[Shotimes] FW: Powerball Car Garage, was: Dead Grass in The back yard

[Ron Porter]

Yep. WRC cars are pretty close to stock, engine/drivetrain-wise.

Ron Porter


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Subject: Re: [Shotimes] FW: Powerball Car Garage, was: Dead Grass in The
back yard

I've always thought it would be really cool to drive an old retired WRC car
as a daily driver. Don't they generally have to be street legal? I've only
guessed this might be the case because I *think* they are supposed to
actually drive their rally cars between "special stages" on regular roads. I
think I saw a clip on the show of one guy getting pulled over for trying to
drive on the freeway with three wheels. It would be excessively fun to roll
into work with a 300 hp 4wd Ford Focus. I wonder what actually happens to
retired rally cars . . .

Sean Simons
SF, CA

On 5/19/06, Mark Nunnally <marknunnally@alltel.net> wrote:
>
> Wow I'm really surprised a SHO made it into your garage!
>
> I'd probably have 2-3 daily drivers (I'd probably keep my 92 for posterity
> and I'd second the V8 M5 nod) and then 7 race cars.  Instead of picking
> which car to drive everyday, it would be more like which race series is at
> road atlanta this weekend, and then simply pick the required track ride :)
>
> If it was big enough to I'd buy one of those ex-schumacher F1 cars ala
> Ferarri's "buy an F1 ride" program ;)
>
> Mark
>
> > This brings up something that has been a "bar discussion" with folks
> over
> > the years.
> >
> > Mainly, as car enthusiasts, what would you own if you hit a decent
> Lottery?
> >
> > I will arbitrarily limit it to 12 cars as ones that would be driven on a
> > semi-regular basis. Sure, a Jay Leno-type collections would be next, but
> > those are cars that spend most of their time in the garage.
> >
> > Anyway, my choices for the 12-car garage are:
> >
> > 1.  BMW M5 (previous V8 model) as the dally driver. To be replace with
> the
> > new V10 6-speed manual when it comes out.
> >
> > 2.  Viper GTS coupe
> >
> > 3.  Ford GT
> >
> > 4.  Porsche Carrera GT
> >
> > 5.  '95 Del Sol (wife still likes it as the daily driver)
> >
> > 6.  MB AMG SUV (wife's choice for bad weather)
> >
> > 7.  '56 T-Bird (wife's dream car)
> >
> > 8.  Ford 4x4 Powerstroke pickup (for the "work stuff")
> >
> > 9.  Porsche turbo cabriolet (for the convertible)
> >
> > 10. Stone-stock, low-mileage Gen 1-2 MTX SHO
> >
> > 11. MB 600 sedan or Bentley sedan for "dress up" nights out
> >
> > 12. '60 stock musclecar: '68 AMX, '60s Z28, or '66-'67 Hemi Charger
> >
> > That's "today's" list. Could change on a regular basis!!
> >
> > Ron Porter
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