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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by gaddafi,Mar 14 2009, 01:51 PM


it's fun to flaunt your money at the peasants sometimes

and some people aren't remotely concerned about their driving ability

Nothing wrong with that at all, as long as they don't hold up us peasants in our jalopies on our way to our next crash
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 08:58 AM
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It's an old one that, but one of my favourite S2000 vids.

There's always significant disparity in driver ability at any trackday, but even without the Ferraris, that makes a good S2000 clip ...
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 09:03 AM
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Classic vid that, it's been around for a while but I never tire of it.

I think the driver is Italian and the car is pretty heavily modded. Still a top driver tho. There are quite a few of his vids knocking around.

I know which car I'd rather be in tho
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 01:27 PM
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He does seem to be a bit tasty from some of his footage.

Ferrari drivers are often totally rubbish though
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick Graves,Mar 14 2009, 02:13 PM
Probably true.

Seen it happen a lot though.

Funny though how the old fart in the 911 always looks so miserable when he's overtaken by practically everything though! Or is looking miserable part of the buyer psyche as I suspect?
I'm sure it does

maybe for those miseries, driving performance matters?

can't understand it myself

(although I can't help laughing when I think of the usual standard of S2000 driver performance - the poor sods can't keep them on the road, let alone a track)
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 02:44 AM
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seen this before. you don't know what state the S is in but the fezza is being driven very poorly, that much is clear.

it could be a bird in there or stevie wonder

it's certainly not the stig
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by gaddafi,Mar 15 2009, 08:15 AM
(although I can't help laughing when I think of the usual standard of S2000 driver performance - the poor sods can't keep them on the road, let alone a track)


If this is the guy I'm thinking of, the car is heavily modded. There's footage of him going around Monza going past Porkers and other exotica.

Also - have you ever tried driving a 360 fast around a track? It's not easy.

Something like, loads of grip, loads of grip, loads of grip, no grip whatsoever, armco.
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by rralston,Mar 17 2009, 09:55 AM

Also - have you ever tried driving a 360 fast around a track?
you having a laugh Rich?


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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 02:28 AM
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Ah - straight lines are easy!!!
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 02:47 AM
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you don't need straights to blow hatchbacks and the like into the weeds

on average roads, if you discount local knowledge and traffic, power is everything

and on track, I'm reliably informed that monster power inputs regularly destroy better handling cars....

even tracks have straight bits and only one or two hairpins
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