Posted on 06/19/2007 10:18:30 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature
The doors are a partial gullwing. If you’ve seen the doors on a Salleen S7, they’re just like that. They pivot outwards like wings.
Those aren’t Lambo doors, Lambo’s doors open straight up.
You make a lot of sense LX. I agree that stomping on the clutch and brake and white-knuckling the steering wheel is probably taught from a liability standpoint. :o)
Steering out of a problem that is exacerbated by traction control and AWD sensors is going to cause more of these accidents since half of them don’t know what traction control is and the other half turn it off. ;o)
Not to mention access if you roll the thing which was constantly on the minds of those who race the original 300SL.
I had a NASCAR team owner explain to me that anyone can drive fast... until they get to the first corner. At that point, most of us run out of talent.
It’s not a big talent contest to point a car down a straight road and go as fast as it is designed to go. Heck, crank down the wings on an Indy car, put on fresh tires, and virtually any idiot can go 215 at a high-banked track. The trick comes in when you have to use the steering wheel and brakes.
If you’re rich enough to own one of these cars, you’re rich enough to be a member of any number of auto sport country clubs (think of a country club that has a track instead of a golf course).
I actually saw a DMC on the road yesterday.
I am more than a little annoyed that Ferrari has yet to invite me to own an Enzo. My Ford Ranger has 203,000 miles on it and I’m not going to wait forever.
Spoken dripping with envy like a good democrat.
"It's not mine."
ROFL!
dude, youre supposed to take it to where the chicks are
It's more experience than talent, although that certainly separates first place from also-ran. Who ever gets a chance to burn through racetracks with lots of horsepower and racing tires to shred? Not me. I suspect that a lot of us could become good race drivers if we had the chance to learn without going broke. For instance, trying to push a Ford Taurus around a corner hard is not going to give you much experience. It's front wheel drive, has no horsepower and has rubbery steering and street tires. You're pretty much limited to the laws of sedan physics. If you exceed the traction limits in your rubbery, understeered turn, you will merely slide off the road.
Now compare this with 600 or 800 horsepower, rear wheel drive and warm racing tires. It's almost like driving a Jet Ski; you're not merely holding on around a turn, you're making a wake in the road. Now that's entertainment.
Maybe someday I'll have a chance to drive a beast in an environment where I can let loose. There are lots of racing schools out there if you have money.
even Joe Lunchpails using their daily driver can join groups like NASA and SCCA :)
Personally, I like FWD sports cars and AWD sports cars.
These people mentioned in this article are prolly used to such cars and then have the same problem I do with RWD (but I am learning). I wrecked a Ford GT by stomping on the gas pedal. Went around and around in circles before slamming into a wall.
I have a couple of Porsches, a handful of high-end Japanese production cars (my favorite one is my modified MR2 that has a top speed of ~180 and enormous acceralation and superb handling), a souped up MINI, and quite a few American “muscle cars” in my garage. And also a few built-just-for racing cars. Got a Maserati race car the other day.
Not to be bragging or anything, but I’ve got a little over 2mil in my car account to buy and play with my cars.
So I guess you could say I’m a big fan of high performance cars.
Like your home page - every home should have one crew-served weapon! I’m not envious of these people, just flabbergasted at their stupidity.
It’s their money and if the want to spend it on VERY expensive body repairs, then more power to them. If one of these guys can make enough money to afford a Ferrari, then maybe there’s hope for me.
And wait until you see where he will probably do it: I-95 in south Florida.
I-95 is five, in some places seven, lanes wide, flat and straight. People kill themselves on it every week. It’s like they’ve decided, “Well, today’s the day,” and they turn left at 70 and eat the center divider. I think I was a lot safer weaving traffic on 95 to get to Newark Airport. People in Florida can not drive.
The rich wrecking the cars that only the Mexicans won’t wreck.
Try gokarts =D
My cousin drove his mercedes up to 140+ (with no one on the road of course), It didn’t feel as fast as a gokart though for some reason.
I think the sense of speed has to be at least 5 times the actual speed (30 mph) and it takes tremendous concentration to get a good laptime.
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