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Nov 25, 2003 | 10:11 PM

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WRX POWER IN DA HIZOUSE!

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Nov 25, 2003 | 10:32 PM

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Originally posted by crx89si
your not a real driver untill you have a peice of a race track permanently plaster onto the side of your car

thats all im sayin

A real driver would have never put it in the fence Donnie.

I fear very few mullets through the twisties, but I'll be the first to admit that I don't have much for 'em in a straight line.

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Nov 26, 2003 | 05:07 AM

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cmon dude.. the WRXs werent made for that.. that would be like saying we'd like to see Chucks cars take on a stock WRX on a twisty dirt road..hehe..

Then PLEASE point to one WRX owner on here that takes their WRX to the local dirt track! Seriously, I like the cars and would love to see one run on its home turf.

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Nov 26, 2003 | 05:18 AM

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Originally posted by TampaWRX
A real driver would have never put it in the fence Donnie.

LOL spoken like a true rookie.

"If you don't walk back to the pits with a steering wheel once in a while, they'll think you're not pushing it." - Danny Sullivan 1986

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Nov 26, 2003 | 05:35 AM

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I always liked hearing that you have to find 101% every now and then in order to feel comfortable at 100%

Nov 26, 2003 | 07:09 AM

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Originally posted by Chuck 98 RT/10
LOL spoken like a true rookie.

"If you don't walk back to the pits with a steering wheel once in a while, they'll think you're not pushing it." - Danny Sullivan 1986

This only works if you subscribe to the Gilles Villeneuve philosophy of "over the limit, all the time". I think it was Stirling Moss who said, and I'm paraphrasing here, that "the limit is the limit is the limit and anyone going beyond the limit is a damn fool". Of course, Moss and his peers raced in rolling gas tanks with no seatbelts and primitive helmets, but I have more respect for those guys because of their circumstances. I'd rather be like Jimmy Clark or Fangio, who had very few accidents or offs during their careers, than Michael Schumacher or even Senna, who seem to put the car into solid objects more often than drivers of their stature had any business doing. I guess it's a statement on modern times, given safety improvements in cars, but I like the old Grand Prix racing because those drivers always drove to win, but conducted themselves with grace and respect on the track. Senna and Schumacher just run/ran into people when things were really heated. It's a shame that Schumacher is the all-time title leader for this reason.

Damn this is going off topic. Sorry Billy.

And I would still argue that it's better to never come back holding a steering wheel.

So what do you say, Chuck? Care to let me lap your big bad Vipers? My Scoob obviously has nothing for you, but it might be fun to see if I do. I'm also a bit annoyed by Donnie's inference that I can't get up on the wheel.

Nov 26, 2003 | 07:40 AM

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Then PLEASE point to one WRX owner on here that takes their WRX to the local dirt track! Seriously, I like the cars and would love to see one run on its home turf.

i dont know of many local rally tracks.. and dotn be so

to suggest circle track racing.. lol.

i have plenty of pictures of my car covered in mud.. rooster tailing through the sand.. and of me competing in the Mastro Rally Cross at the European Rally School a couple of years back.. i think i actually won a trophy or something..

if there WAS local rallyX or something organised locally you could expect alot more WRX owners to be competing.. but like i said at the RallyX in stark ... i'm not driving at over 75% in a car i have to drive hoime and to work on monday. If i was to build a rally car with the right safety equipment then that'd be different.

i think your seriously under estimating what a properly driven WRX with some suspension work can do.. and i'm talking the old school WRXs.. not the newage ones.. thats why in Australian Touring car racing its either Porches EVO's or STis that win it... with the occasional RX7 thrown in..

I'd definately take a Viper if it was given to me. and sell it to someone who wants its, buy an Sti and ride on out

Nov 26, 2003 | 07:40 AM

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Sure thing WRX. Bring whatcha got and lets have fun. Sebring? Moroso? Homestead? Like I said, I've got Sebring Dec 13. Wanna make it interesting?

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Nov 26, 2003 | 07:42 AM

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its much easier to drive at 100% (or 101%) when you dont have to drive said car to work on monday. Long as i have the safetey stuff (roll cage.. harness helmet.. suit.. etc etc) .. and dont gotta drive the car to work monday..i will happily push the limits.. and prolly leave the track occasionally in searching for that 100%.

Nov 26, 2003 | 08:02 AM

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That's why I do my 101% at an auto-x and not on a track. I'd far rather hit a cone in my daily driver then a concrete retaining wall. I'd love to have the time, money, etc. to be able to support a purpose built track car and the hobby.

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