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 Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 2:01 pm
what was your first car and how old were you when you got it and if you can rember how mutch did it cost
mine is a '71 vw supper bettle as you im olny 14 so i got it last year it runs and drives but it needs a lot or work befor its street worthy me and my dad picked it up 2 years agao for free and he gave it to me for my 13th birthday
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 9:45 am
The first car I ever owned was a Dodge D100 long bed truck. Four in the floor and a four cylider engine. Never got to drive it. It had to be traded before I could get it running. I was 14 when I got it. Got it for free. The second car that was mine was a 1984 Buick LeSabre Limited two door luxury model. More power than luxury though. Had a GM350 enigne and about 300 horsepower. The beast would practically fly. I was 17 when I got that car. Cost 500 dollars.
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 3:57 am
My first car is the car I have now, an '86 911. It was a pile of junk when my dad first bought it. It had been crashed previously and even had black and white paint streaks on it, from squad car impacts no doubt because we got it at a police auction for $1900 cash. I've since put over 11k into it over the course of 8 years so I haven't been too busy. My next step is to expand the engine bay with a whale tail (tea tray) engine cover/spoiler from a 1987 911 Turbo. smile That'll be awesome when it's done, I'll be able to increase the size of my intercooler, and add another turbo bringing the grand total to 2 biggrin With some Recaro racing seats and a new coat of paint, I'll be just a little bit closer to owning that CTR spec.
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Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 11:13 pm
Prince Verrick Rosturch My first car is the car I have now, an '86 911. It was a pile of junk when my dad first bought it. It had been crashed previously and even had black and white paint streaks on it, from squad car impacts no doubt because we got it at a police auction for $1900 cash. I've since put over 11k into it over the course of 8 years so I haven't been too busy. My next step is to expand the engine bay with a whale tail (tea tray) engine cover/spoiler from a 1987 911 Turbo. smile That'll be awesome when it's done, I'll be able to increase the size of my intercooler, and add another turbo bringing the grand total to 2 biggrin With some Recaro racing seats and a new coat of paint, I'll be just a little bit closer to owning that CTR spec. Porshe(spelling and too tired to look it up) is awesome. Have you checked out the guild banners yet?
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 12:52 am
If you mean the one with the mint Porsche Carrera GT, yes smile yes I have. It's a slice of alright smile
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 10:02 pm
My first car wasn't one I owned, but instead merely assumed would be mine. It was the first car I drove, all be it on my father's lap.
What can I say, I was 7 and couldn't reach the pedals alone. Yeah, go 'aww' if you want, I was a kid.
The car was a 1979 Chevrolet Malibu. Beautiful blue. If my scanner was working, I'd scan the only pic I have of it.
The vehicle I learned how to drive on was a 1985 Chevrolet S-10 4x4 (Manual Transmission). My father deemed that I was old enough (second grade =7-8yrs) to learn since I had driven it into the back yard that winter and got it stuck in the snow.
Once you learn how to drive a standard tranny, automatic trannies are just easy...
When I got my 15yr permit, the car I was allowed to drive around ("supervised") was a red Buick, until it was sold. When I got my license, the truck I learned on was given to me, but it died a year later.
Head gaskets went, then the crank, then the piston rod... Man, the engine was shot... It was so torn up.
I was given a Geo Metro (standard) for 2.5 years. Those 3-cyls did good, given how I drove it. Beat the s**t out of a guy with a 'tricked out' V6. Dude thought he was so kickass, till I left him at the light we started from.
After that, I drove a 93 Ford Escort (standard) for 3 years. Put over 300k miles on it too. Probably even more than that.
After the escort broke on me (I burned the clutch to the flywheel once...) I purchased my first actual car. It was a lemon. 1995 Pontiac Grand Am (automatic). POS is more like it. Paid $1700 for it, and put more than $100 into it every week since. It was always being fixed.
In July of 2007 my parents bought me the car I have now. It's in my name, making it the second car I own. She's a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am. Her tranny is automatic, but at least she reacts when I want her to. Very quickly too. Her power startles me at times.
I just wish people around here would race more... It makes driving the long highways more fun...
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 10:53 pm
That was a fun ride you described, smile I feel as though I was there. I don't have but the one car I do now but I imagine you've gone through alot of interesting things :0 Good on ya. smile try finding a track.
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 11:54 pm
Even if I had the money to rent a track, I live in the wrong area. Closest to a track in the roads themselves. Late at night, you can hit 100+ and no one but the deer you hit could give a damn...
True skill isn't determined on a closed course anyway. You discover if you have real skill by driving over bumps, twists, turns, dodging obstacles, avoiding people, and all the fun things that jump out in the wee hours of the morning, just waiting to get struck by the hood of the car.
