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RodKnock · #21 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by patrickt

We're skipping over the issue of whether it is indeed real or not and, instead, concentrating on whether or not you're subjected to the question itself.

Yes, let's skip over it. You wouldn't want me quoting Evan would you?

Signed, REAL TOO.

patrickt · #22 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by RodKnock

Yes, let's skip over it...

... and how many astute SPF owners can figure out whether the modifier "POS" applies to the entire series or just the immediate object.

Got the Bug · #23 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by RodKnock

Rah Roh. You may have awakened "The Beast."

In almost two years, I think I've only been asked the "Is it real?" question only once.

So of the two times you had your car out, you were asked once if it was real.

Couldn't resist, since it was teed up so nicely.

RodKnock · #24 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by patrickt

... and how many astute SPF owners can figure out whether the modifier "POS" applies to the entire series or just the immediate object.

You do realize that you're on "the World's largest unbiased website", right?

Back to original topic. Does Nantucket get salt on the roads? I'm not a metallurgist, but the Kirkham's billet aluminum suspension (otherwise known as bling) may have an advantage over the Cobras with the non-bling suspension around the Nantucket area.

RodKnock · #25 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Got the Bug

So of the two times you had your car out, you were asked once if it was real.

Couldn't resist, since it was teed up so nicely.

I deserve that. Nothing but net. In my defense, I do get my car out, but don't want to inflict upon the neighbors too often with an 8:00 AM breakfast startup. I'd rather pi$$ them off more often in the afternoon.

patrickt · #26 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by RodKnock

You do realize that you're on "the World's largest unbiased website", right?

That's the website, not the participants. People without opinions are like pools of standing water... and they tend to breed reptiles of the mind.

RodKnock · #27 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by patrickt

That's the website, not the participants. People without opinions are like pools of standing water... and they tend to breed reptiles of the mind.

Nice. William Blake. I prefer the quote "opinions are like (fill in the blank), everyone has one."

Got the Bug · #28 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RodKnock

I deserve that. Nothing but net. In my defense, I do get my car out, but don't want to inflict upon the neighbors too often with an 8:00 AM breakfast startup. I'd rather pi$$ them off more often in the afternoon.

You just gotta "condition" your neighbors to the sound of the car starting early in the morning.

Now if you've got a long drawn out warm up routine...well, that would pi$$ me off if I was your neighbor.

patrickt · #29 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by RodKnock

Nice. William Blake.

If you did that without Googling it first then I'm quite proud of you.

RodKnock · #30 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Got the Bug

Now if you've got a long drawn out warm up routine...well, that would pi$$ me off if I was your neighbor.

Only when they have OUTDOOR Movie Night during the Summer, then I uncork the exhaust and warm it up for 15 minutes to make sure their movie experience more enjoyable.

RodKnock · #31 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by patrickt

If you did that without Googling it first then I'm quite proud of you.

Sorry, I googled it. I was guessing Shakespeare or Jean Paul Sartre.

patrickt · #32 (**permalink**) 11-23-2009, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by RodKnock

Sorry, I googled it. I was guessing Shakespeare or Jean Paul Sartre.

Ehhh, you still get credit. FFR & SPF owners wouldn't even have bothered to do that.

TwoSeatsOrLess · #33 (**permalink**) 11-24-2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by big-boss

It all depends on what you are willing to take. If you have to have a polised show car quality clean 24/7 then you should leave it in the garage. If you are going to drive the hell out of it 4 or five time a year and don't really car that your dog's slobber stains the fender then this is the car to have. They are very tough and well put together. I loctited everything and haven't had any issue (not counting my wife hitting it while parked in the garage). I have had icesicles growing on mine and it still draws a croud.

Check this picture out.

Love this picture!!

FrankJohnson69 · #34 (**permalink**) 11-26-2009, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by big-boss

It all depends on what you are willing to take. If you have to have a polised show car quality clean 24/7 then you should leave it in the garage. If you are going to drive the hell out of it 4 or five time a year and don't really car that your dog's slobber stains the fender then this is the car to have. They are very tough and well put together. I loctited everything and haven't had any issue (not counting my wife hitting it while parked in the garage). I have had icesicles growing on mine and it still draws a croud.

