Baller Keith_Menard Posted October 25, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 25, 2021 I now know why Italian engineers get such a bad rap..and all this time, I thought it was just because they used the metric system :) With a starting air temp of 37 and a water temp of 50...a certain amount of brain freeze is understandable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Skoot1123 Posted October 25, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 25, 2021 Hey - is that frost on your head? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ReallyGottaSki Posted October 25, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 25, 2021 Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ lpskier Posted October 26, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted October 26, 2021 I am jealous of your beautiful fall colors. Lpskier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller andjules Posted October 26, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 26, 2021 Fix It Again, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted October 26, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 26, 2021 Amazing, there is one of the few that are still running. I know, I had a 1976 (carb) and a 1983 (fuel injection). Definitely have to enjoy, and know how to work on them. But, fun as hell to drive. I upgraded to a Z3, then a Z4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MDB1056 Posted October 26, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 26, 2021 It took great time and attention to detail to make something so inferior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Luzz Posted October 26, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 26, 2021 Oh Yeah!? Riva, Ferrari, Lamborghini… easy with the Italian bashing or you might get burned ;) Ski coach at Jolly Ski, Organizer of the San Gervasio Pro Am (2023 Promo and others), Co-Organizer of the Jolly Clinics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PatM Posted October 26, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 26, 2021 My buddy owned one of those in high school. Fun car. Ran it into a tree. Sometimes I look back and think we are lucky to be alive with all the things we did in high school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ DW Posted October 26, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted October 26, 2021 Driven, towed and repaired ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rfa Posted October 26, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 26, 2021 @PatM, my buddy also had a 124...and crashed it...and I was in it. But we outlived the 124. @Keith_Menard, as you know I grew up in Lisbon. My Dad had at least 2 Fiats (maybe 3). I believe they were the 600 and the 1100...mid 50's to mid 60's. Somehow, they fit as much (or as many) as my SUV now...haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Keith_Menard Posted October 26, 2021 Author Baller Share Posted October 26, 2021 It was just a funny situation...we were in the boat, it was cold, wet/dry suits are choking us out and @pregom is changing the handle...he just starts laughing and showed us what he did. Love skiing with great people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ALPJr Posted October 26, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 26, 2021 Was a great autumn morning with friends on the pond and some good laughs even though @pregom kept calling out the line length in meters B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted October 26, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 26, 2021 @Luzz No disrespect my good friend. If only I could afford one of those other fine Italian sports cars. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jpattigr Posted October 26, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 26, 2021 @Keith_Menard Take a wrench to a Chevy or Ford and you need Metric wrench's! Only 3 countries not on the Logical Metric system, USA, Myanmar, Liberia, nice company you keep.......And Yes, I owned a Fiat 124 and a couple of Alfa Romeo's, Italian cars have passion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller BraceMaker Posted October 27, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 27, 2021 @jpattigr wasnt it ford that went metric with its V belts and went from 1000s of skus to 30? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dbski Posted October 27, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 27, 2021 My brother-in-law raced this for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Keith_Menard Posted October 27, 2021 Author Baller Share Posted October 27, 2021 @jpattigr just because we are in the minority, doesn't mean we are wrong :) I prefer my measurements based on a king, than some scientist who one day said...THAT is a millimeter! It's like soccer...if we wanted to watch someone rolling around grabbing their knee crying all the time, we would just watch women's figure skating (too soon?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted October 27, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 27, 2021 The US should have transitioned and been fully metric over 30 years ago. If we had stuck to that plan, I could have fewer wrenches and socket sets. ? Thinking in tenths is so much easier than twelves and sixteenths (when you make the slightest effort). So, back to skiing....hoping I can do better next set at 55 kph with 13 and 12 meters of rope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ DW Posted October 27, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted October 27, 2021 Nothing more fun than working on a Pinto with 2 sets of tools, unless its that ubiquitous British machine, damn I can't find my whitworth tools and plz hand me that warm beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Keith_Menard Posted October 27, 2021 Author Baller Share Posted October 27, 2021 @DW I don't think it is a stretch to say the best thing the British ever engineered was Freddie Winter :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller jpattigr Posted October 27, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 27, 2021 Lucas-Prince of darkness Lucas refrigerator=Warm Beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rogerw Posted October 27, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 27, 2021 Soccer...wtf is soccer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller rfa Posted October 27, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 27, 2021 @Keith_Menard , I can dislike but remain pretty calm with your bashing of the metric system, or even a king over a scientist. BUT, soccer?...that's way over the line. We'll discuss in the summer...haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Keith_Menard Posted October 27, 2021 Author Baller Share Posted October 27, 2021 @rfa I will bring the bourbon, you bring the port and we will fix all the worlds problems except why I have such a hard time being first off the dock the next morning :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller skihacker Posted October 27, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 27, 2021 You guys need to try to fix cars in upstate new york, get all the sockets that might be close, keep knocking rust off until you find a socket thay fits, standard or metric, whatever works. Tool trucks are selling half size sockets!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Zman Posted October 28, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 28, 2021 @skihacker Been there, done that too. I grew up in western NY. Bought my first Fiat, the 124 Spider, in Rochester. Moved a little south after that, but still had some salt damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller JDskiNECA Posted October 28, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 28, 2021 Nobody really drives a Fiat. People own them, go for one or two short outings and then has an experience that causes them to become familiar with a tow truck driver. Then a mechanic, and if you choose to keep making payments to these two professions, these people will become like family that you can not get rid of. Oh! wait, doesn't Fiat own Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep, Ram? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller PatM Posted October 29, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 29, 2021 @Keith_Menard No the best thing the British engineered was Andy Mapple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller DavidN Posted October 31, 2021 Baller Share Posted October 31, 2021 My Fiat 1500 does just fine. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ DW Posted October 31, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted October 31, 2021 Looks more like a Peugeot to me … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller OldboyII Posted November 1, 2021 Baller Share Posted November 1, 2021 To be frank never drove FIAT. But once upon a time I drove Chevrolet LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ScottScott Posted November 1, 2021 Baller Share Posted November 1, 2021 Ferrari stole from Chevrolet (corvette) so what are we saying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller OldboyII Posted November 2, 2021 Baller Share Posted November 2, 2021 I am sure that such a decent man like Mr. Enzo Ferrari returned that Corvette to Chevrolet with explanation and excuses )) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller ReallyGottaSki Posted November 2, 2021 Baller Share Posted November 2, 2021 That copy thing between them goes way back.... 1960 Ferrari 250LM. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller OldboyII Posted November 2, 2021 Baller Share Posted November 2, 2021 Not bad combination, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ The_MS Posted November 2, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted November 2, 2021 It’s going to be a long, long winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Jody_Seal Posted November 2, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted November 2, 2021 Ever driven a flat?? Or fiat?? Never a fiat but plenty seat time in a flat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller_ Bruce_Butterfield Posted November 2, 2021 Baller_ Share Posted November 2, 2021 Yeah, long winter, but this thread beats the hell out of reinventing Horton's onside. If it was easy, they would call it Wakeboarding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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