rec.autos.simulators

by **Stephan Pasker** » Wed, 05 Feb 2003 18:35:45

> > > Course, it's not as nice as the Holden's, but there you go

> > Holdens look too much like a ***GM product. Oh wait............. yeah
> > that explains it. lol

> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> These Aussies know how to make a 4 door sedan look good, I'll give them
> that, the Opel Omega they sell here in Europe doesn't look anything as
> good......and aren't nearly as fast, despite being based on the same car

Hey, dont know which Opel Omega you know, but our Omega does look very
good. Just dont order an Omega with the standard wheels, that really
doesnt look good. Go for the 17" with sporty tires and youll get an great
car. But I agree, the Omega in Holden Commodore-Style does look way better,
but the Omega offers much more technical features only missing a V8.
Greetings from Germany
Stephan

by **Steve Whitt** » Wed, 05 Feb 2003 20:02:09

> > Naa, its because they don't get severe penalties for touching the other
> car
> > like the Supercar drivers do.

> > Steve

> Which means its ok to smash into other cars?

Whats that line from Days of Thunder. "What he did was rub you. And
rubbing, Son, is racing"

Steve

by **Tony Rickar** » Thu, 06 Feb 2003 03:53:26

I thought that line was from VROC <G>

by **Larr** » Thu, 06 Feb 2003 04:35:29

Because the Aussie V8 folks have some WEIRD frickin rules to deal with.

You can't pit and satisfy this compulsory tire change under the yellow. Um,
excuse me... "Safety Car".

And what's with this curb-hopping rule nonsense? Man, the refs were
dropping em' like flies in the race I watched Sunday Morning.

Weird series rules, but fun to watch.

They seem to get into a lot of "Truama" out on those tracks :)

Larry

by **Larr** » Thu, 06 Feb 2003 04:42:39

Being a former owner/restorer of GTO's (I had four of them - A 65, a 66 and
two 67's) and a Goat fanatic (nothing after 67 though, please), I thought I
was going to be e***d about the new GTO. I'm not really any more for two
reasons.

1. I just can't dig the body style, especially the rear quarters around the
rear tires.
2. The price. GM is pricing it so only the most well-off will ever be able
to afford it.

That, IMHO, makes it a car that steals the name, but doesn't do anything to
make the heritge proud. A real Goat is affordable horsepower, this ain't no
Goat.

Larry (Yes I'm a Goat snob) :)

by **Larr** » Thu, 06 Feb 2003 04:44:21

I think the new Mustang as shown at the latest Auto Show is going to breath
some serious life back into the Pony...

Larry

> > Holden's rule, I can't belive it's only a Opel :) Drove a Commodore
> > 4.0L V6 200 Hp from Surfers Paradise to Melbourne. Great piece of
> > machinery. And it beat the ***out of the similary engined Ford
> > Mustang Convertible I rented in the US. Even if the engine was about
> > the same size and performance, the US automatic was a real bummer
> > compared to the aussie automatic.

> LOL, rented a Mustang myself when I was in the US a couple of years ago,
> not a convertible though, and while I enjoyed the overall handling of
> the car, it was actually better than expected, the 3.8 V6 (no V8's
> available for rental at the time) wasn't the kind of engine you'd expect
> in a car like that, and the less said about the Auto box the
> better...:-)

> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy
> "goyl at nettx dot no"

> "The Pits" http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> "A man is only as old as the woman he feels"
> --Groucho Marx--

by **Goy Larse** » Thu, 06 Feb 2003 06:34:50

> I think the new Mustang as shown at the latest Auto Show is going to breath
> some serious life back into the Pony...

Yeah, it loks kinda interesting, but as you pointed out in another post,
it all comes down to prize in the end....

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"

http://www.theuspits.com

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--

by **Dave Henri** » Thu, 06 Feb 2003 13:46:29

After 30 years they finally have more horsepower than the (gasp!)
Camaro.
dave henrie

by **Woodie** » Thu, 06 Feb 2003 19:59:25

>That, IMHO, makes it a car that steals the name, but doesn't do anything to
>make the heritge proud.

Now that is truly an ironic statement.

Don McCorkle

by **MadDAW** » Thu, 06 Feb 2003 20:26:10

These days horsepower is so easy to add that it really isn't an issue. The
Camaro had more power and look what it got it.....discontinued.

MadDAWG

by **MadDAW** » Thu, 06 Feb 2003 20:27:54

No idea since I have a Mustang. If its anything like the Mustang's its less
than thrilling at first, but a converter and shift kit later its a whole
nother story.

MadDAWG

by **Dave Henri** » Thu, 06 Feb 2003 23:23:19

:) my point exactly! :)

dave henrie
ps
My wife loves a TV show set in NYC about Firemen/Policemen/& paramedics
called Third Watch. Here favorite character is a short tightly-strung cop
named Bosco. Well we got to see his car last year and I immeadiately gave
her grief. It was the HUGE BOAT MACH ONE from 1971(I think) the Pug ugly
huge Stang that killed the marque. If he's only gone back another year or
so and got a '69 Boss 302 Fastback.... So now everytime I need to needle
my wife I bring up Bosco's boat.(then I duck)
dave henrie

by **David Corles** » Thu, 06 Feb 2003 23:51:07

good call, I'll pay that

David Corless

by **David Corles** » Thu, 06 Feb 2003 23:52:42

The curb hopping rules were due to the indycar organisers having a whine
about the V8s ruining the track or something - they do it every year, but
no-one really knows why

David Corless

by **Stephan Pasker** » Fri, 07 Feb 2003 00:29:46

> > Because the Aussie V8 folks have some WEIRD frickin rules to deal with.

> > You can't pit and satisfy this compulsory tire change under the yellow.
> Um,
> > excuse me... "Safety Car".

> > And what's with this curb-hopping rule nonsense? Man, the refs were
> > dropping em' like flies in the race I watched Sunday Morning.

> > Weird series rules, but fun to watch.

> > They seem to get into a lot of "Truama" out on those tracks :)

> > Larry

> The curb hopping rules were due to the indycar organisers having a whine
> about the V8s ruining the track or something - they do it every year, but
> no-one really knows why

Talking about Surfers? Can you explain curb hopping, dont understand that!

Stephan

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