GTP Member's cars directory. What do you drive?
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The Captain has no need for cars, but that is a particularly fine example of automotive technology.
The local autocrosses are held at "Iowa International Speedway". In an apparently desperate attempt to make all Iowans look like complete hicks, this "International Speedway" is actually a go-kart track. A nice one, for sure, but still a go-kart track.
It is fun to slide the WRX around it though.
It is fun to slide the WRX around it though.
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- GTP_Duke
Ha! I've got video of a guy rolling his SVT Contour over the cow fence after that hard left onto the back straight there. He got a little wide, generated some oversteer trying to gather it up, dipped his right rear toe into the dirt and wups! Over it went...
That's amazing - I had no idea how far out that video had reached. The Snoop-Dogg lookalike running out to the scene is an old friend of mine. I think it's funny how he runs to check the car, not the driver.
Anyway, everyone who races there is told: "Do not attempt to take turn 1 at full throttle - you can't do it. It may look like you can, but trust us - you can't."
Do you still have a copy of that video?
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You obviously need another set of wheels for autocrossing Alt. Get them wrapped in some Kuhmo Victoracers too. My dad just got another set of wheels for his Miata, so he now has a set for the track. The tires are very nice, and very, very performance oriented. I can put all of my weight on it (about 120lbs) and the tire flexes ever so slightly, and the tire is off the wheel.
Edit: w00t, I'm a Subaru Nut now. <--
Edit: w00t, I'm a Subaru Nut now. <--
I obviously need more money.
I've still got the OEM wheels. I suppose I could always throw some cheap tires on them, scrub them down to near-slicks and run on them. There's just such an incredible difference between a 65-series tire and a 40-series tire on that car.
At the kart-track AutoX, I'd be howling the RE92s every single corner, with understeer the likes of which would embarass the Titanic. The Sumitomos are a whole different world. I've only ever taken them to the point at which a slight whine was emitted - and I was pushing them HARD. It actually scared me how fast I was able to take certain corners that would have had the RE's in the ditch.
Of course, now I live in the country on gravel roads, and the HTR+ tires are a bit more...squirrely. I consistently have traction issues at 70+ mph at WOT.
I've still got the OEM wheels. I suppose I could always throw some cheap tires on them, scrub them down to near-slicks and run on them. There's just such an incredible difference between a 65-series tire and a 40-series tire on that car.
At the kart-track AutoX, I'd be howling the RE92s every single corner, with understeer the likes of which would embarass the Titanic. The Sumitomos are a whole different world. I've only ever taken them to the point at which a slight whine was emitted - and I was pushing them HARD. It actually scared me how fast I was able to take certain corners that would have had the RE's in the ditch.
Of course, now I live in the country on gravel roads, and the HTR+ tires are a bit more...squirrely. I consistently have traction issues at 70+ mph at WOT.
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Talk to the Tire Rack at www.tirerack.com . A lot of times they get OEM takeoffs that they can sell for very competitve prices if you need a spare set. And there are inexpensive (although unnattractive) decent wheels like AR-24s for plus sizes.
Refering to the question in the thread's title, I of course drive what's in my signature - but let's move on to what I wish I drove.
On a scale of really sexy stuff, from one to sexy, that's sexy. Standard rear-wheel ABS, 0-60 in 11.8 seconds, 12mpg, and a whopping 175bhp in base trim out of three engines that were cancelled at least five years ago in all other models. Standard features like a 3-speed automatic, manual adjustable mirrors, vinyl upholstery, a heater, a cassette player, and vinyl floor covering make it a great value. Optional is air-con for just $970 and CD changer controls - but no CD changer - for $100. And it got a 3 in rollover resistance from the NHTSA - meaning there's only a one in four chance for rollover when the vehicle leaves the roadway. And all this for $2000 less than a C-class!
Though to be honest, buying one new might be stupid - certainly one can get a decent deal on a 1973 version and - wow! - it even has the same body style. Probably none of today's amenities, though, like manual door locks and crank windows.
On a scale of really sexy stuff, from one to sexy, that's sexy. Standard rear-wheel ABS, 0-60 in 11.8 seconds, 12mpg, and a whopping 175bhp in base trim out of three engines that were cancelled at least five years ago in all other models. Standard features like a 3-speed automatic, manual adjustable mirrors, vinyl upholstery, a heater, a cassette player, and vinyl floor covering make it a great value. Optional is air-con for just $970 and CD changer controls - but no CD changer - for $100. And it got a 3 in rollover resistance from the NHTSA - meaning there's only a one in four chance for rollover when the vehicle leaves the roadway. And all this for $2000 less than a C-class!
Though to be honest, buying one new might be stupid - certainly one can get a decent deal on a 1973 version and - wow! - it even has the same body style. Probably none of today's amenities, though, like manual door locks and crank windows.
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oh yeah baby! where can i get one of those love machines!?
*cough* yeah right! I drive an '89 Toyota Hi-Lux (pick up for you uneducated people) which is my first car and now my beater. I gave up on trying to keep it decent looking. My baby is the truck i describe in my sig. below. and i also have a 1977 Toyota FJ40!! that is in great shape, not show room but good enough for me.
i'll have to take a new pick of my Chevy and post it. I'm sure all you car guys would love that! don't worry, i haven't used it to run over any civics..... yet
*cough* yeah right! I drive an '89 Toyota Hi-Lux (pick up for you uneducated people) which is my first car and now my beater. I gave up on trying to keep it decent looking. My baby is the truck i describe in my sig. below. and i also have a 1977 Toyota FJ40!! that is in great shape, not show room but good enough for me.
i'll have to take a new pick of my Chevy and post it. I'm sure all you car guys would love that! don't worry, i haven't used it to run over any civics..... yet
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I seriously contemplated buying one after seeing all that. It even started after they collapsed a building on it.
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LOL
very funny!!
by the way I drive a 400R.....
well, at least in my dreams i did!? i do drive an 89 ranger 2x4 on a 3in body lift and 30 in tires.
my other soon to come is hopefully a 95 mustang... but with a 347 making about 600 at the rear wheel! WITHOUT being on the bottle or blown...
OH YEAH! another motto... Screw the Bottle! REAL men get BLOWN AND STROKED!!
very funny!!by the way I drive a 400R.....
well, at least in my dreams i did!? i do drive an 89 ranger 2x4 on a 3in body lift and 30 in tires.my other soon to come is hopefully a 95 mustang... but with a 347 making about 600 at the rear wheel! WITHOUT being on the bottle or blown...
OH YEAH! another motto... Screw the Bottle! REAL men get BLOWN AND STROKED!!
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I didnt mean the part about screw the bottle like that... never saw it that way
your sick bro
I forgot to mention this - Toyota's got a series of adverts running here that display the toughness of the Tacoma (as it's called now). One advert has a woman, angry at her boyfriend spending all his time in his Tacoma, push the truck off a 300- or 400-foot cliff while videotaping it. After flipping over, hitting the cliff wall, and falling down the entire cliff, it lands - on its wheels - in perfect condition. It's the best ad on TV.
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I seem to recall that they, amongst other things, chained it to the bottom of the Bristol Channel while the tide came in, hit it with a wrecking ball, dropped a caravan onto it and then chained it to the top of an apartment block 200 feet high which was about to be demolished by explosive.
It still started each time and still drove - although not particularly legally.
It still started each time and still drove - although not particularly legally.
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