This is so true. Just do it.

 

Good step forward - you got in touch with right crowd. take this offer, get on track with that guy in his car, try it out. i you will like it and will have a budget fo this - build your own cup car or buy one used - those guys will hook you up, there are always cup cars for sale.

i would also be hesitant to get brand new car on such events. some people who can afford it do buy new gt3 rs a beat it to death. all that is simple a matter of available budget. my mechanic has a client who owns a turbo and 2 997 gt3 rs cars - he upgrades as soon as porsche announces new cars and he runs them all on a track and RS cars in club racing. i saw that gt3 rs in a shop - it is a complete custom build, probably about of $30K in mods at least. he simply has budget for that and he can afford to race mos recent available performance platform porsche offers.

i totally agree with what you were told - you can afford it ad have storage for it - get a trailer, a dedicated old cup car with air cooled 1995 3.6L NA engine and enjoy it without fear - you can trade paint, hit it, even roll it - it is dedicated for this.

 

Just try the track out, in your car, or someone else's. Try it out and you will see how much fun it is.

The track days I go to are not races, it isn't about being competitive with others, it is about finding out what you can do and what your car can do. Driving in a DE allows you to run your car as hard as you want to, and the wear and tear on your car is relative to the level that you drive it at. I will say that these cars are very well built and take a lot of abuse and still run as well or better then a garage queen.

 

I have tracked my own car but I have to agree with Jack. All the fun and no worries.

 

I completely disagree with the above.

Even though I don't track as much as I can afford my time into it, if I have no intention to track with my new RS, I will not even buy it at all.

I definitely have no intention to ship my car to drive around in Europe. We have more than enough good roads in BC.

 

I've been saying the same thing.

I've never seen someone put this much thought into a DE event.

 

+1 PSDS at Birmingham.

 

You know Larry, invite him out to an event that you are attending. It sometimes makes it easier for first timers if they know someone that is also going. Half the time you are standing around talking and laughing with your friends about the last session.

 

Ed
Bring him to one of your events and have him drive your car

Jim

 

the problem with shipping the car to europe and driving it at mountain roads with speeds higher than track speeds is that if you f up, you'll likely fall off a cliff and die or worst, took a family van on vacation along with you. and wtf are some of you guys talking about him building or buying a cup car. the guy hasn't even gone not once on a track yet. OP stop over analyzing and stop being a puss and take your c2s or the tt to the track. it's not all about being the fastest at the track. there is comraderie at the paddock. meet good people with like interest. safety is in everyone's mind i can tell u that. and you're not going to break nor outdrive your car on your first day for sure. any legitimate instructor will send a newbie home if they're driving like a looney and thinks he is going to set records on his first day.

 

I didn't suggest that Sin let him drive his car, I just suggested that he let Larry know what event he will be going to so Larry would know someone at the track. I have found that people are more inclined to try it if they know someone else there.

 

I know that.........but I think you should bring him up and let him ride with u a few laps, then let him drive your car at 6/10's!

 

My car doesn't go 6/10!

 

I think that each person has his own perspective on how to enjoy the car . With my case I weigh the merrit of zooming around the track against watching my car deteriorate in the process . On the contrary --I enjoy it even more when its pristine!!!

The question I ask myself is will the befefit outweigh the cost .. not just financial but emotional ?

I really do not liike watching my things get ruined . There are a lot of thinfs which offer short term gain but can also bring long term pain and i woild really suffer is my car's health was compromised in any way .

Tim had mentioned the Rs and the track . It's such an expensive car that even one flick of rubber tire debris hitting the hood would sicken me. Sure it can be fixed but its like avase that falls and breaks .. it can be fixed but there still are al tse cracks in it . It's tainted . And yes every car ages . but there's routine aging , pampered aging and there's accelerated aging .



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Larry you might be interested in this instead of the track