Challenger Demon

[nikimcbee]

So, last month when I was in Austin. The rental car place asked me if I wanted to "upgrade" to a Dodge Challenger?

Yes.
Yes I would like that.

It was a fun drive to Fredericksburg.

[nikimcbee]

I'm not sure why anyone would buy a high end sports car in Ore-gone though.

Metro speed limit is 55 and rural is 60.

It was so hard to comeback to OR and drive after being in TX.

Washington State, where Or-gone drivers go to drive fast. WA speed limit is 70.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

I'm not sure why anyone would buy a high end sports car in Ore-gone though.

I wonder about that same thing here in North Virginia. We have Ferrari, Lambo, McLaren, and other super car dealerships just down the road from where I live. Nice to look at, but who would drive one of those on VA roads?

One pothole and you have a $10,000 alignment job or probably $20,000 suspension repair. Plus the roads are so crowded you would have a hard time getting out of second gear.

I have a hard enough time driving my Subaru Forester on these roads!

But evidently people do buy them. I guess they put them in storage, which seems to be a waste.

[Onkel Neal]

Yeah, I can see getting 5000 speeding tickets in the first week. If they had autobahns here, I might consider a car like that, but on every day roads... just not really a good deal.

When my buddy had his Hellcat up over 130 all I could think of was "this would be a bad time for a javelina or deer to run across the road". Even an armadillo would have sent us skyborn.

[Sailor Steve]

Back before the 1970s oil crisis Nevada was famous for having no speed limits at all. I once heard a story about a guy with a muscle car zooming across the desert at somewhere around 150 mph (or so the story goes). When he stopped at a diner for lunch he was suddenly surrounded by several cops. They all offered him money to let them "Take it for a spin".

Just a story...

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Back before the 1970s oil crisis Nevada was famous for having no speed limits at all. I once heard a story about a guy with a muscle car zooming across the desert at somewhere around 150 mph (or so the story goes). When he stopped at a diner for lunch he was suddenly surrounded by several cops. They all offered him money to let them "Take it for a spin".

Just a story...

Could be true. But in my limited experience police understand how dangerous high speed driving is on public roads as they are often the first on the scene when someone hits a bug at warp 2.

Maybe we need more race tracks that are properly maintained and controlled where people can have their fun in a safe and controlled environment.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Maybe we need more race tracks that are properly maintained and controlled where people can have their fun in a safe and controlled environment.

Expansion on autocross events could help with that some. It's usually 50 bucks or less and you can throttle your car out without the law looking over your shoulder. It's often done in a large open concrete pad so you don't have to worry about understeering into a wall or spinning out.

EDIT: You don't even have to have special cars or equipment. At all of my local events all safety equipment is provided if you race in the lower classes. Usually just a helmet.

I LOVE road courses...but it's so expensive to go on a track day.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

So, last month when I was in Austin. The rental car place asked me if I wanted to "upgrade" to a Dodge Challenger?

Yes.
Yes I would like that.

It was a fun drive to Fredericksburg.

And you didn't invite me. For shame!

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

And you didn't invite me. For shame!

I tried calling, but I think I'm on call block.

More Torchy's Tacos for me I guess. Fredericksburg was great though, it's like Oktoberfest, but every day!