Bugatti Veyron, unless you count the TG test track and mile-long drag races as racing, of course. the Veyron is just too expensive and rare to be raced imho
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Oct. 19, 2011 1:00 p.m. Slyp_Dawg HalfDork
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Oct. 19, 2011 2:24 p.m. failboat HalfDork
i think if we do manage to suggest something that has not been raced yet, someone here is going to build and race one just to make a point.
everything must be raced.
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Oct. 19, 2011 2:25 p.m. Taiden Dork
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Oct. 19, 2011 2:40 p.m. scardeal HalfDork
The only car that will never be raced is the daily driver of an accountant.
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Oct. 19, 2011 2:40 p.m. Dusterbd13 Reader
i thinbk its funney that the guy os wearing a tank top and a helmet.
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Oct. 19, 2011 3:02 p.m. HappyAndy HalfDork
mndsm wrote:
So the answer is, we still haven't found one?
How about a Kia whatever they call their minivan?
24 hours of Lemons or Chumpcar will catch up to everything eventually.
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Oct. 19, 2011 5:43 p.m. JThw8 SuperDork
failboat wrote:
i think if we do manage to suggest something that has not been raced yet, someone here is going to build and race one just to make a point.
everything must be raced.
I see you've read my newsletter
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Oct. 19, 2011 6:11 p.m. mmosbey Reader
UPS truck.
UPS destroys their trucks when they're done with them because they are an iconic part of their brand.
OTOH, it isn't raced, but it is quite a build: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N26O_kWM6jM
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Oct. 19, 2011 6:54 p.m. JThw8 SuperDork
mmosbey wrote:
UPS truck.
UPS destroys their trucks when they're done with them because they are an iconic part of their brand.
OTOH, it isn't raced, but it is quite a build: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N26O_kWM6jM
Easy enough to find a non branded similar truck and race it, not really in the spirit of the question.
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Oct. 19, 2011 7:04 p.m. DaewooOfDeath HalfDork
Slyp_Dawg wrote:
Here's one getting run down by a Lotus.Bugatti Veyron, unless you count the TG test track and mile-long drag races as racing, of course. the Veyron is just too expensive and rare to be raced imho
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Oct. 19, 2011 7:29 p.m. DoctorBlade Dork
UPS brown is a DuPont color, and pretty easy to get.
My nominee: 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder
I don't think it'll hit the track again.
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Oct. 20, 2011 1:35 a.m. DaewooOfDeath HalfDork
Mercury Topaz?
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Oct. 20, 2011 8:28 a.m. scardeal HalfDork
Has anyone raced big rigs... with a trailer attached?
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Oct. 20, 2011 9:33 a.m. M030 HalfDork
Twin_Cam wrote:
Chrysler LeBaron. Convertible, especially. My wife (at the time, girlfriend) owned one when we started dating- she asked if we could autocross it. I gave her a flat "hell no" and that ended there. Mushiest suspension ever fitted to a car, worst brakes, a chassis as flexible as a Cirque du Soleil performer, and nose-heavy understeer to boot.
All very true, but they do have torque. About seven years ago, I had a '93 Lebaron Convertible. I used to love to race Fast & Furious wannabes with it.
There was one kid in particular who drove a bright orange Sentra with a huge aluminum wing and a 'fart can' exhaust. I would beat him from light to light, every time. Sometimes by a full car length.
There can be no greater shame than when someone in a ratty old Lebaron smokes you in your loud "tuner car". Except maybe getting beaten by a minivan
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Oct. 20, 2011 9:45 a.m. DaewooOfDeath HalfDork
M030 wrote:
There can be no greater shame than when someone in a ratty old Lebaron smokes you in your loud "tuner car". Except maybe getting beaten by a minivan
I once beat a truly horrific driver in a slick shod Ferrari F40 with my snow tires from the junkyard shod Toyota Corrolla at an autocross.
Does that count?
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Oct. 20, 2011 9:50 a.m. ReverendDexter SuperDork
mmosbey wrote:
UPS truck.
UPS destroys their trucks when they're done with them because they are an iconic part of their brand.
I don't know about that... the UPS drivers where I grew would give you quite a run for your money through our twisty mountain roads... while it was snowing... while they were in shorts... with the door open.
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Oct. 20, 2011 10:28 a.m. kb58 HalfDork
Twin_Cam wrote:
Ah yes, back when they listened to us, before we were married...My wife (at the time, girlfriend) owned one when we started dating- she asked if we could autocross it. I gave her a flat "hell no" and that ended there.
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Oct. 20, 2011 10:30 a.m. kb58 HalfDork
DaewooOfDeath wrote: I once beat a truly horrific driver in a slick shod Ferrari F40 with my snow tires from the junkyard shod Toyota Corrolla at an autocross.
More than you can imagine.Does that count?
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Oct. 20, 2011 3:54 p.m. Slyp_Dawg HalfDork
saw one on the way home that I'm fairly sure will never be raced. Chrysler Pacifica. not quite minivan, not quite SUV. also, that weird breadvan-esque Ferrari FF
