[s-cars] NAC, and now no turbo content either

[Keith Maddock]

I'll plead no contest.  The 77 Corolla SR5 was a great first car, if you overlook its chocolate brown paint job.  Low HP, rear wheel drive, 5-speed, go-kart handling, and bald tires :)  Fun, but not fast enough to get me in serious trouble.  Proved to be a fun car to tinker with in autoshop too! (Easy to work on, except when we had to remove the exhaust manifold to replace the starter)

Im sure that oversteering beast went a long way to teaching you some good car control techniques though??

Keith

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Keith Maddock, TRW Automotive,  Koblenz, Germany
Slip Control Systems, Systems Design, Traction Control
+49 (0)261/ 895 2474     -    -    keith.maddock at trw.com


>>> "Chad Clark" <chadclark at qwest.net> 03:06:38 10.01.2003 >>>
Keith, I think I got ya beat on this one. Try this on for size: A 14 year
old, 175k mi. 1972 Mercury Montego Villager, no seatbelts(or hopefully they
were at least shoved down between the seats with the french fries/chewing
gum/change) Otherwise known as the family truckster, Brady Bunch mobile,
abortion on wheels. Green(rust) with fake decaying wood, green vinyl seats,
had to be at least 40 feet long. Had a 400ci motor though and RWD:-) Great
for winter driving in CO! Can you say oversteer? Even a Toyota Corolla was
cool compared to this piece.

So that's what I got to drive in '86 and get this, mom gets a brand new 5000
turbo same year. Makes you wonder what they were thinking putting me behind
the wheel of that car and as Ian said, I find no logic in how I survived in
that car, at that age, even if it was only for 6 months.

Chad
p.s. Beat that!

on 1/9/03 12:29 PM, Keith Maddock at Keith.Maddock at trw.com wrote:

> Pram quipped:
>> Apparently he asked his father for the Ferrari
>> and his father told him "No".  His mother
>> relented and bought him the Ferrari."
>
>
> Hmm, I guess my parents *were* looking out for me after all.
>
> I asked Dad for a Ferarri, he said "NO".
>
> I then asked Mom, and she said "NO" too.
>
> I ended up with a 14 year old 130k mile, 75hp Toyota Corolla.  At least it was
> RWD and 5 speed :-)
>
> Keith
> (now with more than 75 hp for each of 4 wheels!)
> Last vehicle driven: 2wd Tahoe with 6 point roll-cage
>
>
>
>
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> Slip Control Systems, Systems Design, Traction Control
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