Comments on: Thrilling Auto-X Action! http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/529       goolsbee.org, serving useless content from an undisclosed location since 1997 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:24:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: vrooomie http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/529#comment-1459 vrooomie Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:14:17 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/529#comment-1459 As a ex-owner of a 300 Isetta (the BIG BLOCK version, not the weenie 250 one, mind you!!!) I can assure you there is only two throttle positions: idle, and Wide F'n Open...! It also features "four-on-the-wall!" With a rompin', stompin' 13 HP --YES, THIRTEEN-- the Isetta doesn't do *anything* quickly. Peter Egan, one of my *fave* automotive writers (next to chukkie, natch) said about the Isetta: "It doesn't accelerate so much as it gathers speed, like a Treasury note gathers interest." It does, however, handle fairly well, with its narrow rear track...anyone know *why* the rear track is so narrow? :):) As a ex-owner of a 300 Isetta (the BIG BLOCK version, not the weenie 250 one, mind you!!!) I can assure you there is only two throttle positions: idle, and Wide F’n Open…! It also features “four-on-the-wall!”
With a rompin’, stompin’ 13 HP –YES, THIRTEEN– the Isetta doesn’t do *anything* quickly. Peter Egan, one of my *fave* automotive writers (next to chukkie, natch) said about the Isetta: “It doesn’t accelerate so much as it gathers speed, like a Treasury note gathers interest.”
It does, however, handle fairly well, with its narrow rear track…anyone know *why* the rear track is so narrow?

:):)

]]> By: chuck goolsbee http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/529#comment-1448 chuck goolsbee Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:59:19 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/529#comment-1448 Looks like he turns a 0:56, which is respectable... better times than most of the big saloons. Then again, to a car of this size this course is a wide open road compared to horsing a big Jaguar around the cones! Looks like he turns a 0:56, which is respectable… better times than most of the big saloons. Then again, to a car of this size this course is a wide open road compared to horsing a big Jaguar around the cones!

]]> By: Mad Dog http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/529#comment-1447 Mad Dog Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:47:25 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/529#comment-1447 Brilliant! That guy must be going ten tenths-he's (I assume it's a "he") is on two wheels through some of those turns. Brilliant! That guy must be going ten tenths-he’s (I assume it’s a “he”) is on two wheels through some of those turns.

]]> By: gondwana http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/529#comment-1444 gondwana Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:12:42 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/529#comment-1444 what a hoot! and he looks like the time would be competitive! Jerome what a hoot! and he looks like the time would be competitive!

Jerome

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