Sorry if that sounds...uppity(?). It's not intended. It's just a pet peeve when people claim they can "drive" as long as it's under controlled conditions.
And yes, I'm aware that uncontrolled conditions is illegal. I do not encourage anyone else to try if they value their licenses. (or your life.) One bit of hesitation is all that's needed to throw you into a tree/field/traffic/anything. If you're scared/nervous/hesitant, don't drive unlawfully.
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Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 10:31 pm
Chryssta Even if I had the money to rent a track, I live in the wrong area. Closest to a track in the roads themselves. Late at night, you can hit 100+ and no one but the deer you hit could give a damn... True skill isn't determined on a closed course anyway. You discover if you have real skill by driving over bumps, twists, turns, dodging obstacles, avoiding people, and all the fun things that jump out in the wee hours of the morning, just waiting to get struck by the hood of the car. Sorry if that sounds...uppity(?). It's not intended. It's just a pet peeve when people claim they can "drive" as long as it's under controlled conditions. And yes, I'm aware that uncontrolled conditions is illegal. I do not encourage anyone else to try if they value their licenses. (or your life.) One bit of hesitation is all that's needed to throw you into a tree/field/traffic/anything. If you're scared/nervous/hesitant, don't drive unlawfully. When you get to a point where the people you know start getting killed, or God forbid, YOU kill someone, I would hope that your views on skills being made on the streets would change. Put yourself in the position of a professional driver, and tell me that isn't skill.
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 9:58 pm
Lord Mar Chryssta Even if I had the money to rent a track, I live in the wrong area. Closest to a track in the roads themselves. Late at night, you can hit 100+ and no one but the deer you hit could give a damn... True skill isn't determined on a closed course anyway. You discover if you have real skill by driving over bumps, twists, turns, dodging obstacles, avoiding people, and all the fun things that jump out in the wee hours of the morning, just waiting to get struck by the hood of the car. Sorry if that sounds...uppity(?). It's not intended. It's just a pet peeve when people claim they can "drive" as long as it's under controlled conditions. And yes, I'm aware that uncontrolled conditions is illegal. I do not encourage anyone else to try if they value their licenses. (or your life.) One bit of hesitation is all that's needed to throw you into a tree/field/traffic/anything. If you're scared/nervous/hesitant, don't drive unlawfully. When you get to a point where the people you know start getting killed, or God forbid, YOU kill someone, I would hope that your views on skills being made on the streets would change. Put yourself in the position of a professional driver, and tell me that isn't skill. I'm not saying that professional drivers are unskilled at racing. I just mean to imply that if Dale Earnhardt Jr were to jump out of his stock car and into a souped up street car, he'd lose the race. It just seems to me that a professional closed course racer can't drift turns on a back road. I don't mean any disrespect to pros, they make others dream bigger than backyard racing. Personally, I'd love to go to the drift competitions out in California. As for people getting killed and such, yes, that is something to fear. No one I know has died driving yet, but then, I'm the only one I know that drives like me. And I ain't dead yet. But I've never hit another car, anything on 2 legs, nor anything that has more rights than the right to be hunted in December. Though... I was doing about 110mph one night, speeding up still, and hit a deer. It was in the Escort that it happened. Picked up the deer, keeping it on the hood of the car for a few hundred feet before it flung into the field off the side of the road. All it busted was a blinker and jacked up the hood a bit. Come to think of it, that was (somewhat) a fun trip...
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:41 am
Chryssta Even if I had the money to rent a track, I live in the wrong area. Closest to a track in the roads themselves. Late at night, you can hit 100+ and no one but the deer you hit could give a damn... True skill isn't determined on a closed course anyway. You discover if you have real skill by driving over bumps, twists, turns, dodging obstacles, avoiding people, and all the fun things that jump out in the wee hours of the morning, just waiting to get struck by the hood of the car. Sorry if that sounds...uppity(?). It's not intended. It's just a pet peeve when people claim they can "drive" as long as it's under controlled conditions. And yes, I'm aware that uncontrolled conditions is illegal. I do not encourage anyone else to try if they value their licenses. (or your life.) One bit of hesitation is all that's needed to throw you into a tree/field/traffic/anything. If you're scared/nervous/hesitant, don't drive unlawfully. I understand what you mean by real world happenings on the road and I didn't claim anything smile Though I suppose I didn't mention that a good track will twist and turn and also provide obstacles smile but I hope you didn't think I meant an oval rofl I'd only drive a ring track to gauge top speeds and such. And it's hardly controlled smile racing is a blood sport, and no level of precautions could safeguard a driver from the risks they face on the track.