Check this picture out.

I was there when that snow happened! Boss man you sold me at that point!

PANAVIA · #35 (**permalink**) 11-26-2009, 03:42 AM

I thought the quote was from Jean Michel Jarre. -- sorry . had to do that.

I think I will do a brushed aluminum car one day, but the queue is full this second.

acindrich · #36 (**permalink**) 11-27-2009, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by RodKnock

I've had no problem from my perspective in the driver's seat and no one on the road has complained to me about glare.

In half a year of owning KMP493 I've only once encountered someone affected by glare. I was at a stop light and a gal in a pickup pulled along side and I think I was in a one-in-a-million orientation relative to her and the sun. She was so lit up I couldn't even look at her without burning my eyes. I did feel bad for her. But she had a whole car length she could have pulled forward into. Maybe I fried her brain.

As to the original questions. I think I'm the second to worst person to ask. There is only one other person with more patina on his car than me and that's little Brother. I think the wear on my car is a bit like a badge of honor. It just illustrates that the car is meant to be driven and I courageously oblige. To the tune of 6500 miles in less than 5 months of ownership. About all I ended up caring about was having a clean windshield and thats only for selfish reasons - so that I can see out when driving. The smiles, the nods, the cell phone pictures out the window at 75mph tell me that most others don't care that the car has some scratches, neither do I.

franklin · #37 (**permalink**) 11-30-2009, 12:02 PM

So that day I passed you on the Alpine Highway and we were both driving our polished cars do you think the other drivers were blinded heading both directions?

6,500 miles in 5 months is that it?

Todd

pusherfans · #38 (**permalink**) 12-05-2009, 06:26 AM

1. Can a Kirham be driven and still look good? What kind of upkeep is required?
Yes. just wipe is down with a spray wax and it will hold up well. I use BeadX by Formula 113. But any one should work and it's fast.
only drawback - no top, but you can have a custom one made, it is not impossible
2. How do you care for a polished body?
see answer above

3. How durable is the stainless frame. New England has a lot of sand on the roads(left over from Our Wnters)it is very abrasive. I have taken the control arms off and sent them to be powder coated and I am always painting the frame. I just don't know how it will wear or how to keep it looking good without parking the car.
Stainless steel will hold up way better than steel against rust, is that your concern? Or are you concerned about the physicals, like stress cracking? I don't think that these frames will ever see enough force to worry about that. . .if you drive in salted roads, I would definately get the stainless frame, as it also includes door frames, hood frames, sway bar, etc in stainless.

4. What are the necessary options?
This is a personal choice. The ones that stood out for me were:
adjustable seat tracks
footwell vents
Avon tires (or should we say tyres?)
wheel well foam installed

bottom line, get a Kirkham, whatever way you want, the car and the people are awesome, you cannot go wrong. It's a truly special car. it is loved at the shows, I also get the comments made here about people not caring if it's real, (most just assume it is real) etc, asking about the "chrome" paint. . . etc. . and you know what? It is a real Cobra, only built today with improvements, in my opinion . .. .

acindrich · #39 (**permalink**) 12-05-2009, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by franklin

So that day I passed you on the Alpine Highway and we were both driving our polished cars do you think the other drivers were blinded heading both directions?

6,500 miles in 5 months is that it?

Todd

6,500 miles since mid July! I drove that thing everywhere. I'd make up excuses to drive it. I'd take it to the end of the driveway to get the mail. I'd go to Home Depot then get home and say I "forgot" something else there...

I'm thoroughly, hopelessly addicted to driving that car. I'm going through withdrawls at the moment as I haven't driven it in three days. I went to the Festival of Trees a couple days ago and stared at the one they auctioned off for like 15 minutes, like I'd never seen one before.

If I REALLY want to have a good drive I'll take the car up Provo Canyon and run back and forth through the tunnel - dropping the car into 3rd at 50mhp and punching it at the entry. I'm sure there is a ticket waiting for me at the other end one day, but I won't care.

I do remember passing you on the Alpine Highway that day. I'd have waved sooner but I couldn't see you

Too much glare...