15' 991 GTS MT at new Corvette track
05-28-2015 | 12:11 PM
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I'm sure every car is different. Those pop up rollover bars make the weirdest noise when they deploy, like a giant, magnified ratcheting noise behind your head when they go off, at least they did on the Mercedes CLK Cab when I was driving it back in 2002 during an AMG event I was instructing at. Put two wheels up hard on the curbing and got a little air on the leeside, and off they went! We had the top down, so no harm, no foul.
The Blue is a great color on your cab. Looks sharp.
The Blue is a great color on your cab. Looks sharp.
or without the roof up ... and the damage if the latter was the case would be
significant, on the other hand lapping with the roof up has some advantages;
additional protection for the occupants, better aero, and some (minor) additional rigidity.
The Karussell is a great test for this, its very rough (with original paving from 1927) and banked at around 25-30 ... which is known to 'confuse' some
cars electronics (since they dont expect to be at those angles) ...
so I was lucky ... they did not deploy...
I agree though its something to be carefully considered before going on track with a cabriolet! (and too be honest one that I did not consider, so I appreciate the heads up)