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Frog-Eye sighting!

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About 7 PM tonight, Hwy 900 south of Issaquah, northbound..
Light-coloured Bug-Eye with toip up whizzed past.

One of you lot?

Dave
 
What's the temp there now? Gotta be cold !!! Too cold for me to be drivin' that !!!
 
Well, just got home.....2206 hours local...30 on my deck....middle of a heat wave.....
 
Still 20 out here in Snoqualmie.
 
regularman said:
kellysguy said:
What's the temp there now? Gotta be cold !!! Too cold for me to be drivin' that !!!
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He said "top up". Do bugeyes not have heaters in them?
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Still too cold for me, those things have got to be drafty. (wouldn't know first hand, never rode in one)
 
I rode in one with the top up. It was sweet. I didn't notice much draft but it was summer at the Lake of the Ozarks gathering. It was a factory perfect one that set in the lobby of the hotel. Guys name was Leo and he was from texas. That was an awesome ride we took.
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Issascratch is just down the hill fvrom Snoqualmie.
It had to have been in the 20's....low, it felt like.....
Everything was frosted, intersections (non-driven portion) white.

Left my Son's place, just south of his drive were blue lights....lots of them.

Somebody bought it.

Drove the Jag to St. Arbucks this morning, snowflakes coming down......hmmmm......
 
I drove the Midget through last winter, one of the snowiest I can remember.
Like everything else, slow and steady for the win.
 
I was driving my midget through the winter the year before last while I was stationed in Washington. Kept the car in the garage but had no prblem with starting or with heat!
 
Hehe, yep leo has a masterpeice and as nice a guy as you could wish to meet.
 

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regularman said:
I also got to sit in miss agatha and see how much room there is in a bugeye on the driver's side than a midget :wink: Wonderful job jack.
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Do you mean in comparison to roll up window/door handle cars? I sorta assumed my MK1 Midget was pretty much BE-ish in the cockpit.
 
The best way to describe HAN 6/7 Sprites and GAN 1/2 Midgets is, they are somewhat of an evolutionary link. They are part Frogeye and part more modern Spridget, but not all of either.
 
jvandyke said:
regularman said:
I also got to sit in miss agatha and see how much room there is in a bugeye on the driver's side than a midget :wink: Wonderful job jack.
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Do you mean in comparison to roll up window/door handle cars? I sorta assumed my MK1 Midget was pretty much BE-ish in the cockpit.
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Yep, your arms have more room and the dash is much farther away. No legs having to squeeze under the steering wheel.
 
kellysguy said:
regularman said:
Wow, I would not want to be in a 1400lb spridget in any sort of snow or ice.
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...that's what I was thinkin' too !!!!
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The main problem (isn't it always this?) is the other drivers.
Everything from that idiot putting on her makeup in the SUV next to you while driving through a foot of snow to the dump trucks (not the ones sanding the road) that have to be driving taking up at least two of the three lanes and tossing so much crap off to the side that you feel like you're in a tsunami when you drive past. The really scary part is always what those other drivers out there are going to do to you. Just because you have a F350 Diesel Pickup doesn't mean you should drive 75 mph past everyone with your superbright lights on high while hitting the snow in between the lanes and tossing it around like a wake behind a speedboat.

But I'm not bitter or anything, just making my way to work in my little british car... :wink:
 
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