- No offense, but I started laughing when you spelled "Camaro" wrong and "Chimera" right.
No offense taken. I am a horrible speller, & I need new bifocals. Getting old is hell...
2- Just because there isn't a name for this guy* I saw the other day, it doesn't mean he isn't an idiot either.
*A guy driving a late model Monte Carlo SS with NASCAR numbers on it, flat black rims, and Goodyears with the yellow lettering.
Probably a NASCAR fan. WOuld it suprise you to learn that a doctor studied a variety of athletes and found that the fittest ones were...NASCAR drivers? There's a lot more to it than you give it credit for. Let me further ask, did the "flat black rims" or "yellow letters' compromise handling and braking like the the ultra-wide low-profile rubber bolted onto a FWD that's been "lowered" by cutting the springs until the tires are visibly tilted?
3- Sounds like you must have had a pretty good time in Germany. Was your 911 N/A or turbo?
Naturally aspirated - and the doors were falling off! I like my friend's mom's mid-seventies Corvette better....
Which generation was it?
This was '78, and it was used, so it has to have been from the early or mid 70's.
The only Porsches I've driven were the Boxster S and the 996 Turbo. Did you make it to any tracks while you were there?
Nice rides. Naw, when I was there, Jimmy Carter was prez, and the mark was like 1.19 to the dollar, so funds were TIGHT! The only "track" I got to was the Stuttgart to Franfurt autobahn....
4- Damn, I have more cash/assets now than I ever have. I sold the M3 to get into motorcycling. The plans are to have a Civic coupe for A-B, a bike of some sort, and an S2K. I don't currently belong to SCCA or have any track experience so I'm going to use the Civic to start autox. Then after I get the MBA, I'll be moving to a bigger city and picking up the S2K.
OK -your rich - good. Just polin' a little fuun at you....
5- Are you referring to the Camaro when you say "handles and brakes with world-class exotica"?
Skidpad numbers, slalom times, braking distances - you know, objective data...at the time it was introduced, (1993) the fourth gen f-body was very, very good. Not to mention running 13s with a slush box, getting 26+ mpg on the highway, and topping out at 156mph - all right off of the showroom floor, with no mods. Add headers, a cat-back, MDS system, power pulleys and a chip....
If so, I've very, very confused.
The ONLY car that I've personally experienced that came close to my LT1 'bird was a rare BMW of some type (m5? I can't remember....) that a friend's rich brother had (before he lost his job). Handled almost as good, and braked even better. When he crammed on the binders, it actually hurt where the seatbelt was. Pretty peepy too, as I recall. Fast ride for a 4 door sedan. Just a little slower through a quarter-mile and top end - but I didn't pay near as much either.
And I don't engage in magazine races since they're completely pointless.
Enjoy your autocross. Obviously, you know what you are doing, and aren't the type of "tooner" I'm refereing to