[QUOTE=wanabe,Sep 20 2010, 11:58 AM] yeah, i wonder how this goes... a cop sees the car- how does he know to pull it over to ask if its street legal?

 

This.

The rules don't apply to the ultra-rich.

Don Wallace's street driven FXX/MC12 corsa.





Doesn't bother me a bit. A: its not like there are many of these things out there and B: If I can drive my 40 year old Datsun (or people can roll in anything from the 30s/40s/50s/60s/etc) why can't a "black market" Skyline/supercar be made legal? Especially if it has airbags, SRS, etc - like a Skyline.

Bureaucracy sucks.

 

He hydraulically lifted the nose to get it over the speedbumps in the garage most likely.

 

there is a lot of space between the body and the tire on the front- no speed bumps, but there is a nasty dip when you come in the driveway. think he has hydraulics in the front end?
... hey, why not- has just about everything else-

and talk about "cab forward"!!

 

Yep -- I'm pretty sure the Zonda has a hydraulically lifting nose designed for such inclines/speedbumps. I wouldn't want to be the one to find out how much a replacement splitter costs! LOL.

 

way cool... what other cars have that? (other than gangsta low riders!!)

 

concur.

I recall a video of this a while back. Pretty friggen awesome.

 

Doesn't the Enzo have that front end lift system as well?




Here is how rich people drive such exotic cars LEGALLY.

The ultra rich aren't breaking any laws. Cars of historical significance or ultra rarities are exempted from basically all of the normal federal rules as a matter of law, not in violation of it. This is commonly referred to as the Bill Gates clause but I don't actually know the technical name. It all started when Gates wanted to import a Porsche 959 and he and his rich car buddies collectively lobbied some politicians to get some exceptions to the rules passed, and they did.

Essentially, if you can prove that the car is significant in some dramatic sense (Hitler's car, a car like the Pagani which is a display of technological significance, an award winning, some car that won some race, whatever) then you can appeal the NHTSA (and you probably have to grease some wheels) and convince them that the car is special, it's not practical to crash test it, AND the car is to be used for show or display purposes then you can have the car legally imported sans crash testing.

As a secondary element, the car is considered to be used for show or display purposes so long as it is driven less than 2,500 miles per year, which I very seriously doubt is enforced because who the fvkk would be assigned with such a task? Even if it is, you get to drive your "show" car for 2,500 miles or less which is plenty of seat time in such an exotic car.

The car is then legal to enter the US and it is legal to drive under those specifics so most states really can't say anything about it because the federal government has given it the green light.

But it won't pass California emissions you say? Well if you own a house in Florida (where there are no emissions tests) and a house in California, who's to say that your perfectly legal Florida car isn't just there for a visit. You're a fvkking bazzilionaire so flying a couple of cars around isn't that big of a deal.

 

Here we go:

http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/import/Sho...tosd072003.html

 

Who the hell is Don Wallace?