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Originally Posted by preston
Another thing that I try to keep in mind is just how g*damn fast do you need to go ? All of these cars are SIGNIFICANTLY faster than what we were driving 10 years ago. Is it really so important that your personal project complete a lap time 2-4 seconds slower than a GT-R if your lap time is still faster than race cars of 20 years ago ? When you are not a pro driver or even close to an accomplished amateur (ie been doing SCCA racing for 5-10 years). I know we all want bragging rights but my friend called me out one day when I was waxing poetic about building a CF roof skin for my car to take "almost 80 lbs off the top of the COG" and he said and that would drop your lap time what ? .5 seconds ? You don't even drive at 100% now because you're worried about crashing your 5000 hours of labor.
Sometimes I still dream about building the "ultimate street/track/PT '67 Mustang" but when I go through the punchlist I realize that the simplest path woudl be a C6/Z06 chassis with a Mustang (widened) body dropped on the top. Hey, they even ahve the same wheelbase.
One other small data point that seems more important to me than others - driving and expensive exotic around creates seething envy among others and could make you a target etc., but people all seem to love old muscle cars and no one in the general public really understands how much they cost, so you don't come off as a wealthy twit when driving one even if the true cost is pretty similar.
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Excellent points. My wife and I have on a number of occasions discussed that I could go faster, for cheaper and this weekend to boot by buying a lightly used Zo6, M3 or Porsche. Any of which would make reasonable daily drivers as well.
Heck, as sorted as Chicca's car is, he's only a few ticks faster around Thunderhill than a spec miata (w/~180rwhp/2350lbs).
I dig Zo6's M3's & Porsche's....GTR's don't do a damn thing for me though. But I want a '68 Camaro that hauls a$$ and is enjoyable, if challenging, to drive at an auto-x or track day. It won't be much of a DD once it's there, but that's what my jetta diesel is for.