Of course they did. And in what appears to be a parking lot; precious.
I attended Car Week in Monterey CA in 2009 I think, some huge ass car event for the millionaire set. Lots of great cars there (and many great people; I was in that years LeMons Rally) but you see too much shit like this.
A couple of us Lemons folk watched a rich couple in one of those generic supercar things do a 9000 point turn in a McDonalds parking lot, manual transmission of course, so they’re slipping the clutch like crazy because they have absolutely no fkn idea how to drive it.
Those are not good cars. This isn’t the 1960s any more. The engineers and drivers that made those famous, for good reason, are all long dead, the businesses now run by their kids to extract cash from fools. They’re playthings for the rich whose main feature is that you can’t afford them.
Oh I realize that. They’re not without engineering virtue or history ! (Wasted on most owners of them…)
But they’re also snobby status symbols and toys for the rich. And “fast car” is so 1970s… Expensive toys for the rich are an open target for ridicule for me, lol. YMMV!
has no clue how carbon and triple plated clutch works,
and appreciate the fact that super cars have terrible turning radius…
probably doesn’t know shit about cars making a stupid dumb statement like that. there are so many modern analog cars that have not only more soul, but outperform any older cars by every single metric in terms of reliability, engineering, safety, comfort etc. Case in point : LFA, Pagani Zonda, 911 GT3 RS, Nissan GTR and MANY MANY more.
Sorry, 24 hours of lemons and the source of the LeMons puns, is a bunch of car folk truly interested in cars we can actually drive, race, rally, wrench. And make fun of themselves as much as the snobby stuff.
Everything kinda looks like a joke but 24 hour endurance racing is hard!
The Rally (different from the races) and both fun and hard. Easy or as hard as you like.
I’ve done both. Great people too. Not a box of dicks either, more women there then most any car shit I’ve done. Queer friendly as car stuff gets too.
At the track crews are often mutually supportive. Yeah it’s great.
Cars are democratic -+ we can all own one. There’s amazing engineering in high end cars. Duh. Lovely to look at. Get arrested when you swipe parts from! Lol jk.
But making a 5 or 25 year old car do well on a track is loads of fun!
Sort of. You really need a team, 3 or 5 people. Takes a year to get a car and make it ready. Needs a roll cage. Someone needs to weld or be rich, lol. Tools, fuel. Lodging and transport. 5 grand last time we budgeted but we only raced once, so discount my advice that much.
But go on their forum, lurk, and consider volunteering on a team! That would be the best way.
Racing meaning the whole schtick, prep, build, transport, driving! pits, it’s unbelievable fun. Do it!
Of course they did. And in what appears to be a parking lot; precious.
I attended Car Week in Monterey CA in 2009 I think, some huge ass car event for the millionaire set. Lots of great cars there (and many great people; I was in that years LeMons Rally) but you see too much shit like this.
A couple of us Lemons folk watched a rich couple in one of those generic supercar things do a 9000 point turn in a McDonalds parking lot, manual transmission of course, so they’re slipping the clutch like crazy because they have absolutely no fkn idea how to drive it.
Those are not good cars. This isn’t the 1960s any more. The engineers and drivers that made those famous, for good reason, are all long dead, the businesses now run by their kids to extract cash from fools. They’re playthings for the rich whose main feature is that you can’t afford them.
Nah, the cars are still pretty cool from the engineering side. Not disagreeing with the rest though
Oh I realize that. They’re not without engineering virtue or history ! (Wasted on most owners of them…)
But they’re also snobby status symbols and toys for the rich. And “fast car” is so 1970s… Expensive toys for the rich are an open target for ridicule for me, lol. YMMV!
bro can’t even:
probably doesn’t know shit about cars making a stupid dumb statement like that. there are so many modern analog cars that have not only more soul, but outperform any older cars by every single metric in terms of reliability, engineering, safety, comfort etc. Case in point : LFA, Pagani Zonda, 911 GT3 RS, Nissan GTR and MANY MANY more.
Is there something like Cars for Dummies? All of this sounds really cool but I’ve no idea what any of it means.
Sorry, 24 hours of lemons and the source of the LeMons puns, is a bunch of car folk truly interested in cars we can actually drive, race, rally, wrench. And make fun of themselves as much as the snobby stuff.
Everything kinda looks like a joke but 24 hour endurance racing is hard!
The Rally (different from the races) and both fun and hard. Easy or as hard as you like.
I’ve done both. Great people too. Not a box of dicks either, more women there then most any car shit I’ve done. Queer friendly as car stuff gets too.
At the track crews are often mutually supportive. Yeah it’s great.
Cars are democratic -+ we can all own one. There’s amazing engineering in high end cars. Duh. Lovely to look at. Get arrested when you swipe parts from! Lol jk.
But making a 5 or 25 year old car do well on a track is loads of fun!
That sounds pretty amazing. Is it an expensive thing to get into?
Sort of. You really need a team, 3 or 5 people. Takes a year to get a car and make it ready. Needs a roll cage. Someone needs to weld or be rich, lol. Tools, fuel. Lodging and transport. 5 grand last time we budgeted but we only raced once, so discount my advice that much.
But go on their forum, lurk, and consider volunteering on a team! That would be the best way.
Racing meaning the whole schtick, prep, build, transport, driving! pits, it’s unbelievable fun. Do it!
I’m going to at least go to a track nearby and watch people do this and maybe talk to them and see if anything clicks for me.
Make sure you check out LeMons racing, which is pretty different from others.