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:52 am
Chryssta Lord Mar Chryssta Even if I had the money to rent a track, I live in the wrong area. Closest to a track in the roads themselves. Late at night, you can hit 100+ and no one but the deer you hit could give a damn... True skill isn't determined on a closed course anyway. You discover if you have real skill by driving over bumps, twists, turns, dodging obstacles, avoiding people, and all the fun things that jump out in the wee hours of the morning, just waiting to get struck by the hood of the car. Sorry if that sounds...uppity(?). It's not intended. It's just a pet peeve when people claim they can "drive" as long as it's under controlled conditions. And yes, I'm aware that uncontrolled conditions is illegal. I do not encourage anyone else to try if they value their licenses. (or your life.) One bit of hesitation is all that's needed to throw you into a tree/field/traffic/anything. If you're scared/nervous/hesitant, don't drive unlawfully. When you get to a point where the people you know start getting killed, or God forbid, YOU kill someone, I would hope that your views on skills being made on the streets would change. Put yourself in the position of a professional driver, and tell me that isn't skill. I'm not saying that professional drivers are unskilled at racing. I just mean to imply that if Dale Earnhardt Jr were to jump out of his stock car and into a souped up street car, he'd lose the race. It just seems to me that a professional closed course racer can't drift turns on a back road. I don't mean any disrespect to pros, they make others dream bigger than backyard racing. Personally, I'd love to go to the drift competitions out in California. If you mean the standard NASCAR racers than you may be right but as for the rest of the world of GT and Grand Prix racing, the powerslide (or drift) is a basic maneuver, especially when you're trying to set a hot lap smile The fact is, well practiced racers will do well in many settings, it's just a result of their experience.
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:55 am
Prince Verrick Rosturch Chryssta Lord Mar Chryssta Even if I had the money to rent a track, I live in the wrong area. Closest to a track in the roads themselves. Late at night, you can hit 100+ and no one but the deer you hit could give a damn... True skill isn't determined on a closed course anyway. You discover if you have real skill by driving over bumps, twists, turns, dodging obstacles, avoiding people, and all the fun things that jump out in the wee hours of the morning, just waiting to get struck by the hood of the car. Sorry if that sounds...uppity(?). It's not intended. It's just a pet peeve when people claim they can "drive" as long as it's under controlled conditions. And yes, I'm aware that uncontrolled conditions is illegal. I do not encourage anyone else to try if they value their licenses. (or your life.) One bit of hesitation is all that's needed to throw you into a tree/field/traffic/anything. If you're scared/nervous/hesitant, don't drive unlawfully. When you get to a point where the people you know start getting killed, or God forbid, YOU kill someone, I would hope that your views on skills being made on the streets would change. Put yourself in the position of a professional driver, and tell me that isn't skill. I'm not saying that professional drivers are unskilled at racing. I just mean to imply that if Dale Earnhardt Jr were to jump out of his stock car and into a souped up street car, he'd lose the race. It just seems to me that a professional closed course racer can't drift turns on a back road. I don't mean any disrespect to pros, they make others dream bigger than backyard racing. Personally, I'd love to go to the drift competitions out in California. If you mean the standard NASCAR racers than you may be right but as for the rest of the world of GT and Grand Prix racing, the powerslide (or drift) is a basic maneuver, especially when you're trying to set a hot lap smile The fact is, well practiced racers will do well in many settings, it's just a result of their experience. Well, said. If I came off a bit crazy about the street racing thing, perhaps you could accept it. Thats one thing I don't like and will let everyone know. The only reason there is a thread for it is because, lets face it, people do. I had a friend and witnessed the slow depression coworker whose son was killed due to street racing and inexperienced drivers. I would rather take it to a track were there are people who can help in the event of a crash.
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Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:51 pm
Chryssta Even if I had the money to rent a track, I live in the wrong area. Closest to a track in the roads themselves. Late at night, you can hit 100+ and no one but the deer you hit could give a damn... True skill isn't determined on a closed course anyway. You discover if you have real skill by driving over bumps, twists, turns, dodging obstacles, avoiding people, and all the fun things that jump out in the wee hours of the morning, just waiting to get struck by the hood of the car. Sorry if that sounds...uppity(?). It's not intended. It's just a pet peeve when people claim they can "drive" as long as it's under controlled conditions. And yes, I'm aware that uncontrolled conditions is illegal. I do not encourage anyone else to try if they value their licenses. (or your life.) One bit of hesitation is all that's needed to throw you into a tree/field/traffic/anything. If you're scared/nervous/hesitant, don't drive unlawfully. ive seen my dad (2nd best driver i know and im not just saying that becauce he tought ne how to drive) run 110mph down the kangamangus high way (if you dont know what that is look it up it brings hole new meeing to fast cornering)
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Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:32 am
That is a brutal run at 110. A man could loose alot more than his car up there.
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