I rode in a friend’s Ferrari (1978 308) recently and while I love how it sounds… I often can not get enough of the turbocharged sound. So if you love the sound of turbochargers doing work here you go:
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It may be an older video of ours, but I love it and cannot get enough.
Update: Apparently I decided to post this exactly two years after uploading it to YouTube. Odd.
While I’m sure it is largely due to the driver, this BMW E30 Rally Car is real fun to watch (and apparently fast!):
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What I really like about a BMW as a rally car is that it is different. I like to see cars other than the standard WRX/EVO/Focus/etc… I dont particularly like Saabs, but it is neat to see them out in a Rally. The 911 Rally car was also another neat sight. So that brings up the question, what is the weirdest/most unusual car you have seen compete in a rally?
Oh and to anyone who thinks BMWs only raced on tarmac, here is a link proving otherwise, although it is a different team and slower. Still, its an E30 in dirt/gravel/snow. Mmmmm.
The WRC’s final race of the season, Rally Great Britain, is right around the corner. The race is this weekend (Dec 5th-7th) but the recce has already started. Sebastian Loeb proved why recce cars should have roll cages by rolling his, get this, Mitsubishi recce car and ending up in a ditch.
Really? Loeb drives a Mitsubishi as a recce car? That seems weird considering a factory team could probably afford their own car as a recce car. I wonder why they do that. If you know why please enlighten me in comments or an email.
Anyhoo, regardless of troubles for the recce, the weather could be treacherous as temperatures are hovering around freezing (1 to 2 celcius lows predicted). Friday it is supposed to rain, which if the weather takes a turn for the worse it could be snow. Although Weather.com predicts that by Sunday everything will be clear and, at least, warmer than freezing. I don’t recall when it has snowed during Rally GB and that would sure be a neat sight (fingers crossed).
I’m quite excited to see the highlights from this rally, even though Loeb has secured the championship. The fight for the podium is still on, but most likely Sordo will secure 3rd (if he gets 2+ points). Latvala or Atkinson could prove to upset Sordo (especially if Sordo has an off or three) and steal the podium iff they steal the event’s first spot.
Around this time of year I always debate whether or not I should get snow tires for my car. I know Mark has a set and puts them on (and refuses to take them off until practically the summer), but I’m always wondering whether it is worth the money.
On one hand snow tires offer a perception of safety in the snow (I’m told it snows a lot here in Rochester but I do not agree with that statement). On the other, I’ve gotten along just fine without snow tires (All seasons) and had a ton of fun doing it.
I do not need them for accelerating (AWD helps a lot in that regard) but I could benefit a ton in terms of Braking and steering. So should I stick with my all seasons (that worked wonderfully last winter) and experience with them or should I invest a few hundred dollars for snow tires (and probably wheels as snow tires for my wheels are a bit pricy)? What do you do?
While I realize it (probably) has nothing to do with Rally Racing I am curious as to what you do for a living. So what do you do to pay for food and housing?
Do you turn tricks? Do you develop software? Do you work at Starbucks? Are you a trustfund baby? Do you harvest organs from orphans and sell them on the black market?
If you’re curious about what I do: I am not completely independent as school is quite pricy. But I am trying to break free(and pay for a race car) by writing software for primarily the iPhone/iPod Touch (but contracts for other systems happen too).
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