F1 Offseason: To the Winnow! To the wall!

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Full Collapse: Dec 4, 2002

Later itt quid tells us he bought a rebuilt transmission that cost more than the car.

# ? Dec 23, 2018 22:39

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Wirth1000: May 12, 2010; #essereFerrari

1500quidToyotaCorollaKiller

# ? Dec 23, 2018 22:49

ilmucche: Mar 16, 2016; What did you say the strategy was?

Wirth1000 posted:

1500quidToyotaCorollaKiller

Generous to say a 1980s corolla is worth 1500 canadian, much less 1500 pound.

# ? Dec 23, 2018 22:52

Full Collapse: Dec 4, 2002

Maybe 1500 yen.

# ? Dec 23, 2018 22:55

wicka: Jun 28, 2007

1500 Lira

# ? Dec 23, 2018 22:56

Powershift: Nov 23, 2009

1500 post-brexit quid, which is gonna be worth less than either of those

# ? Dec 23, 2018 23:08

Wirth1000: May 12, 2010; #essereFerrari

ilmucche posted:

Generous to say a 1980s corolla is worth 1500 canadian, much less 1500 pound.

It was a 2003 Toyota Corolla Type-S that he killed unless there's something that I'm missing here :thunk:

# ? Dec 23, 2018 23:13

F1DriverQuidenBerg: Jan 19, 2014

Minto Took posted:

Later itt quid tells us he bought a rebuilt transmission that cost more than the car.

I�ve got a lead on a junkyard transmission for a cool grand, if I can bargain the guy down to $800 I�m gonna take the bullet on this. If not I�m gonna go back to 1980s cars because literally I got this car to avoid poo poo like this.

# ? Dec 23, 2018 23:18

ilmucche: Mar 16, 2016; What did you say the strategy was?

Wirth1000 posted:

It was a 2003 Toyota Corolla Type-S that he killed unless there's something that I'm missing here

Nah I didn't know how old it was

1500quidpoocati posted:

I’m gonna go back to 1980s cars

Nailed it

# ? Dec 23, 2018 23:19

DoctorGonzo: Jul 25, 2016; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

he should buy a ferrari IMO?

# ? Dec 23, 2018 23:23

Wirth1000: May 12, 2010; #essereFerrari

DoctorGonzo posted:

he should buy a ferrari IMO?

Or realize he can't and shouldn't tow his karting trailer with a 4-door compact family car.

He lives in Alberta, too, which is like.... they practically give you pickup trucks for free. It's part of the provincial charter of rights.

# ? Dec 23, 2018 23:35

Gigi Galli: Sep 19, 2003; and then the car turned in to fire

The Kimoa Kid posted:

1500 Lira

# ? Dec 23, 2018 23:56

DoctorGonzo: Jul 25, 2016; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Wirth1000 posted:

Or realize he can't and shouldn't tow his karting trailer with a 4-door compact family car.

He lives in Alberta, too, which is like.... they practically give you pickup trucks for free. It's part of the provincial charter of rights.

1500 do you know Bret Hart?

# ? Dec 24, 2018 00:09

F1DriverQuidenBerg: Jan 19, 2014

I remember one kid who was big into wrestling crying at school right after he died.

# ? Dec 24, 2018 01:35

F1DriverQuidenBerg: Jan 19, 2014

Solid progress so far lads. Forgot to break the wheel nuts before lifting it so I�m gonna need to figure that one out once the top end is all sorted.

# ? Dec 24, 2018 01:37

Wirth1000: May 12, 2010; #essereFerrari

1500quidpoocati posted:

I remember one kid who was big into wrestling crying at school right after he died.

Bret Hart is alive you loving fake Canadian.

It was his brother Owen Hart that died way back in '99 and we all mourned him in elementary school.

# ? Dec 24, 2018 01:38

F1DriverQuidenBerg: Jan 19, 2014

I didn�t cause I don�t know anything about wrestling. hth

# ? Dec 24, 2018 01:38

wicka: Jun 28, 2007

1500quidpoocati posted:

I didn�t cause I don�t know anything about wrestling. hth

We can teach you

# ? Dec 24, 2018 01:39

DoctorGonzo: Jul 25, 2016; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

The Hart Foundation was so much cooler than Dx.

# ? Dec 24, 2018 01:53

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

Just saw the McLaren documentary. Most fascinating revelation is that American sports car racing was the nexus of all innovation and performance, the real big leagues where the big money is found. Formula "One" is a sad poverty spec series for Europeans who can't afford proper engine displacement.

# ? Dec 24, 2018 03:23

Wirth1000: May 12, 2010; #essereFerrari

Bring back CanAm and Group B. What could go wrong with modern technology????

# ? Dec 24, 2018 03:27

Feels Villeneuve: Oct 7, 2007; Setter is Better.

i love the immediate post-war period where F1 was such a poverty series that they literally ran F2 cars for a few years

# ? Dec 24, 2018 04:08

Wirth1000: May 12, 2010; #essereFerrari

Feels Villeneuve posted:

i love the immediate post-war period where F1 was such a poverty series that they literally ran F2 cars for a few years

hello, post from 2021.

# ? Dec 24, 2018 04:10

Wirth1000: May 12, 2010; #essereFerrari

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.opinion-the-fantastic-frustrating-career-of-fernando-alonso.1GPhJhpPt2We8WgckUwcSY.html

Unironically a great piece on Alonso by Buxton. Great excerpt here:

quote:

I once asked him, in an interview that was never eventually televised, who he really was: the politician, the passionate racer, the hero, the villain?

�I don�t know,� he smiled. �I think it�s a mix of everything and everyone gets a different perception. That�s the good thing about life. You are different people for different situations.�

Perhaps that�s it. Perhaps he tried too hard to be what he thought he needed to be rather than just being true to the racer within him.

He went on to speak about the need to enjoy oneself in racing, how he�d forgotten to do that back in 2007 and how that had affected everything that had followed. He talked of 2010 and the hurt of that missed championship over ever other. How he�d cried himself to sleep and woken up still in tears.

# ? Dec 24, 2018 04:47