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Old 02-17-2011 | 02:29 PM
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For the GT3 pilot who has everything ...

http://www.griotsgarage.com/product/...do?code=EMXAFB

A bit pricey (IMHO) for some CNC wood, but I guess ... kinda cool gift for the office or the home den/garage!
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Outrageously priced but very cool.
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Originally Posted by ADias
Outrageously priced but very cool.
yup ... would love to get some of these, but the Scot in me wont let me pay such prices for a "lump o'wood"
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yup ... would love to get some of these, but the Scot in me wont let me pay such prices for a "lump o'wood"
At those prices it should be more than a flat cookie cutter. It should be 3D, depicting elevation changes and cambered corners.
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I have always habored a childish desire to copy the Nordschleife using this: http://www.scalextric.com/

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Originally Posted by ADias
At those prices it should be more than a flat cookie cutter. It should be 3D, depicting elevation changes and cambered corners.
Nurburgring 3D that would be worth $275, !!!
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Very cool.
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Originally Posted by Larry Cable
I have always habored a childish desire to copy the Nordschleife using this: http://www.scalextric.com/

Do it, do IT, DO IT!!!

And enlist the help of James May --> http://www.scalextric.com/shop/james-mays-toy-stories/
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48 track choices and not one NASCAR configuration in the lot. What's up with that?!?
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Originally Posted by Nizer
48 track choices and not one NASCAR configuration in the lot. What's up with that?!?
Anyone can rip a piece of plywood into an oval.
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Originally Posted by ADias
Anyone can rip a piece of plywood into an oval.
Do I see a huge business opportunity here ... lets see, NASCA R huge fan base, bunch of essentially oval tracks, China the factory of the world, h'mmm I see
my future fortune here!

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Very nice! Would be awesome to have one each of every track driven. That would only be the Ring.. No US tracks..



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