Looking for a track car

[92pearltt]

noble no question about it.

[11secondFWD]

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

[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.

[IPD]

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."

[RTTTTed]

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

[IPD]

lol. the m12 has a ford engine.

[mb7050]

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

[mb7050]

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

the z06 would be good match

[a2j]

I like Lotus Elise

[GordonRamsey]

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.

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