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12-16-2014, 03:07 PM | #23 | |
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It is relatively affordable, not extremely fast and so far all the people I met were fun and great help. I cannot do it since I am on call all the time. The other thing is the Radical SR3 or SR8 you may want to try out. The SR8 is outright scary. Hard to adjust to a car with real downforce. I can't. Just cant think fast enough and start to make mistakes and the whole lap just falls apart. Besides, the maintenance is quite expensive on the Radicals even if the cars themselves are not. |
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12-16-2014, 05:34 PM | #24 | |
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Radical is probably not as interesting to me although the series is picking up, but like you said, can get quite costly. |
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12-17-2014, 08:51 AM | #25 | |
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With all honesty, it will be a costly and time consuming hobby. You need a very understanding/interested wife, quite a lot of free time, and at least one good mechanic (besides you) to run the car properly. My cost estimation, just to run the car - still have it somewhere - came out about 70K/year. This included all consumables (5-6 sets of tires, 8 sets of brake pads, 3 sets of steel rotors, brake fluids, oils, fuel, fees, etc and suspension component (the RSS rear control arm pins do not last longer than 2-3 weekends) and some travel expenses. I estimated 3 races and at least 6-8 practice sessions. |
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12-17-2014, 09:09 AM | #26 | |
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12-17-2014, 10:42 AM | #27 | |
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I said on this forum several times, the MX-5 is a truly great car on track. You can have just as much fun with the MX-5 than with any P-car. Also one can argue a shifter cart would be even less and maybe faster and more challenging. The reason I got (almost) into the Cayman Interseries is an amazing local workshop and some collages who are actively involved. |
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12-17-2014, 02:46 PM | #28 | |
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Maybe in a couple of years it will make more sense if I can find more time. |
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