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JimFlat6 said:
Walter I am glad you had some fun.
The class Corvette and Aston compete in is the Highest class for production based cars. If you want a Chevy in
the LMPS class call Lola and they will build you one. In fact you might see one in '09 IF the rules people will allow Chevy's new 7 liter DOHC engine to compete.
Factory Teams and private Teams? Explain Team Penske and Porsche then. Who sleeps with who?? LOL
Snow Tires. Winter Tires. Money Tires! I too had fallen for Porsches 997TT "winter" propganda. Yes with the Winter Tires the 997TT is a all season sports car. True..but at a price!
The N rated winter tires for the 997TT cost 4500 Euros a set!!!! according to RC. And they will only be good for ONE season!
For $4500 Euros you can buy a decent used car for winter and not care if Frau Kartoffel slides into it at a icey intersection. I give you a choice....A perfect used VW Lupo or 4 rubber tires good for ONE season!!! I am sorry but the "winter" tires for a Porsche 997 Turbo are ridiculously priced! Tires for a Airbus cost less per each!
Corvette Z06 Winter Tires. None exist - Thank God the wallet is safe from Tire companies!!!! Instead - put a 40kg sack of concrete into the trunk ...like the BMW manual SHOULD advise 3'rs to do !
Viva Luxembourg!
Highest class for production based cars...sounds great for a small meaningless class.
Do you know that if it's build by Lola it isn't a Chevrolet?
It's not really Aston.It's more a Prodrive,the same Prodrive that is annihilated by Citroen Xsaras in WRC.
The LMP2 that Porsche build was meant for private teams.Porsche decided to work with Penske for the development of the RS Spyder because Penske is a private team.
Winter tires are mandatory where I live.That means that if your car doesn't have wintertires in the 5 coldest months of the year you will have some problems with the police and insurance company(in fact they can tell you to leave your car at home as long as you don't have wintertires).It's the same in Germany and other nothern countries and it's going to be he same in some parts of France.
4500 euros seems to be a bit too much...I saw wintertires recommeneded by Porsche far cheaper(like 1000 euros,my sister got her wintertires for 800 euros and it's for a Renault Laguna).
Buying a Porsche and then buy a 4500 euros used Lupo...riiight.
And before I forgot :
14 Makes and Team World Championship
8 Long Distance World Championship
3 IMSA Supercar-Series
6 German Racing Championship
20 Daytona 24 Hour
15 IMSA Supercar-Race
16 Le Mans 24 Hour
4 Rallye Monte Carlo
2 Paris-Dakar Rallye
1 Formula 1 victory
TAG-Porsche engine in McLaren cars :
3 Formula 1 Driver World Championship
2 Formula 1 Constructor World Championship
25 Formula 1 victories (1984, 12 wins; 1985, 6 wins; 1986, 4 wins; 1987, 3 wins)
These are only major victories in motorsports.I think I could find some class wins...oh and the RS Spyder already has an overall win.Also the Porsche Cup exists for more than 20 years now.