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Old 09-11-2018, 12:12 AM   #71
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Yeah, I’ve seen that before. A hitch is a possible addition to my car in the future, but so far, having friends carry the tires to far away races has worked for us.
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Searched 'tire trailer'and got this lol.



Also, I'm pretty sure thats a member on here, now that I think about it.
That is a sweet setup, sadly no go here in AU though, the car has no rating for towing so government says no.
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Old 09-11-2018, 06:38 PM   #73
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Also, I'm pretty sure thats a member on here, now that I think about it.

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Old 09-11-2018, 07:40 PM   #76
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I think you're missing where this insult originally comes from... it's not "made up" at all




Regardless, I understand and appreciate what you're trying to do with this thread.
I always laugh at this comparison. "Slower than a mini van". I love my car and no car is worth my time on the street. See you at track day y'all. Have fun with it people.

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Old 09-11-2018, 08:23 PM   #77
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I always laugh at this comparison. "Slower than a mini van". I love my car and no car is worth my time on the street. See you at track day y'all. Have fun with it people.
I have no doubt that there probably are minivans faster off the line, but in this case a lot of the blame goes to the driver. The Minivan beat him off the line substantially enough that it was moving before the other driver was off his brakes.
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I always laugh at this comparison. "Slower than a mini van". I love my car and no car is worth my time on the street. See you at track day y'all. Have fun with it people.

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I never did understand the comparison to a mini van.

Around town

Why would I want to try to beat a mini van around town from light to light?

Hey, Mike, watch me beat out this mini van full of kids, driven by a soccer mom who is on her phone -

Why would someone driving a mini van want to beat my FR-S?

Hey Marge, watch me beat out that old man in his so called sports car. OBTW, which team is Johnny on this year?

On the freeway

They both will easily go the speed limit -

On the curves

Hey hon, watch me pull away from this mini van full of kids and camping gear, on this set of curves up here.

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I can count on my hands how many times I've launched my 86 looking for optimal zero to sixty. Sure It'll do it, but It isn't worth the wear and tear on the drivetrain to barely pull on todays average cars.

If you need to feed your ego racing vans at stop lights; you want a car like the mustang which has been wrapped around every other tree in america.

When I do decide to mess about, It usually involves a remote parking lot with all the nannies turned off.
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Why would I want to try to beat a mini van around town from light to light?

Light to light no, that’s boring. Around turns a mini van is fun. My dad used to have a 1st gen Honda Odyssey (97 if I recall). I would barrow it when I went to Daytona 24, Sebring and PLM because I could camp in the back of it. There was something fun about throwing a big ass van around turns when it wasn’t really designed for such a task. Hahaha

I find just about any car fun when driven to the limit. Assuming it doesn’t have a bunch of electronics trying to do the work for me.

But yeah it’s silly to compare a sports car to a minivan. They were no doubt looking to line their pockets with clicks.
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Yeah, I’ve seen that before. A hitch is a possible addition to my car in the future, but so far, having friends carry the tires to far away races has worked for us.
That hitch the guy uses is the Twin Hitch (http://www.slambertperformance.com/shop/twin-hitch). It uses the 2 rear tow hooks to mount and is easily 100% removable so on track days you don't have that added weight, but can still bring your track wheels and anything else you might need on a small trailer.
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Light to light no, that’s boring. Around turns a mini van is fun. My dad used to have a 1st gen Honda Odyssey (97 if I recall). I would barrow it when I went to Daytona 24, Sebring and PLM because I could camp in the back of it. There was something fun about throwing a big ass van around turns when it wasn’t really designed for such a task. Hahaha

I find just about any car fun when driven to the limit. Assuming it doesn’t have a bunch of electronics trying to do the work for me.

But yeah it’s silly to compare a sports car to a minivan. They were no doubt looking to line their pockets with clicks.
Yep, I remember this old van my grandpa had - he used to race them town boys in their hopped up model "A" s, on the dirt road from the creek bed up to the edge of the woods.

Then, they would all gather down at the feed mill and make fun of the kids that had slow model "A" s and got beat by the van. -


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But yeah it’s silly to compare a sports car to a minivan.
I compare my '92 Previa to my BRZ as they are both rear wheel drive, very low center of gravity, underpowered, and get tail happy when you want them to.
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I compare my '92 Previa to my BRZ as they are both rear wheel drive, very low center of gravity, underpowered, and get tail happy when you want them to.


A friend of mine had one of those. We would all pile in and go all over town skateboarding. He drove the crap out of that van. He later ended up with a 2nd gen RX7 and also drove the crap out of that. Curious what he is driving today.
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