 .357
    05/22/09

    In reply to Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
    Is it wrong that I think that this is completely fucking awesome?
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    05/22/09

    In reply to Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
    So, when did Peter start posting about LeMons? I can see it now, child like crayon illustrations of all the action, artsy like photography of "Le Crapcans", biting commentary about the award presentations.


    Meh, I'll be busy this weekend anyway.

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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    05/22/09

    @UDMan: I want all those things you listed.
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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    05/22/09

    @UDMan: Heh, I just stepped in for Murilee as he was packing his things for Reno and in a hurry. Although now that I've read up on it a little more, this is something I'll have to do if I ever make it to the US.


    Until then, Le Mans.

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    05/22/09

    @Peter Orosz: Le Mans is nice and all, but it's no LeMons.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    05/22/09

    @Peter Orosz: Peter, did you know there is a Delta Airlines non stop from Amsterdam to Hartford daily? Remember, July 11, and 12th this year is the LeMons New England.


    You're more than welcome to join our merry band of Bloggers on my team. And for all those that are reading this right now, The Bloggers include Mike Musto (Mr. Angry from Car Domain, Katherine Helmetag from Car Domain, Suzanne Denbow formerly from RideLust.com, and Mary Comens who is a freelance blogger. You may know them from the Jalopnik Facebook Pages.

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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    05/22/09

    In reply to Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
    What's that on top of the motor, a margarita mixer? Cool.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    05/22/09

    In reply to Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
    The turbo is truly a thing of beauty. Is that PVC drain plumbing?
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    05/22/09

    In reply to Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
    It's so wonderfully hideous... I can't force myself to look away.
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    05/22/09

    In reply to Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
    It's sort of like Barbie's Dream Car. I mean if Barbie were a Las Vegas crack whore.
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    05/22/09

    @Graverobber: I think this is more of a Reno crack whore type of car.


    In my experience, the strangest stuff that couldn't make it in Vegas ended up in Reno.

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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    05/22/09

    @acarr260: You are correct, sir. Only, now I'm picturing it being driven by JANET RENO. The image, it burns!
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    05/22/09

    @Graverobber: and that made me think of this...
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    05/22/09

    @Dr.Danger...now with more smarm®: You're not helping the situation any.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    05/22/09

    In reply to Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
    I love it! There's finally a car in the LeMons that I can cheer for (wide whitewalls and all). Priceless!!!
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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    05/22/09

    @skaycog: You never found a cheerable LeMons car before? That makes me sad. :( But I'm glad you finally found one!
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    05/22/09

    In reply to Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
    My favorite quote from the test drive


    "Road-holding, on heat-cycled, flat-spotted rubber, was better than other $500 cars we've driven"

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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    05/22/09

    In reply to Get Ready For 24 Hours Of LeMons Reno With Eyesore Racing’s EldoradoMiata
    Is the lack of hood not a safety concern for anyone?
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    05/22/09

    @SirNotAppearing: Not until hot fluids start spraying back at the driver. Then it will quickly become a concern.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    05/22/09

    @SirNotAppearing: Half of it would have to be chopped out to accommodate that wacky turbo mount.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    05/22/09

    @SirNotAppearing: Nah, they got everything under control:
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    05/22/09

    @SirNotAppearing: There's plenty of hood in this car. Just look at the whitewalls.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    05/22/09

    @SirNotAppearing:


    Dammit, this is 24hrs of LeMons, not 24hrs of Unsafe At Any Speed!


    Oh, wait...

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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    05/22/09

    @Syrax: Yeah, I like their cardboard air intake, too.
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    05/22/09

    @SirNotAppearing: Don't worry, the hood is now on the roof, it's all good.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/22/09

    @SirNotAppearing: I started asking that question a long time ago, I grew up with the rule that the hood was required for safety but as you see from the smart ass responses you got here, apparently that rule no longer applies. Then again, a wafer-thin racing hood is not exactly going to deter a flying rod or a piston head.
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