I decided that I wouldn’t use my track Miata aka Elmo to his full potential so I posted it up on FBM last Wednesday. After a very short test drive by a guy who could barely fit in the car (super tall and lanky) I got a deposit on Thursday after work. After the new owners came to pick him up, I went to our mutual CU and cashed the check. Left there feeling like a baller with an envelope of crisp bills.

I’ve been thinking about getting back into a “big” bike for a bit and was following this 2007 GSA on FBM. This generation of GSA is my favorite and a bike that I actually test drove back in 2008/09 thinking that I should be stupid and sell my soul for a $20k motorcycle.

Price was $8500 when I first saw it. The asking price slowly went down to $7000 on Saturday.

Since I was in the general vicinity of the seller on Saturday afternoon I asked to come check it out.

The seller was the second owner. He told me a bit about it’s history and that it went down to Argentina and back as well as out to Newfoundland with the original owner. He said he went out west with it.

My only question to him was “what’s your lowest price?” He immediately dropped it to $6000 since he pointed to a boat he just bought.

I said I’d be back on Sunday with cash.

With a fellow Cardork️ Motonerd️ buddy as my one way Uber, old riding gear in my lap and fat stacks in my pocket; I picked up the two wheeled SUV.

I present to my fellow Oppos, Felix the adventure bike.

PS - I bought lots on new gear already..helmet, riding jacket, airbag vest, Bluetooth comms.

I was wearing my Bronco jacket at the time.

Went to my local car magazine/die cat shop to catch the tail end of their cars and coffee (nice 550 Spyder rep and '65 Mustang) then stopped by the Braid Wheel USA HQ.

Got to mess with this on the scales.

It's a replica powered by a 2.3 EcoBoost lump. RWD with a Subaru 6 speed transmission. An old rallycross and stage rally friend owns it.

2500 lbs but it's for heavy Sparco seats and a lot of sound/heat insulation.

She’s been my buddy all morning, even through my job interview.

Went to a local cars and coffee meet this morning with a car/moto buddy of mine. He’s got the Ducati GT1000 in the background.

Still getting used to the size/weight of the GSA. He’s a big boy.

Also, had to rep Oppo on my new lid.

Only bad thing was the zipper on my brand new Alpinestars Andes v3 jacket broke. Emailed the vendor and Alpinestars to see about getting the situation sorted.

And I'm not even mad about it.

Me & this Goober we’re enjoying some F1 qualys a bit ago.

So my donation a while back went to sponsor a Lambo race car?

I guess that's cool but why wasn't I invited to drive? Who the fck is this Roger Dubuis guy? Why did he get to drive over me? I am a former REGIONAL autocross champion.

The EXY10 Toyota Sera.

Got to drive one once as another evaluation car...now I have the opportunity and means to get one to sit in my garage, hopefully not as a stillborn project.

Sure as sh*t, that thing's got a GPS tracker and a remote cut off on it.

Honestly, I wouldn't fret about it much @Gabriella. Perhaps finding a different kind of motorsport or aspect of car culture that you've never really explored before.

Personally, my enthusiasm for cars and motorsports rolls in and out like the tide.

Some years, I'm all about autocross and F1 or World Rally but other times I don't care or can't get motivated or dedicated to race.

Right now, I'm more focused on both because they're activities that take my mind away from my current job situation and failed marriage that's coming to an end.

@entwerfen Merkur for sure.

My Dad was a designer for FoMoCo from like '66ish to '97. He'd bring home evaluation cars ranging from Peugeot 405 Ti16's, Honda Accords, ST185 Celica GT4 (AllTrac to us murriKKKans) and even Escort convertibles (got a no turn on red ticket in that one), Escort Cosworths. The best one I got to ride in was an '88 911 Carrera 4. I didn't get to drive this one because some executive's kid crashed one and corporate put the kabash (sp?) on that.

Rewind a couple years to 1985 and he brought home a German market 3 door Sierra in a champagne color. He was all hyped on it and said he was going to order it when it came over here as the Merkur.

Shortly after he came home with his new car...an '85 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe. Young mykr was very disappoint when that happened.

@drVanTraveler said in Oppo, Explain your pseudonym!:

@mhr555 said in Oppo, Explain your pseudonym!:

Mine goes back to the days of forums especially NASIOC/i-Club (before the split).

"mykrrrr" - "Mike R" with a few extra r's.

Wow, I remember that username from i-club! The bugeye WRX led me there..

Sheesh...I'm so damn forgetful that I didn't even realize that I used "mhr555" for here. #rolleyes well...those are my initials and 555 for the cigarette sponsor that gave Subaru their iconic colors. Also, 5 has always been my favorite number.

But I use "mykrrrr" for basically everything else.

That's hilarious...I'm not really sorta not famous now. HAHAHA.

I'm a Subaru fanboi since before when some of y'all were born. I used to watch world rally when it was on Speedvision or via Duke videos.

Before i-Club/NASIOC, there was an email list called STi-mList.

Mine goes back to the days of forums especially NASIOC/i-Club (before the split).

"mykrrrr" - "Mike R" with a few extra r's.

@WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAthenGTInowA4 said in Latifi Leaves Williams:

@farscythe Likewise. I'm fully aboard the De Vries to Williams hype train. choo choo!

Yeah, I'm all about this kid because he doesn't have a chiseled jaw line like David Coulthard or Schumey.

And here’s the point in the mykr scheming process where he pivots to a parallel scheme…

1962 Ranchero Straight 6 3 speed automatic California car $6,600.

My guess is Del Sol due to the front quarter window, targa top and door/B pillar design.

@Stef-Schrader I totally forgot you're on Oppo.

Yeah, I think it's bit much for what it is even if it's well sorted. He's most certainly trying to get the most out of the recent service.

Thinking about getting into the P car game on the less expensive side with a 944. I’d love a 981 Cayman S but those are a bit more than I want to spend right now.

I know the sellers and it seems like a good deal. They’re asking $14k OBO

Anything I need to check out on something like this?

@EssExTee Triple 20' footers are allowed in certain states (mostly out west) but yes, they're scary if they start swaying.

I can't imagine driving or being around one of those Aussie road trains.