Tru,
Ernie came by around 6 AM and picked me up and we drove down to Haward to get his two cars. For an islander he did well and we only got lost a little from the overly complicated route he had drawn out on his map. About 50 or 60 extra miles. Then locating the place was another story. It seems that Hayward doesn't believe in street numbers except maybe one per block, usually well hidden. Then once we found the hole in the wall place, they had to get the Cobra out, several parts were left over so they can use them for another car. The Miata was parked out front. Ernie had the map and was going to lead the way and he promptly ran through a stop light and left me stranded in a turn lane that he had been in and changed his mind at the last moment and traffic was bumper to bumper for blocks. After he vanished over an overpass I decided the heck with this and headed to Oakland and Berkley. I drove with the flow of traffic. Speed limit near the Oakland Coliseum was 65 and we were doing around 85. They have also changed the roads since my last time down there from 6 lanes each way to 8 so I had to guess which ones to get in to finally get on 80 toward Vacaville and the Winters cut off. I got back to Redding at 3:45 and had looked in every rest stop to see if I could seethe Cobra and never saw it. So I stopped by the vets, picked up my little dogs and came on home. About 1 1/2 hours later Ernie called to tell me he was in Red Bluff. Darn that Miata is fast. I drove with the traffic the whole way home and beat him by 2 hours. But he did stop a couple of times. Had to have gas for the beast. It is now parked in my garage on the ramps that I used to park mine on and he has a small
oil drip. He called last night as he is trying to get all of his boxes and stuff organized so he can go to Oregon. When I asked him if I could use the
oil that my pan had caught dripping from his Cobra to change the
oil in my Comet I thought his phone had quit it got so quiet. But all in all it was a great and fun day.
Ron
