Everything RDU 2014

[Golden Stallion]

so i found this while searching for miata's, jamie. You finally letting it go?
http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/4808883295.html

[JLBMX5]

Thanks again guys yes they will heal together. The stress of driving especially at night has worked my wifes nurves up .my daughter who has a permit does not show any interest in driving now and since my miata has no airbags she no longer wants to ride in my car at all.

[Golden Stallion]

I don't blame them. On the bright side(if there is any), you daughter will most likely be a better driver because of this. I wouldn't call my driving bad at all before my accident but ever since, i have been more of a "defensive" driver". I was riding with hunter(the guy that drives the 95 m if any of you forgot about him) and he drives pretty reckless and i just couldn't stop picturing my accident over and over when he got close to cars and would switch lanes. easy to say that when he let me drive it, it was more calm drive haha.

Andy, did hunter ever text you?

[Pyr0monk3y]

Andy, did hunter ever text you?

Nope, been carrying that CAS o-ring in my backpack for a while. I guess he went to napa instead.

James, I'm still praying for your family. They say time heals all wounds, but I'm sure that's frustrating when loved ones are not well.

FYI, Cars and Coffee is this weekend. Oh, and Wake County Speedway is under new ownership. Last I heard it was on the verge of shutting down, then someone bought it and is hopefully making some improvements.

[JLBMX5]

I saw that on monday i think about wake county speedway. Im ready for a new season of racing.

[— kung fu jesus —]

I have had a few bad wrecks. Luckily I walked away from them, sort of. I find it more dangerous driving on the street day-to-day than the track. Anticipation, instinct and a few skills I learned from driving various racing events has saved my bacon more than a few times. It's hard to get back into a car after a serious accident like that, I still have an occasional nightmare from the worst wreck I had many years ago. I still remember the feeling of the steering wheel going slack as that car went off the road. Airbags and safety equipment do save lives on street cars, but they can also cause more harm in some instances. The best safety equipment is driving skill and readiness.

[Demon I Am]

Glad that your family is healing, James.

[JLBMX5]

State trooper said my wife did all she could do to avoid accident. Her turning left instead of right because of a dititch on side of road was the best thing she could of done. My wife was 100% unavoidable victim in this accident. That is what makes it so much worse because no matter how good of a driver you are on or off a track you cant fix stupid or dumbass other drivers mistakes.

[Golden Stallion]

There are some real dipshits that hold a drivers license these days. You know the driving test to easy when everybody passes it and then has mirrors missing in a month.

[— kung fu jesus —]

I hear you James. That was for your daughter. I understand her fear of cars, but that was a pretty unusual accident. It will take her a long time to get over her fear, and I understand her apprehension about being in the Miata, but in a nutshell, that's what life is all about; you can be as safe as possible, but you just never know when that oddity will come your way and eliminate you. It is best to live life and love it than live in fear of it.

[JLBMX5]

Yea. The past few days we have been car replacement shopping. Picked out a 2013 ford focus with 16,000 miles ford preowned certified. It has 10 airbags so driver and passenger safety was one of the biggest issues i was looking at when shopping. Another thing was warranty. It has a wonderfull warranty that will still be active once the car is paid off. We did look at mazda3 but at only 6 airbags and 4 out of 5 stars safety rating i had to go with the ford. Soon as my daughters collerbone heels i hope she will want to drive it. We had her help us pick it out.

[— kung fu jesus —]

I put my mom in an '09 or '10 Focus. She likes it. She was wrecked between two SUVs in her '06 Beetle Cabrio while sitting at a light and suffered a broken collarbone. The SUV that hit her drove her under the SUV in front of her. If the top had been down, it might have ended differently. Still, I was pretty impressed how well the passenger area held up.

For safety, look at the Subarus, too. I know we don't get much snow, but the way they build them + AWD, they are pretty damn stout. Only met your daughter once, and remember she was short, so look into cars with advanced SRS and adjustments for smaller-stature drivers. Good luck with the search!

[JamieH]

so i found this while searching for miata's, jamie. You finally letting it go?
http://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/4808883295.html

Saw something pretty, black, red, turbocharged, and built for 1993 on CL. Thought I'd toss the Conquest up as a Hail Mary for funds. It's more of a feeler ad. It likely won't be going anywhere as I'll be incredibly surprised if I get any serious interest.

[—tsingson—]

Jamie, I was very tempted. Almost spoke to the wife about it but we are in the middle of buying a house either here on Delaware depending on situations. You almost got me though.

[JamieH]

Dang. Tell the wife it's safer than a Miata. By that, I mean it's a Mitsubishi, so you'll work on it more than drive it (but really, I've driven the car to Orlando and back with no problems). It has back seats! Back seats means family car, right? Has flippy headlights and turbo noises too.

Good luck with the house hunting.