Re: What cars do The Pits drive?

It had to be a car you downloaded and added to your cars folder. All the cars you see are on your PC. It would be cool to be able to see other racers cars, but that would take a lot of bandwidth to download car sets each time you joined a race. jim

A while back I saw a car in front of me with the numberplate 'The Pits'. Can't remember the model, but is there any chance it belongs to one of The Pits crew at www.theuspits.com -- Thief In The Night

The.... real world? :-O -- Tim, [email hidden]|[email hidden] http://legends.sports-gaming.com/forums.shtml FREE forums for your league... http://legends.sports-gaming.com Sim racing website loosely based on gpl... Tony Whitley <t o n y . w h i t l e y @ n S t P l A w M o r l d . c o m> wrote in message news:tg4p5.115$[email hidden]... > I think he was talking about the real world :-) > > Tony Whitley > jimbutts <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:39a443ff$0$35379$[email hidden]... > > It had to be a car you downloaded and added to your cars folder. All the > > cars you see are on your PC. > > It would be cool to be able to see other racers cars, but that would > > take a lot of bandwidth to download car sets each time you joined a > > race. > > jim > > > >

I think he was talking about the real world :-) Tony Whitley jimbutts <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:39a443ff$0$35379$[email hidden]...

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> It had to be a car you downloaded and added to your cars folder. All the > cars you see are on your PC. > It would be cool to be able to see other racers cars, but that would > take a lot of bandwidth to download car sets each time you joined a > race. > jim >

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>I'd be interested to hear about other people's real world racing experience, >no matter how "trivial", or even tag a one-liner onto the end of your post >with some info about your current "ride". A little information about the >local characters here makes life a little interesting. If it is seriously >off-topic, or if no one is interested, then the thread will die a natural >death. > >For my part: > >Various TSD rallies in the snow and mud of northern Ontario. >Autocrossed a stripped out '81 Scirocco in my "formative" years. Collected >absolutely no trophies, but did amass an impressive pile of broken VW parts >and learned how to rebuild and transplant a motor. >Current "reliable" transportation is a mundane Corolla GTi. Current >"project" car is a Fiat Spyder. > >Stephen

Nothing fancy - no real world 'racing' experience(yet), but I attended a Skip Barber racing school in June. I can't afford to run any races, though. :( Real world car - 1999 Grand Am. Again, nothing fancy, but I love that car... :) Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +51.31 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

It is rather interesting (for me) to read the occasional article in automotive magazines when the writers let you know what they have at home in their own garage. It alters your perspective somewhat when you read subsequent articles by the writer. Somehow I really identify with Peter Egan of Road & Track (more for his car taste than his age). I'd be interested to hear about other people's real world racing experience, no matter how "trivial", or even tag a one-liner onto the end of your post with some info about your current "ride". A little information about the local characters here makes life a little interesting. If it is seriously off-topic, or if no one is interested, then the thread will die a natural death. For my part: Various TSD rallies in the snow and mud of northern Ontario. Autocrossed a stripped out '81 Scirocco in my "formative" years. Collected absolutely no trophies, but did amass an impressive pile of broken VW parts and learned how to rebuild and transplant a motor. Current "reliable" transportation is a mundane Corolla GTi. Current "project" car is a Fiat Spyder. Stephen

Thief In The Night wrote: > > A while back I saw a car in front of me with the numberplate 'The Pits'. Can't remember the model, but is there any chance it belongs to one of The > Pits crew at www.theuspits.com Uhmmm, don't think so, but who knows, Jan is kind of guy who might just do something like that, but if it wasn't a FORD, it wasn't him :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:38:54 -0400, jimbutts <[email hidden]> wrote: >It had to be a car you downloaded and added to your cars folder. All the >cars you see are on your PC. >It would be cool to be able to see other racers cars, but that would >take a lot of bandwidth to download car sets each time you joined a >race. Er... Jim, as Tony pointed out, I was talking about the real world. Amusing mistake however. -- Thief In The Night

Hi Stephen - I've only done one Solo2 so far this year, a several years ago I was more involved with it, attending events in Montreal, Sanair (east of Montreal), Cornwall, Ottawa - and oh yes, I participated in the SCCA Solo2 national tour event in Boston twice, ummm... attended a racing school on the road course at Sanair (using one's own car, not FFord), the Yokohama Solo2 school down in the States, and have occasionally helped out as an instructor for our local Solo2 schools. I started autocrossing a '90 Civic SI, then switched to an '85.5 Porsche 944, and will hopefully get a Miata when the new more powerful ones are released for 2001. No project cars - I went through my skinned greasy knuckle stage many years ago with bikes. <g> ...so, very limited experience compared to some here, but it's great to dance with a car at the limit even it's only for 40 - 50 seconds at a time! ...Klinn "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > It is rather interesting (for me) to read the occasional article in > automotive magazines when the writers let you know what they have at homein > their own garage. It alters your perspective somewhat when you read > subsequent articles by the writer. Somehow I really identify with Peter > Egan of Road & Track (more for his car taste than his age). > > I'd be interested to hear about other people's real world racingexperience,

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> no matter how "trivial", or even tag a one-liner onto the end of your post > with some info about your current "ride". A little information about the > local characters here makes life a little interesting. If it is seriously > off-topic, or if no one is interested, then the thread will die a natural > death. > > For my part: > > Various TSD rallies in the snow and mud of northern Ontario. > Autocrossed a stripped out '81 Scirocco in my "formative" years.

Collected > absolutely no trophies, but did amass an impressive pile of broken VWparts

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> and learned how to rebuild and transplant a motor. > Current "reliable" transportation is a mundane Corolla GTi. Current > "project" car is a Fiat Spyder. > > Stephen > > >