rickhamilton620
has a fetish for terrible cars
All it takes is money to own one. No training or anything....
They do give you a voucher for a day of driving school for free. However maybe it should be 2 or 3 days?
All it takes is money to own one. No training or anything....
You must pop more collars before feeding more douchebags into Cowboy's threshing machine.Again I find myself agreeing with the Canadian Doctor.....10 years ago I LUSTED after an Aston, things never got cooler then that, British, classy and brutal, but somehow just behind the times...in a good way.
These days? It's just another run of the mill high-tech 'modern' sportscar designed by commity to be as innoculous as possible....carbon fibre splitters and all.
Let's cut the bullshit here, when you pull up in an Aston, you want people to think James Bond has arrived, or at least Jack Ryan....not a whimpy popped collar douchebag who got rich on selling hot air.
Were backyard mechanics and tuners ever required to undergo training for their home built monstrosities?All it takes is money to own one. No training or anything....
All it takes is money to own one. No training or anything....
Ah the old '2 wheels are better than 4' argument. Been a while....
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Were backyard mechanics and tuners ever required to undergo training for their home built monstrosities?
Most tracks require anything that runs 12 seconds or less to have a cage.
No worries, I get asked these questions all the time and have been studying to get my IHRA tech inspector licence.Well, it has been awhile since I have raced, or helped with a car running regularly, so my information is a bit out of date.
All it takes is money to own one. No training or anything....
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I know, I was just challenging (see what I did there?) the assertion that it ever required training to be allowed to pilot such a fast car. On the street, nada. On the strip, as you say, it needs to meet certain safety/technical specifications, but that's it.Technically to run faster than 9.99 you have to have an IHRA or NHRA license. If you are at a track that checks for such things. Also, as many things I've already seen state, again technically, the Demon will need to be fitted with a roll cage and go through a technical inspection before being allowed to run that quick.
I know, I was just challenging (see what I did there?) the assertion that it ever required training to be allowed to pilot such a fast car. On the street, nada. On the strip, as you say, it needs to meet certain safety/technical specifications, but that's it.
No worries, I get asked these questions all the time and have been studying to get my IHRA tech inspector licence.
Something that I see and don't quite understand though. Say you build a steel bodied 1932 Ford. It is quick, say 12.30s, but you aren't technically required to have a roll bar. Even though we all know an older car like that was never meant to sustain a crash of 115 mph. Other than encourage the driver to get one, I can't stop him from running his vehicle unless something else about it is unsafe.
Heck, even Saab used to do it for 9-3 Viggen buyers.A lot of high performance manufactures include a complimentary driver training program, but I think the number of owners that take advantage of this is pretty low.
Off the top of me head I can think of:
Ford ST: https://media.ford.com/content/ford...ary-st-octane-academy-driving-experience.html
Ford GT350: https://www.gt350trackattack.com/en/
Ford Raptor: https://www.raptorassault.com/en/
Mercedes AMG: https://www.amgacademy.com/program/offer
Fiat Abarth: https://www.abarthexperience.com/event/register/intro.jsp
Cadillac V: http://www.cadillac.com/v-series/v-performance-driver-training.html
Jaguar used to do it with the R cars and BMW used to do it with M, but seems like both programs got discontinued.
Isn't there a clause that allows you to stop them from running?
I bought the remains of a perfomance shop in the 90s after the owner was killed(street) drag racing in Flint, in a T Bucket. Not a smart move on many levels from someone that should have known better. Your Dad might recognize the name of the shop. Kustom Equipment. The shop was the performance Mecca around here before the big mail order places took over. He specialized in Corvettes, and had a small catalog that was sent out. He was also into the turbo Buicks.