Looking for a track car

noble no question about it.

Noble. Everyone has a vette. And it is light, which should be great for the track.

vette. that way you can compare your times to others with similar vette laptimes and know how you stack up, skill-wise. other vette drivers will pass on their knowledge of the car's driving nuances. if possible, you can catch a ride with an instructor that has a vette and see exactly how he's driving the track.

you can stand out and be cool with a noble, or learn faster with a stock vette. your call.

true, pete. but with a noble, he's a lot more likely to be able to say "i hold the lap record for my platform." :D

Well, I guess if you like second place either one would do ... But, my Viper ACR/American Club Racer is for sale for $50K in the classifieds. Try to find an 802rwhp vette or Noble.

Many Viper owners came from vette backgrounds and upgraded to a Viper. Vipers also beat Lambos and Ferraris. That's why I've been collecting trophies instead of the vette and Porsche/Mercedes/BMW guys.

If you read the vette forums you'll see that many of the vettes have breakdown and warranty issues. Vipers have warranty issues (cancelled) if you bring a US Viper into Canada, but the cars are awesome. I know people that only race their Vipers and they have a lot of racing miles with unbelievable reliability.

Vettes are ordinary and not impressive. The Noble is an awesome car, except that very few people even know what they are. And I can't even imagine trying to get parts for one. An engine would probably cost more to replace than what you're gonna pay for the car?



Ted

lol. the m12 has a ford engine. :p

these cars go for +- ~30k here (tax free)

vipers are very nice but you can´t register newer than 1996 models here unless you want to spend tens of thousands extra to get it registered so its a no go :(

I've seen some m400´s go for just slightly over 30k but those are hard to catch.


Noble M400 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.pistonheads.com/noble/def...p?storyId=8387

noble 3r vs corvette c6
http://www.fastestlaps.com/compariso...12_gto-3r.html
noble 400 vs corvette z06
http://www.fastestlaps.com/compariso...oble_m400.html


the m400
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6gOopt8gtM
the z06 would be good match
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JoSB5_PF0Y

I like Lotus Elise

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Originally Posted by i3igpete

vette. that way you can compare your times to others with similar vette laptimes and know how you stack up, skill-wise. other vette drivers will pass on their knowledge of the car's driving nuances. if possible, you can catch a ride with an instructor that has a vette and see exactly how he's driving the track.

you can stand out and be cool with a noble, or learn faster with a stock vette. your call.

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If the instructor is an instructor it shouldn't matter what your driving, right?