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noddaz
noddaz New Reader
10/15/11 2:54 p.m.

What brand/type of car will NEVER be hot rodded or raced?

It seems that just about anything goes... So what doesn't go?

ValuePack
ValuePack Dork
10/15/11 3:16 p.m.

crickets

Errr... we race EVERYTHING!

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
10/15/11 3:18 p.m.

a race is a race...some are just at a different pace

Taiden
Taiden Dork
10/15/11 3:22 p.m.

If it can go forward it will be raced by someone

If it's hideous, terrible, cheap, and strange, chances are that someone is here.

dean1484
dean1484 SuperDork
10/15/11 3:29 p.m.

If it has a motor I will race it.

My neighbor and I were having lawn mower races last week in my back yard. Our wives think we are nuts. But it is alot of fun!!!!

dean1484
dean1484 SuperDork
10/15/11 3:30 p.m.
Taiden wrote: If it's hideous, terrible, cheap, and strange, chances are that someone is here.

I think you just descried every race car I have ever owned. LOL

irish44j
irish44j Dork
10/15/11 6:14 p.m.

nobody here will ever race their Enzo into the Atlantic, I can say that with some amount of confidence.....

Travis_K
Travis_K SuperDork
10/15/11 6:20 p.m.

Mercedes 600, at least beyond a just for fun dragstrip pass.

rotard
rotard Reader
10/15/11 6:37 p.m.

Mercedes 240d. Slowest. Car. EvAr.

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
10/15/11 6:47 p.m.

I have plans to challenge build a Windstar.

EvanR
EvanR Reader
10/15/11 6:58 p.m.
rotard wrote: Mercedes 240d. Slowest. Car. EvAr.

I had a '77, with the 4-speed stick. I took it to the "run what ya brung", dial-in night at US-131 Dragway.

I dialed in a 30 second quarter. The official looked at me funny.

I ran a 30.750... and lost.

Will
Will Dork
10/15/11 7:00 p.m.

I can't imagine the circumstances that would inspire me to race my 62 Thunderbird. Although sadly, at 4,293 pounds, it's not too much heavier than a new Camaro or Challenger, and people race those.

Toyman01
Toyman01 SuperDork
10/15/11 7:03 p.m.
EvanR wrote:
rotard wrote: Mercedes 240d. Slowest. Car. EvAr.
I had a '77, with the 4-speed stick. I took it to the "run what ya brung", dial-in night at US-131 Dragway. I dialed in a 30 second quarter. The official looked at me funny. I ran a 30.750... and lost.

I can picture that in my mind. Complete with the black smoke trail behind it.

Dude, I have raced tractors, boats, pretty much you name it. If it moves, race it.

ScottRA21
ScottRA21 Reader
10/15/11 7:07 p.m.

The Popemobiles?

clownkiller
clownkiller Reader
10/15/11 7:16 p.m.

Smart cars!

SVreX
SVreX SuperDork
10/15/11 7:41 p.m.

Non-running ones??

SVreX
SVreX SuperDork
10/15/11 7:41 p.m.

I'd rock a SmartCar.

noddaz
noddaz New Reader
10/15/11 7:58 p.m.
EvanR wrote:
rotard wrote: Mercedes 240d. Slowest. Car. EvAr.
I had a '77, with the 4-speed stick. I took it to the "run what ya brung", dial-in night at US-131 Dragway. I dialed in a 30 second quarter. The official looked at me funny. I ran a 30.750... and lost.

Ok, so it's been raced...
What else?

SVreX
SVreX SuperDork
10/15/11 8:24 p.m.

I've got a lot of E36 M3 in my back yard that will never be raced.

mr2peak
mr2peak Reader
10/15/11 8:26 p.m.

You are wrong about the Smart Cars.

http://www.totalmini.com/sponsors/evolve.jpg

Also how do I hotlink?

Rob_Mopar
Rob_Mopar Dork
10/15/11 8:33 p.m.
Will wrote: I can't imagine the circumstances that would inspire me to race my 62 Thunderbird. Although sadly, at 4,293 pounds, it's not too much heavier than a new Camaro or Challenger, and people race those.

Are you sure?

mr2peak
mr2peak Reader
10/15/11 8:34 p.m.

I actually think the answer here is a Prius. Yes people have brought them to the drag strip, but I don't think they will ever truly be raced.

The 240d is a w123, and those have been raced/rallied quite a bit. The Prius chassis, no.

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy Dork
10/15/11 8:36 p.m.
neon4891 wrote: I have plans to challenge build a Windstar.

Dude showed up at the Calgary chumpcar race with an SVO swapped windstar. It was fairly speedy, for the short periods of time it wasn't getting engines swapped.

Rob_Mopar
Rob_Mopar Dork
10/15/11 8:42 p.m.
mr2peak wrote: I actually think the answer here is a Prius. Yes people have brought them to the drag strip, but I don't think they will ever truly be raced. The 240d is a w123, and those have been raced/rallied quite a bit. The Prius chassis, no.

Looks like the Prius has been done too:

pete240z
pete240z SuperDork
10/15/11 8:46 p.m.

The Datsun F10 Woody Wagon

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