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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWd9CaAfbp0 Sweet jesus yes 
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I was at this race, first turn in the outside stands, best seats in the house to see the most overtaking. Been going since Cart started the circuit, then was bummed when that fizzled out out with Cart, then overjoyed when the IRL started it back up. Super lucky to have a race like this in my back yard! Preoptopus posted:thats a sweet course. Except that they used the airport, meaning there arnt many high rise residential buildings people could watch from. Which is kind of the point I think of having a street circuit. There's a bunch of high rises after the first turn. And most of the people in them bitch and moan every year when the race comes to town 
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Mar 23, 2016 06:40
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Yeah Tampa's a little more vibrant but it's still Florida, which means olds and vacationing business types who get cranky
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Neo Mara posted:You can easily make an LSx spin 9k. LS7 valve trains are stable till about 7800 stock. Sleeve an LS block, open to 4.185, custom 3" stroke, Al or Ti rods, Ti valves, shaft rockers, solid roller cam, spin past 9k all day long. Probably make north of 700bhp. Sounds super easy, just custom everything.
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One for the books: My friend's dad runs a little shadetree garage, and this guy goes to him all the time. They call him "The Professor" because he always wears baller tweed jackets and glasses, and he's only got one leg. This is his 24hr Endurance racer (not sure if he's doing LeMons or what). In addition, he's got a horrendously loud and fast Volvo 240 with bolt-on fender flares and a rad 80s GMC Van that they lifted and put mud tires on it.
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Mar 23, 2016 14:57
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"CarError" Noice.
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Mar 23, 2016 15:30
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I thought I had saw this before but it was a different video. Same track, different driver from 2014, I found it and I think it has a better sensation of speed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdJ5nHSwZrc
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Mar 23, 2016 15:42
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T1g4h posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWd9CaAfbp0 Pro-click for sure
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Mar 23, 2016 19:31
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Not every day an R32 GTR passes you on the freeway in California.
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Mar 23, 2016 22:21
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According to that license plate he lives in my town.
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Mar 23, 2016 22:32
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Maybe awesome. Maybe terrible. Certainly  :http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/triumph-spitfire-v12-with-supercharge-project-/262341504466?hash=item3d14c5add2:g:tmkAAOSwvFZW7C8U
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Mar 23, 2016 22:32
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jamal posted:According to that license plate he lives in my town. Probably some rich rear end in a top hat's kid that got sent away to school, or some rich rear end in a top hat that bought a bunch of land and plopped a vacation home in the middle of perfectly good grazing land, then started registering all his cars to that address to skirt around California requirements.
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Mar 23, 2016 22:40
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Actually really common to see cars and RVs registered in MT, I think all you need is a PO box, and there's no sales tax, or vehicle testing or emissions. I know RV dealers will set it all up for you. Pay attention to RVs when you're driving, a lot will be "from montana." e- here you go: https://www.49dollarmontanaregisteredagent.com/montana-registration/exotic-car This place will register an LLC for you in MT so you can avoid taxes and fees.
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I've been thinking a little (yeah, I do that sometimes) and I realized that I sort of have the same issue with Singer Cars as I do for the magazine/lifestyle brand/cooking magazine/upper crust white ppl stuff Kinfolk. Singer always uses air cooled Porsches, because those are much more authentic than anything you can get in right now. Everything is stylized perfectly. The workmanship is absolutely flawless. The paint and color coordination so heavenly. No one will ever bring a Singer into Chipotle and accidentally stain the supple passenger seat via spilled medium salsa that sort of escaped their burrito bowl. No, Singer owners are perfectly coiffed in the casual way, and might even put a longboard on top of their Porsche to head to Rincon Point from their tastefully Mid-Century Modern (probably inspired by Joseph L. Eichler (or an actual Eichler)) after kissing their 40+ year old wife (not a bimbo trophy, but a "natural beauty") who still at that age has got it totally going on. You will never see a flat brimmed cap in a Singer. You will never hear EDM pumping from the stereo. No Arab or Chinese exchange student will hoon up and down their college city's highway with one bought by their industrialist father. They are classy people who live enviable lives. The world of Singer cars is a class above plain horsepower wars or drag racing (poor people stuff who probably don't read books and watch reality tv), but has to have a "gentlemanly power" when the throttle is down. The suspension has to be firmer than the 40 year old rattly Porsche stuff. Not too firm though, we have to be able to take it to the dog park where we're going to socialize our Golden Retriever (haha the stains!). Brakes are of supercar proportion now. The paint and body work is miles above whatever they rolled out of Stuggart with (unless the further authenticity desired of weathered panels is requested). It will never leave you stranded or frustrated. Some of you might remember the King of the Hill episode where Bobby talks about the concept of wabi sabi and makes it a parody of itself via flower competition. Anyways the long of the short of it is that wabi sabi is basically the beauty of imperfection. That is to say, that nothing is perfect, nothing lasts, and nothing is complete. This can be extended to cars. Notice how people cling to garbage that fits their aesthetics (See almost all British cars, FD RX7s with rotaries still in them, almost anything Mitsubishi (lol), and so on and so forth, maybe you have one?). I guess it all stems from the fact that my problem with Singers because there's nothing to dislike about them, but there's something to be said about character.
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Mar 23, 2016 23:00
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BoostCreep posted:Not every day an R32 GTR passes you on the freeway in California. There was an r32 at one of our local autocross's two weeks ago. I instructed the driver, that was a fun car to ride in. Wish they were cheaper to get over here. That would be a bucket of fun to toy with.
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Octopus Magic posted:I've been thinking a little (yeah, I do that sometimes) and I realized that I sort of have the same issue with Singer Cars as I do for the magazine/lifestyle brand/cooking magazine/upper crust white ppl stuff Kinfolk. this guy gets it it being a 5150
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Mar 23, 2016 23:17
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They are horrible for the reason all expensive cars are: They are only for the rich, who are garbage.
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Sadi posted:There was an r32 at one of our local autocross's two weeks ago. I instructed the driver, that was a fun car to ride in. Wish they were cheaper to get over here. That would be a bucket of fun to toy with. 
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Mar 23, 2016 23:50
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BoostCreep posted:Not every day an R32 GTR passes you on the freeway in California.  Weird. They seem to be reproducing. Saw this one last week.
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Mar 23, 2016 23:56
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InitialDave posted:Every time someone says "R32" when they actually mean "A loving VW Golf", it always causes me to feel a brief pique of interest, then disappointment Me too, buddy. Me too.
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Mar 23, 2016 23:56
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InitialDave posted:Every time someone says "R32" when they actually mean "A loving VW Golf", it always causes me to feel a brief pique of interest, then disappointment Try looking for obscure advice about the R34... All I find is rule 34 porn.
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oh, that's how DHL delivers my packages so quickly
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I worked with a guy who split the cost and bought this R32 with a friend of his. Apparently they planned to immediately resell it for a profit instead of driving it... Cunts.
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BoostCreep posted:Not every day an R32 GTR passes you on the freeway in California. I see two every day on my commute. So you're wrong
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dreesemonkey posted:I thought I had saw this before but it was a different video. Same track, different driver from 2014, I found it and I think it has a better sensation of speed. What these videos have taught me is that I need to become friendly with some of the guys at Albert Whitted. The view of the race from the control tower looks AMAZING.
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MrYenko posted:What these videos have taught me is that I need to become friendly with some of the guys at Albert Whitted. The view of the race from the control tower looks AMAZING. There's a playground right by the tower that I take my son to all the time, and I always think how cool that would be. Although the people in the high rise condos must have an amazing view. It's also fun to drive on the track when no one is around 
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InitialDave posted:Every time someone says "R32" when they actually mean "A loving VW Golf", it always causes me to feel a brief pique of interest, then disappointment I believe that reason is why someone made this wonderful meme. 
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365 Nog Hogger posted:They are horrible for the reason all expensive cars are: They are only for the rich, who are garbage. No, you see, because it tells you the rich person has taste. They're not just buying the new mclaren 675lt or whatever because "it looks cool and it's fast and I'm told it does the 'ring in <irrelevant to my 12 mile commute> and <bench racing reasons>", they're buying a perfect, timeless, classic heirloom.
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If you sneak in and steal the mechanicals would they even notice.
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dreesemonkey posted:No, you see, because it tells you the rich person has taste. What I think is cool, and I've added to my bucket list, is Goodwood. They just had the 74th Members Meeting, where they had several Porsche 917's, something like 29 original GT40's, and all types of other cool poo poo. They race them pretty hard, and some guy binned a Cobra   
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Well when a dude has so much money he will literally die before he can spend it all, that's the sort of thing that's going to happen. You got nothing to do but build expensive collections. I'd like to say I'd be content with enough money to buy ~5 of my all time favorite cars, but I think we all know that's not how it works. Once you get enough money for something like that, you always want just a little bit more.
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xzzy posted:Well when a dude has so much money he will literally die before he can spend it all, that's the sort of thing that's going to happen. You got nothing to do but build expensive collections. I think my ideal would be having the money for the cars, but having some kind of rental system. Let someone else worry about the care and maintenance piece, I just rent a classic or a muscle car for a day and cruise around without the concern for extra expense like special insurance coverage or having to buy/construct a building to store a collection.
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:I agree. Every time I see some Instagram collection of a Saudi or Dubai car guy's collection of cars, it's just the same as any other obscenely wealthy middle-eastern car guy's collection. They all have a Bugatti, one or more of the LaFerrari, P1, and 918, a few newer 911's of which at least one must be the GT3, a few newer Lambos, Ferraris, McLarens, etc. Always the same. Every now and then someone will have something interesting. The one that stands out to me is @the_collection1, he has all that stuff, but also cool poo poo like THE roadgoing 911GT1, a CLK GTR, McLaren F1, Ferrari 288GTO Evo, and some other neat poo poo. I spotted an awful lot of supercars while in NYC a while back. The only one who really caught my eye was whoever was driving a bright yellow Lexus LFA. That's an interesting choice for a modern day supercar. And it sounded sooooooo good
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:I agree. Every time I see some Instagram collection of a Saudi or Dubai car guy's collection of cars, it's just the same as any other obscenely wealthy middle-eastern car guy's collection. They all have a Bugatti, one or more of the LaFerrari, P1, and 918, a few newer 911's of which at least one must be the GT3, a few newer Lambos, Ferraris, McLarens, etc. Always the same. Every now and then someone will have something interesting. The one that stands out to me is @the_collection1, he has all that stuff, but also cool poo poo like THE roadgoing 911GT1, a CLK GTR, McLaren F1, Ferrari 288GTO Evo, and some other neat poo poo. Perfect time to post this video again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jF__B1xpJY
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I remember seeing a picture of a GT40 in the streets next to contemporary vehicules and it seemed like a space ship. The picture was taken from the back IIRC.. Anybody knows what I'm talking about??
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GentlemanofLeisure posted:
Well until you can get there they show all the races live, I was off work last year while it was on so I got to see the race where the field of cars was worth something like £120 million. poo poo was tense, they really loving go at each other.
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