Sound advice. Thank you Ian.
Me and my friends used to go blasting around 'back' streets but,
1: Im not comfortable with that given Police
2: Im not comfortable that someone could just come out of there driveway that you cant see due to the parked car next to there driveway
3: Roads to me are just not for that and I quit doing it
I dont want to be responsible for any 'accident' that may happen due to a THICK HEAD.
This is why I wondered where I could go to just have some fun in a 'safe' so to speak environment. Not where I gotta drive 200+, but where Im free to just cruise around the track and as confidence builds up, increase the speed, no cops to worry about, no pedestrians, no cars coming out of driveways. Just me, my street car, the track and enjoy.
I mean, I am going to have an F355 Ferrari before the GT40. I went for a ride in one not long ago, and it was fun. Problem was, those tires were SO old due to car never being used that they almost felt like plastic. The driver went around bend, didnt really even give it any gas and the back end came swinging around the front. The thing is, this car was absolutely fun to drive, but on the street you are limited to speed limits, rules and well, Comon sense above those 2 (as those other 2 to me are money making schemes). So I wanted to know, where can I go and ENJOY the car for what it really is, where I dont have to look over my shoulder if a cop is chasing me and a place where its safe as its designed for that. Race Track. But 1000+ on entry, is a bit, to me, a bummer. Im not counting the fuel etc, that to me is a given, tire wear, fuel, oil etc, obviously runing a car hard is going to go through that stuff, but it would on the street aswell if it was LEGAL to do so on the street, so I do not look at that as a cost as its something Id do had it been safe/alowed on the road. And I wouldnt count the fuel to and from the track because either way I would go out in this car on the weekend to drive around. So Im really only looking at the cost of 'safe environment', being race track, At $200 for the day or something, would be cool. I just simply dont want to do stupid stuff on the road (like driving fast), but rather enjoy the car where Its designed for that.
Hope that gives some perspective on what I thought.
Btw- the Reaction time... to do with what exactly? I remember watching an F1 with an onboard camera, and seriously, how they see a corner at THAT speed, is beyond me. Id see the corner after I went through the wall which is PAST the corner at that speed. