Taken from the Off Topic section:
http://www.topgear.com/content/featu...ries/05/1.html
"...4. The largest traffic cone known to man had been left on the inside of the corner; a six-foot high lump of orange plastic with a solid, square-edged, extremely heavy base. We hit it.
5. There was a loud crunch from beneath the right-hand front corner of the car. One of the exotic, lightweight wheels with magnesium spokes bolted to a carbon-fibre rim had completely shattered, almost certainly at this point. "
http://www.topgear.com/content/featu...ries/05/1.html
"...4. The largest traffic cone known to man had been left on the inside of the corner; a six-foot high lump of orange plastic with a solid, square-edged, extremely heavy base. We hit it.
5. There was a loud crunch from beneath the right-hand front corner of the car. One of the exotic, lightweight wheels with magnesium spokes bolted to a carbon-fibre rim had completely shattered, almost certainly at this point. "
Instructor
"CF Cages - as in Roll Cages?
Yikes"
LOL. Well, yeah. I want one, not that I exactly want to pay for one. I've seen them advertised, though I can't for the life of me recall where a saw it, some Euro vendor perhaps? But I know my cheapo Autopower rollbar weighs 53 lbs and the prospects of adding an even heavier cage got me thinking. No only is a CF cage worth maybe 50-60 lbs, it's worth at least 4-5 hrs of BSing at the track. ; )
...sorry for the hijack
Yikes"
LOL. Well, yeah. I want one, not that I exactly want to pay for one. I've seen them advertised, though I can't for the life of me recall where a saw it, some Euro vendor perhaps? But I know my cheapo Autopower rollbar weighs 53 lbs and the prospects of adding an even heavier cage got me thinking. No only is a CF cage worth maybe 50-60 lbs, it's worth at least 4-5 hrs of BSing at the track. ; )
...sorry for the hijack
