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Old 03-20-2014, 10:05 AM   #1
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Default How do you use your car?

I'm curious, what is your choice how you use your car? With so many different options of the hobby these days, what is your choice?

Spirited street driving?

Drag strip?

Autocross?

Drift?

Roll racing? (including standing mile/half mile events)

Car shows?

Daily driver only?
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Old 03-20-2014, 10:16 AM   #2
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Good post! My car is a daily driver with track oriented parts that I put in use for spirited street driving. And to be honest, you have to drive aggressive in the DFW.
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Old 03-20-2014, 10:18 AM   #3
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Spirited street driving and daily driver. Steve you should setup a poll.

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I used to race mine. It's slow/stock again, so she's just a daily driver now.
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Originally Posted by downtime! View Post
I used to race mine. It's slow/stock again, so she's just a daily driver now.
No longer boosted?

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Old 03-20-2014, 10:36 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT View Post
I'm curious, what is your choice how you use your car? With so many different options of the hobby these days, what is your choice?

Spirited street driving?
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Drag strip?
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Autocross?
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Drift?

Roll racing? (including standing mile/half mile events)

Car shows?

Daily driver?
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Of course I've only drag raced it twice, once at an actual drag strip. Other than that, it's my DD with some spirited driving and AutoX mixed in.
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Old 03-20-2014, 10:37 AM   #7
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Track primarily. Road race is what the car is built for and puts the most miles on. After that, I drag it a little, standing mile, and an occasional auto-x. Maybe gets daily driven once a week, but now I tow her to all the events I go to with my truck.
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Old 03-20-2014, 10:45 AM   #8
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Yeah most of us was at that Texas Metroplex drag event so yeah I've dragged raced once. I've smoked a few bimmers and LX cars on the tollway for giggles lol that stuff wasn't my main reason for usage. I just wanted a badazz street machine
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Spirited daily driving.
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Daily spirited driving around town and Auto-X. Used to drift a little but kind of afraid to with a new car that isn't paid off yet XD. So no Dorifto for a while.
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Old 03-20-2014, 11:29 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by saunupe1911 View Post
Good post! My car is a daily driver with track oriented parts that I put in use for spirited street driving. And to be honest, you have to drive aggressive in the DFW.
Very true! DFW traffic is nuts. I was on 635 the other day and it's nuts over there! That construction is crazy and people still driving with no care at all!

Originally Posted by Dominic Toretto View Post
Spirited street driving and daily driver. Steve you should setup a poll.

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You're right, I should have made one. Was a little distracted with the PM's. lol

Originally Posted by downtime! View Post
I used to race mine. It's slow/stock again, so she's just a daily driver now.
Boooo. Life without boost sucks!


Originally Posted by donutninja View Post
Daily spirited driving around town and Auto-X. Used to drift a little but kind of afraid to with a new car that isn't paid off yet XD. So no Dorifto for a while.
I've always wanted to learn car control like that to be able to slide a car around, but I'm too much of a sissy to abuse my car like that. I've gotten old and hate fixing stuff cuz I broke it! lol

Plus the expensive wheels on my car really discouraged me from trying it. My 5.0 is the most gently used 5.0 ever. lol!

Now my CTS-V on the other hand, I think is a natural drift machine. It's completely useless on these Kumho tires and easy as hell to slide around!
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Old 03-20-2014, 11:35 AM   #12
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Daily Driver only. Can probably count on my hands how many times I've made pulls with this thing. Sucks getting old
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Old 03-20-2014, 11:39 AM   #13
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Car show, spirited driving sometimes, the occasional Mexico run and more than anything cruising.
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Originally Posted by blownaltered View Post
Car show, spirited driving sometimes, the occasional Mexico run and losing to steves cts-v.
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Old 03-20-2014, 11:56 AM   #15
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LOL! You just couldn't resist, could ya? haha.

He should have me easily covered. He makes more power, lighter and on Mickeys!!
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