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Harvey
Harvey Dork
10/6/15 10:04 a.m.

Looks like $9500 to me at this point. You guys will get some money out of it for sure. My friends have theirs putting 315hp to the wheels at low boost with a built motor. It's a bit of a handful even on Hoosiers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CaIpYdIYGs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amevu4cF9bk

Ed Higginbotham
Ed Higginbotham Editorial Assistant
10/6/15 2:38 p.m.

In reply to Harvey:

That was similar to my experience, too. Ours doesn't crank out quite that much power, but I found it to be a handful (though fast) in autocross. However, on a road course it is actually very predictable and not too difficult to drive quickly.

SilverFleet
SilverFleet UltraDork
10/6/15 4:00 p.m.

Man, I remember going to Factory Five with the GRM family and some local forum members to check out the prototype. Now it's all grown up and ready to leave the nest! Good luck with the sale, guys!

Harvey
Harvey Dork
10/6/15 4:07 p.m.

In reply to Ed Higginbotham:

They are still working out the cooling issues before they tune it for more power, but yeah, apparently throttle lift oversteer is a thing with mid-engine cars.

They also will probably try to fit 315 Hoosiers on it.

Ed Higginbotham
Ed Higginbotham Editorial Assistant
10/8/15 8:02 a.m.

Seven hours left.

Harvey
Harvey Dork
10/8/15 9:38 a.m.

I'm going to guess that it goes for around $25k at the end.

Ed Higginbotham
Ed Higginbotham Editorial Assistant
10/8/15 2:03 p.m.

About 1 hour left. Sitting at $16,000. Someone's got an amazing deal if it goes for this.

Ed Higginbotham
Ed Higginbotham Editorial Assistant
10/8/15 3:05 p.m.

10 minutes to go. Here's where it gets fun.

bravenrace
bravenrace MegaDork
10/8/15 3:13 p.m.

$21.5k...

Lof8
Lof8 HalfDork
10/8/15 3:17 p.m.

I watched the timer jump from 1:30ish back to 3:00 several times. ??

bravenrace
bravenrace MegaDork
10/8/15 3:18 p.m.

WTH is wrong with their timer? Is it just me, or is it resetting itself repeatedly?

Toyman01
Toyman01 MegaDork
10/8/15 3:20 p.m.

In reply to bravenrace:

The auction ends 3 minutes after the last bid. They can keep bumping it up forever.

bravenrace
bravenrace MegaDork
10/8/15 3:21 p.m.

In reply to Toyman01:

Oh, didn't know that. I'm not going to watch it forever...

Lof8
Lof8 HalfDork
10/8/15 3:21 p.m.

It looks like a bid in the last minute or so resets the timer, allowing for more bidding.

Toyman01
Toyman01 MegaDork
10/8/15 3:21 p.m.

$24K and another 3 minutes.

nocones
nocones SuperDork
10/8/15 3:22 p.m.

It just reset and someone put in 24k and 24.5k 10-15 seconds after it was over.

Toyman01
Toyman01 MegaDork
10/8/15 3:24 p.m.

$24,750.00

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/8/15 3:24 p.m.

It's like Groundhog Day over and over.

Toyman01
Toyman01 MegaDork
10/8/15 3:26 p.m.

I'm betting every computer at GRM World HQ is on that page and clicking reload often.

Tom Suddard
Tom Suddard Associate Editor
10/8/15 3:26 p.m.

Maybe....

Marjorie Suddard
Marjorie Suddard General Manager
10/8/15 3:37 p.m.
Toyman01 wrote: I'm betting every computer at GRM World HQ is on that page and clicking reload often.

Yeah, we were torn between cheering it on and a few of us hoping it would stop so we could win the office pool :))

FYI, Ed won the pool--he picked $25,500. Sadly for him, none of us put any actual money on our bets. But he's got bragging rights.

Margie

Harvey
Harvey Dork
10/8/15 3:41 p.m.

I was pretty close with my around $25k guess.

Toyman01
Toyman01 MegaDork
10/8/15 3:47 p.m.

In reply to Marjorie Suddard:

Congrats to all involved.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner MegaDork
10/8/15 3:47 p.m.
Harvey wrote: I'm going to guess that it goes for around $25k at the end.
Marjorie Suddard wrote: FYI, Ed won the pool--he picked $25,500. Sadly for him, none of us put any actual money on our bets. But he's got bragging rights.

If this was the Price Is Right, Ed wins!

Ed Higginbotham
Ed Higginbotham Editorial Assistant
10/8/15 3:50 p.m.

In reply to Keith Tanner:

Feeling like a winner. Thank you, thank you very much.

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