Ok, the gumball/one lap of america has pequed my mind for sometime now.
My question is... which car would you choose?
I dosen't have to be the fastest or best handling, but must be relaible, big enough to hold all you r stuff, comfetrable, unconspicus etc.....
what would you drive? feel free to add your own.

 

M3 ripping it. LOL
EVIL
Nothing better than sitting in leather and doing over 140 with the ac on.
EVIL

 

i loved the jack455 gumball rally special on last night. anybody catch it? i want to be neiknamed "sleep-o."

-k-b0t-0, who would love to do something like that...

p.s. i also put voted the m3, but found myself thinking about liking to do that in a blue s4 as i watched last night..


[Modified by K)!!y, 9:35 AM 7/30/2001]

 

Gotta have the M5... for the crusing/power prowess.

I would like to mash my head into the seat to mash up my potato chips....

Willis

 

M5 all the way!

 

S8 baby, like Ronin

 

Light me up for a peugot rally car

 

I want an 89 rolls royce with sketchy starting capabilities...and Sleep-O in the trunk!!

 

And you guys call yourselves R enthusiasts.

I'm ashamed.

 

I'd take a "Cobra Vic" - a Crown Victoria with Mustang Cobra engine, suspension, tranny, etc

 

imagine one of those local Crown Victorias painted white and black...with those mods..!

 

Land Cruiser!

yoshi - who should drive his LC more often so the tires dun turn square again

 

man...the LC would be bringin' up the rear there, holmes...

-k-b0t, who loves the LC little green dino-mobile for movie runs and stuff

 

Making one of those Cobra Vics has always been a dream of mine. My dad usd to be in politics and he had an ex-police issue Vic with the Interceptor. That thing hauled ***.

I wouldn't have a multicolor paint scheme, I might get into some trouble. But I'd def. go black or dark blue. Lower it with some sick suspension, cause those things are pretty floaty, then do the engine swap and mod the Cobra engine some more. Then I'd get a roof rack or something that looks vaguely like a light bar, some cop-spec hubcaps, dark tints, and I'd be set. Although the muscle-car burble might give me away.

On a side note, Mercury is making a version of the Grand Marquis that is such a car, called the Marauder. It'l have 18" wheels, stiff susp, and 300+ hp. I guess you could call it a Type R of Mercurys.

 

Anyone planning on running next year?

 

me and a friend might....

 

I am thinking of doing it. It sounds like fun

 

Like I said, it has always pequed my mind, when I had my teg I even considered doing the one lap of america but $ and time stoped me short.

Now I have the $$ and can take time off... anyone know what's at stake here other than the-ultimate-driving-adventure for a week, possibly wrecking the car and losing my license? Like, whats the grand prize?

I think my 330i would do quite well, its no M3, but...
speraking of M3, I recently tried to up-grade; my choice was to either wait on the two year waiting list or buy the used '01 M3 w/800 miles on it for $63k. I dont think so.

 

Me and my friend with a new prelude are thinking about running. Have to decide which car to take. I think the prize is around $7,500 for first.

 

I went to the One Lap Of America event here at Road Atlanta this past spring, I was a corner worker. It was a blast seeing all those bad *** cars. There was a PY ITR (gutted) that did pretty well, also a couple Civic HBs. It was funny seeing the co-drivers sleeping in the cars right before the cars go blasting out on the track!

 

An RX7 LOL

no, prolly Skyline GTR....or Porsche 911 GT2

 

M5. I drove a 540 the other day, oh man the torque on that thing was awesome, i can only Imagine how great a car the M5 is. It combines performance with power and speed, just like that guy Kimble's mercedes that won the gumball in europe.

 

So I got a response from the Gumball Rally people, Its only $7500.00 to sign up for the 2002 run in the USA

 

SCREW THAT !!!!!!!!!!!!! I say 2002 civic ex 4 door w/ rsx motor/tranny w/ s2000 head and a 150shot of NOS !!!!!!!!!!


P.s. I got your reliability right here!!!!!!!!!!


[Modified by MUGEN child, 2:38 PM 8/8/2001]

 

$7500!!! Screw that....I'll just stay to the side until the start and then follow pursuit...
Yeah I wont be able to win any money...but it would still be fun as hell to do and
a cool lilttle vacation....

I think the M5 is the perfect car for the run if you plan to have 4 people...
The M3 is good for just 2 people....the ITR isnt a bad choice...just depends
on how fast you want to go once you are rolling on the highway...and I guess
gas mileage is a factor to.