Last Call- Son of a Beach! Edition

By Robert Emslie Jul 29, 2013

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Upon returning from their swim, Chet and Andrew no longer felt so boastful of their ability to find so convenient a parking spot.

Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged. 

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25 thoughts on “Last Call- Son of a Beach! Edition”
    1. The photo's not much to go on, but I'll call it a mature-stage precursor to feldspathic litharenite, with clasts ranging from 0 to 2 on the ϕ scale. Associated biogenic indicators suggest deposition during the Holocene.

  1. If that was my truck, I'm not sure I'd even bother pulling it out. What isn't ruined by sand is ruined by salt water.

  2. OT: Been trying to justify another set of wheels and tires for the track. Started out with 17" wheels, got a set of 18's. Can't use the 17's since I didn't think the brake upgrade thru. Looked on CL what a factory set would go for… anywhere from $700 for a set of wheels and dubious tires to $1200 for zero mile take offs.
    Plan 1- Get a set of high perf street tires with TTL end up being $700 on a good day. The tires I want will be $1k out the door.
    Plan 2- Buy a set of the F1 Supercar tires from TireRack, get closeout wheels and wait a week for delivery. Sell 17" wheels for $200 on the CL. The new set I got costs $1301. I'd be $1100 out of pocket and I can use my old F1 Supercars for the track. New wheels clear Brembo brakes, so when the tires wear down to race depth on the new set, I'll be ready for the upgrade and I can use the 18" Torque Thrusts with spacers on the street.
    It's like I'm printing money.

  3. This tow strap will get you out in a jiffy, Chet! Let me tie it off to the back of the Range Rover, and then I'll get a good running start!

  4. Last month I was down at Daytona Beach. One evening on the way back to the hotel I decided to take the beach route. They hadn't closed the gates to the beach yet, so I was good to go. I soon realized it was high tide. Instead of a nice hard packed "road" section my choices quickly became either the surf or the loose sand. I was following a newer Camaro. I told my wife "If they can make it we will be fine", we were in our Trailblazer (2WD). About 30 seconds later the Camaro got stuck. We went around. Despite my wife's protests I never got below about 15mph. MOMENTUM! Just before the off ramp we come to an area where left to right there is: loose sand, some soft sided coolers and towels in what is left of the "road", and people. I went up the middle over the coolers and towels. I managed to straddle most of the stuff. The folks nearby weren't too happy, but that's what you get when you leave stuff in the middle of the road. I spent about 10 minutes terrified that something like a smaller version of the above situation would happen.

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