10-14-2020, 06:00 PM | #31 | |
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Looks like this outfit does days at COTA in Austin and at Cresson Motorsports Ranch (though that looks to be a lot closer to Dallas). http://www.edgeaddicts.com/events.html You could also check out local PCA and BMWCCA chapters, both of whom probably sponsor events. On the trailer thing, I have NFI, but "intrastate service" to me sounds like a for-hire term, and if you're using your private trailer to tow out of state you wouldn't be "intrastrate" anyway. But IANAtruckingL. |
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10-14-2020, 08:20 PM | #32 |
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Realistically, this will probably be the track day that I wind up doing w/ the e46 wagon:
http://www.cnyira.com/
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10-14-2020, 08:32 PM | #33 | |
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Then again, I once did a track day at Inde Motorsports Ranch in Wilcox AZ, which was 3.5 hours from my house when we were in Scottsdale (and I took the scenic route home, which was shorter distance, but took about 5 hours)...
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10-14-2020, 09:19 PM | #34 |
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There’s an MSR Houston...
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10-14-2020, 09:59 PM | #35 |
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2 hours isn’t bad. 4 hours is tough but not so bad if you have two days. I used to go up to NJ for events, which was about that far.
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10-15-2020, 04:42 PM | #36 | |
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10-16-2020, 11:25 PM | #37 | |
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C8 is awkward looking from a lot of angles. And agree. It’s like the size of the Salween S7 car from the 90s? Or the Jaguar XJ220. Weird proportions.
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10-17-2020, 06:09 AM | #38 |
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I’ve seen a handful of C8s now, including one in my neighborhood about 10 doors down...
It’s a weird mix of design. Some angles it looks great, others it looks strange, and many of the details are just over designed and heavy. I don’t think it looks that big though. I’ve seen a few Salween S7s and Jag XJ220s before (I miss Scottsdale auction week...). The XJ220 is very long, but also not very tall — which makes it look bigger in pics than it is in person (and the cabin is really small in person...). The C8 looks to be taller and wider than the XJ220, and the cabin fits real people... might be fun to compare dimensions with a few other designs...
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To me the C8 is one of those cars that looks awkward in pictures but is fairly striking in real life. I don't like the tail of the car - the taillights are a mess, the rear wing is a mess, the exhaust tips look like they belong on a 90's Pontiac. The biggest mistake they made, IMO, is all of the factory wheels are awful. With a set of good aftermarket wheels the C8 is fairly transformed and really looks the supercar part.
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10-17-2020, 03:57 PM | #40 | |
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Probably a lot of your critiques are addressed with the Z06 model with Z07 trim. I understand why they sell the LT2 powered car, but I bet the new V8 makes the car feel “special”. The data to me says the ZL1 and C7 preowned markets are still hot because people are dawdling until the Z06 shows up (and/or they missed allotment).
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