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Searched on Autotrader (US) for 911s, 1997-1998, sorted by price, low to high. I didn't even specifically ask for Turbos. Cheapest one is $35K or about $10K more than a 2002-2004 Z06. The non-turbo cars would be decimated by a C5 Z06. If you find a unicorn turbo, expect to pay a lot to buy it...

You don't buy a Corvette for resale value (or atleast I wouldnt). You buy it to drive it. The most affordable way to be competitive and dice it up with much fancier and more expensive sports cars on the track. Picture this: Pack helmets, seperate camping gear for two guys (2 tents, 2 sleeping...

And...I agree, however it appears that there is no incentive. Why make the roads safer, more pleasant and a bit more efficient when those things are hard to quantify. $$$ on the other hand, now that's easy to work for.

Same, love how they look! I would love one as a second bike for downtown riding, but I can't justify the price, especially since there's none available on the used market for less either!

It's like farming money. You let everyone go 120ish and then regularly pluck a few ripe tickets. Pluck too many tickets and everyone will slow down, pluck too few and you'll get a crazy mess of speeders. They've got us nailed at the perfect revenue balance point. If you get a 125km/h ticket...

People get caught up on displacement related efficiency but it doesnt really matter. What matters is weight of the powerplant, power produced and amount fuel used. By those metrics, the GM LS series engines are quite remarkable. If you look up HP outputs between similar cars to a Vette, you...

I'm sorry but that post reaked of armchair racer. If you're hobby is cliche acceleration and braking stats comparisons, you're missing what performance cars are about. So what was claimed then was that a really expensive (more than double the cost), AWD, heavy car can out accelerate from a dig...

I think the point that's getting lost is that 0-60 time is not a great metric of "pure sports coupe". It is just one aspect. There are plenty of other measures where a purpose built performance car like a Corvette shines that are being overshadowed. Sure, an all wheel drive, ultra...

THIS! Also, 0-60 times are all well and good for drag racing but otherwise relatively meaningless. The so called "POS GM cars" tend to dominate road courses all over North America in relatively stock trim...

I had this issue. When you transfer ownership without safety or asking for temporary plates, the bike is transferred as unfit. If you do this (like I did in the middle of winter), when you go to get temp plates in the spring, they won't give them to you because you cant have an "unfit" bike...

Sounds about right...that's how I've done it on my bikes. You could get the seller to get the UVIP ahead of time if you dont want to drag him to the MTO at time of purchase. $17 is a pretty good deal, you get to ride away your new toy and no additional transport costs/hassles! Enjoy the new ride!

^ That sir is a pretty bike!

I really liked this series of short vids: http://rideapart.com/category/tv/ Jamie Robinson, super enthusiastic, ex racer guy doing some neat adventures. Makes me want to fill a small backback and just disappear for a couple of days!

I'm happy to have a fan :p. This is obviously just based on rpms and gear ratios. To be honest, I have no idea what the 636 tops out at, I've read ~250s, I've seen videos of ~280 (authenticity, mods, gearing unknown). I think the point was that you can do serious damage in the first 2-3 gears...

A friend of mine uses a mesh jacket and joe rocket overpants + boots. Carries shoes in his backpack. He wears his dress clothes under the mesh jacket and pants. However, this only works when it's not hot outside. He's given up and GO Trains it in these last couple of weeks because things get way...

I made a little spreadsheet to check top speed in each gear, here's my 636: 1 112 2 160 3 197 4 227 5 258 6 285 Rip 4 gears and you're nearly 230, I guess a liter bike would be even easier! An EX500 is not a bad one, although, you'll still be well into HTA in 4 gears... 1 72 2...

Biker deserved all he got...he was lucky he just slid straight and didn't end up driven over or hit the guard rail. I don't get it, if he was in such a rush and this "left lane bandit" was slowing him down, why not just wizz by at the next opening and disappear?!? It's pretty much common...

Thanks for the welcomes! Happy to be on the board! Ontario Time Attack www.time-attack.ca It's a time trial series, so you can bring street cars. No fender to fender, so fully prepped race cars not required. We race on pretty much most of the tracks in Ontario, my tired old ride is a very...

Read this a little while ago, an older review but nice if you're looking at a used bike.. http://www.motorcycle.com/shoot-outs/2010-kawasaki-ninja-650-vs-2009-suzuki-gsx650f-vs-2010-yamaha-fz6r-89460.html

Hey Folks, Been reading up on the forums off and on but never a regular contributor. Decided to start contributing where I can...if you consider the odd weird attempt at a joke a contribution ;) A little bit about me: Background in motorsport, I used to/still do compete in Ontario Time Attack...