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There's only 2 ways to mod through a shop:

1. Go with the absolute best reputed shop, and then give them all your money to do everything at once

2. Do mods bit by bit (not all at once) and only...

Corvette wins. You already have a BMW, why have two? Variety is the spice of life.

thank-you for taking the time to explain things despite the objections of people who weren't asked.

bump - would like response from Badlands. Thanks.

Why can't you build those sound proofing walls (like they do on highways) around a 1/4 mile track within the grounds?

Anyone else turned off by that big plastic engine cover made to look like coil covers from a Ferrari? Kind of like putting fake scoops on your car isn't it? Why is this acceptable?

What's the new curb weight of this car? Thanks.

Wow, those are some crazy distances. Now I'm glad I spent $70 a month on Calgary Transit reserved parking. I love driving, but not in rush hour. If I'm going to drive a gas guzzler, they'll be...

This thread.. wins! Where's Ali gone to?

It's because many people fail the internet.

If you google them, they changed their web title to "Best Experience Ever!!!!"

THANK-YOU!!! :clap:

... when I already paid $70 for the reserved parking spot!!

And yes, I verified that my license number is registered, and it is for the correct station.

Anyone had this happen to them?
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I'm assuming you are a cop, but your last sentence doesn't help your case. The video clearly shows the cop "distracting and interfereing with other people on the roadway", and therefore Rick has...

My only wish for cops is that their duty is to the "customer" first; when it comes to traffic laws - keep the traffic flowing, that's what serves customers, and if that means that everyone is...

by the way, are you serious? You really got into trouble for trying to show a cop something on your phone? What did you try to show him?

Nope. I'm going to say that "according to this article, Rick Hanson said that what I just did is okay. If you write a ticket, I am going to write to this journalist and it's going to be all over...

This is what we should do:

Write down a statement recording this event, and the outcome, and Rick's statements; mentioning the brake stand and precisely what this cop did. Keep it on your phone....

I have 2 comments:

1) I applaud the video poster for not revealing any more information about the cops. I believe in "do to others what you want them to do to you". I want cops to be more...

That's a fair question.

There were many replies that I thought were "fair" replies. The "wining is winning" argument, which I disagreed with, was a "fair reply" because it's just an opinion. The...

I don't recall ever arguing against that. The majority of the time, I was exasperated trying to argue with people who say that drag racing a manual is ridiculously easy and there's no skill involved...

That's a little unfair. That other discussion was retarded. Everyone claiming that it's just as easy to drag race a manual as an automatic.

Then I was watching the Chris Harris videos and...

Why? Are you one of the ones who argued that drag racing a manual is super easy? I can understand that anyone saying anything different can make you rage.

Sometimes I feel like I'm living in...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zb1j8FmW74

Check out the video above, where Chris Harris comments on how hard it is to hook up with a 911 GT2 RS.

According to some people on beyond, drag racing...

That may be the best counter-argument I've heard so far in the thread. How many pages did it take?

My rebuttal is that yes, a guy with skill can compensate against a GTR and its nanny controls,...

Yes, you are a driving god like everyone else at Beyond. I worship you. Is that what you wanted to hear?

It's amazing how much chutzpah there is in this thread. Everyone is a pro racer on Beyond! Everyone is making fun of me because I admit to being a beginner and learning from mistakes whilst...

And you guys wonder why I won't reveal my car or my slip times?

Every time you ask some dumb irrelevant question and I give an answer, you make fun of it.

But the answer is about 10 times on 3...

What are you guys playing with semantics now? In those 6 runs I learned the rate to push the pedal down to avoid wheel spin, the ideal starting RPM for the temperature and street conditions. Do you...

I was spinning in third gear. In the video I have, the guy next to me is out of the screen and I was still spinning tires. That was my first run. Again - there was an hour wait between runs so I...

Spinning way too much at RC. I didn't spin at all when I did my 12s run on the street. That plus I was calm and composed and took my time unlike the nerves I had at SS after waiting an hour in...

You can't learn at SS last year. How can you when there is 1 hour between runs? As soon as I found a deserted street, I had time to do just 6 runs and moved from 14.2s down to 12.5. So yeah bite...

Nope! :burnout:

Technically I was allowed to attend the "luxury/exotic" drive. Just baffled by their requirements.

"..as the driver". That part of the sentence would be absent if the car had launch control and super-fast auto shifting.

Because getting personal I feel is not a good idea. I reveal my ET/Trap speed, and people laugh at that and brag about how crap I am and how good they are, so yeah - I'm restricting the personal...

Yes, good point. Look I was amazed at how poorly everyone else seemed to be doing at SS. So many people kept on saying that the track was shitty.

But many people were getting better times than...

right, and with more experience, you'd be in the 11s. that's the skill part. :rolleyes:

You're mixing replies. :rolleyes:

I said I got something like 14s at my very first try at SS - I never said earlier what my trap speed was in that run, I think it was 108mph.

Yeah I get that. But I appreciate how difficult it is to get launches right, and shifts right etc. I'm trying to improve in those areas. If there is nothing to improve on, then the sport DOES get...

Thanks.

Ironically BananaFob affirmed my argument. Obviously he has more skill than me.

If you have the same car, two drivers will get different ET. Even the same driver will get different ET on different runs. The skill part is what gets the different ETs and the consistency, is my...