928 finishes DEAD LAST in Grassroots Motorsports 2006 Challenge
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Originally Posted by Ed Hughes
The really cool race is the 24 hours of Lemons...
http://24hoursoflemons.com/index.html
http://24hoursoflemons.com/index.html
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We all know that 928's are great cars. We also know that they are way better than a Yugo. But anytime you try to build a Porsche on the cheap you are asking for trouble. Remember the Top Gear episode where the three fellows each had to buy a Porsche for under $5k . The 928 not only finished last, it finished on the back of a lory ( tow truck).
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Fabio I own that Top Gear episode on DVD. My view is, the moment they poured gallons of water in and saw it exit the engine they should have taken a screwdriver and found the leak and fixed it. Even a bolt through the radiator would have been better than doing nothing. There is NO CAR that would have reacted differently to not having coolant. None.
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The 24 Hr Lemon race ah looks a bit like a rolling descruction derby ! not that there is anything wrong with that. The trick is finding something that will RUN for 24 hours ! Plus 1/2 way through the race they vote to crush one car ! So probably not good to be the leader... too funny.
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keeping up w/those other little cars on a tight AX track is REALLY impossible... I've built the crap out of mine and it's still like driving an RV around on the super tight courses... if they'd done a 914 it would've been a much better showing for a Pcar
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I guess the trick to this one is to make your car the ringer.. IE... sell an already hopped up shark to a driver.. say someone like Tiff Needell... for $2006.. let him smoke the world.. then buy the car back for $2007... that way he turned a profit...
takes the fun out I know.. but it can't be worse than losing to a Yugo
takes the fun out I know.. but it can't be worse than losing to a Yugo