For love of the car
John A. Heer
jheer at walterhav.com
Tue Nov 1 13:28:21 CST 2005
Like many of you, I've been around here a long while. I think I joined the
SE-R Mailing List in 1996, met some local SE-R pilots through the list in the
same year, and began modifying the SE-R in 1997 at about 75,000 miles. Almost
everything I know about cars (which ain't much) came from the shared knowledge
of SE-R owners.
I bought my first SE-R (black, no sunroof) in March 1991. My enthusiastic,
opinionated write-up of my beloved SE-R even made it into Autoweek's AutoFile
of the SE-R in August 1992 (which, until Ted Williams died, was my only claim
to fame). Put "only" about 120,000 miles on it before a wreck and rust made
it irresponsible to continue driving it in August 2003. So I bought my second
SE-R, a 1993 cherry with sunroof. I transplanted all the go-fast goodies from
the first one, and I've maintained the love affair since then. I don't plan
any more modifications to my current SE-R because it is at the limit of daily
drivability as it is. My daily commute just went from a 25-minute train ride
to a 45-minute freeway drive, and I LOVE that time in the SE-R. But I prefer
autocrossing it or pushing its limits somehow someway.
I tell my fiancie, Teri, all the time - "the SE-R is the greatest car ever
built. Bar none." The car has something to do with that title, but as Peter
said, the SE-R community is what made it so berry berry good to me.
Thanks.
John Heer
Cleveland, Ohio
93 SE-R not stock
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