I love the smell of methanol in the morning

[nubber]

Are any of you Low Land Gorillas going to the Indy 500? If so lets get together and herf a few cigars. Nothing better than Cigars and Race Cars. I'll be camped down there, so stop over for a fine cigar and cold beer.

[Uniputt]

Ahhhh yesss......spring time.....when all young men's thoughts turn to the speed and andrenaline of the methanol rush.........!!!

I LOVE IT!!!

But, as much as I love the Indy cars (I haven't missed a race yet at Texas Motor Speedway....including the very first nighttime Indy race in 1997) ther is one thing that smells even better than methanol:


[SIZE=6]****NITRO METHANE****[/SIZE]

(As in NHRA Top-Fuel Dragsters and Funny Cars.....

[BigVito]

I like the smell of diesel

[triplecap]

I love the taste of methanol.

[Jsabbi01]

I love the smell of acetonitrile.

But dichloromethane wins in a taste test hands down!

PS - I am interning at a chemical plant foir the summer

[altbier]

Originally Posted by Jsabbi01

I love the smell of acetonitrile.

But dichloromethane wins in a taste test hands down!

PS - I am interning at a chemical plant foir the summer

What the hell is dichloromethane?

[Jsabbi01]

Used as a solvent, and in some pesticides, I work for a company that manufactures it in 99.99% purity for the film industry...

I've never tasted it, nor do I ever want to!

Originally Posted by Uniputt

[SIZE=6]****NITRO METHANE****[/SIZE]

Indeed. 4 seconds down the track, and we have a winner. While I like NASCAR as much as the next southerner, I grew up racing on the streets where you didn't have restrictor plates, and the car with the best (often best driver, not car) was crowned within a very short time span.

If I had to pick a good sportsman role model, it would be John Force. He has never won a race, and his crew has never lost a race. When his car wins, he always praises his crew for giving him the car to win with. When he is not first to the finish, he always takes the blame for not doing better with the good ride his crew provided him with.

Love to watch NHRA races, hope to make it to one of their big events in the near future. That being said, what I really love is the smell of burning rubber (as in tires spinning) and the feel of the jump you get when the VHT takes hold.

[Uniputt]

Interestingly enough......if you ever tasted top fuel, it's acutally very, very sweet, and tastes just like apple cider. (After all....the fuel is aobut 90% alcohol......)

It was very surprising how good it actually tasted!!

Originally Posted by Uniputt

Interestingly enough......if you ever tasted top fuel, it's acutally very, very sweet, and tastes just like apple cider. (After all....the fuel is aobut 90% alcohol......)

It was very surprising how good it actually tasted!!

Talk about being a fire breather!

I had a girlfriend in college that was really into the way gasoline smelled, liked it better than cologne; never ran into anyone who taste fuel (on purpose).

I guess it make's sense, though, when you think about what is in methanol. Sure mess you up if you try to have a smoke with that mixed drink!