Stop in for a cup of coffee

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Wow I just found a obscure surpluss site that has a crapload of nos Mopar parts. Only thing no prices you get quotes. 90% of the numbers I put in came back, that is amazing.
 
Jay Leno made history on his show Jay Leno’s Garage, Wednesday, when he set a new world record in a Tesla Model S Plaid. The comedian broke the Bugatti Chiron Sport’s production car quarter-mile speed record of 9.4 seconds.

Tesla chief designer Franz Von Holzhausen explained what makes the Tesla Model S Plaid so special, other than the 1,000 plus horsepower drive system.

“This is tri-motor - two in the back, one in the front,” Von Holzhausen explained. “So all three motors are carbon-sleeve motors. It's new, never been done before, invented by Tesla. And that just allows you to have constant power until you run out of room or you run out of speed. The CdA (coefficient of aerodynamic drag), the frontal area of the car increases, but we managed to get the coefficient to drag lower - so it's 0.207.”

While the Chiron Sport is fitted with an eight-liter quad-turbocharged W16 engine producing 1,479 horsepower, the Tesla Plaid’s secret weapon was Jay Leno behind the wheel. The comedian managed a shocking time of only 9.247 seconds.

“That was awesome,” Leno exclaimed. “I didn't do anything! I'm sure there are easier jobs, but I can't think of any.”

Unfortunately, Leno was only able to bask in his glory for a short while. Later that same day, Tesla’s own professional driver set a new record of 9.234. While Leno was happy for Tesla, he was a little disappointed about losing the title of fastest production car driver.

"Come to think of it, I did have a meatball sandwich for lunch, and this professional driver can't be more than 120 pounds soaking wet," Leno said. "I mean, one-hundredth of a second. Come on, I was robbed!”

Jay Leno’s Garage airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on CNBC.
 
Off to feed the kid's cats and then to Conoco North Cedar to pick up a bottle for @68original. Then off to get some new glasses. I hope to get into the Chiro this afternoon and then a Iowa whiskey sampling at a store across town. Going to be a busy day. I'll check in here when I can.
 
Noisy here in the hood this morning. Between the sirens going to the field worker in a ditch incident on PCH and the car alarm/horn that been going off for the last 90 minutes :lol:. Hope that thing runs out of battery soon :rofl:
 
19 here this morning, congrat's on setting the day to retire Tike. Dogs are looking at me with that look.
 
Have to decide whether to put plow on truck or not…if i go off driveway pushing snow i will tear up the lawn or make ruts.
 
halifaxhops said:
Wow I just found a obscure surpluss site that has a crapload of nos Mopar parts. Only thing no prices you get quotes. 90% of the numbers I put in came back, that is amazing.
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I noticed you didn't post a link to that site LOL
 
Sup yall? The coffee is extraordinarily good today. I don't know why. But I am glad.
 
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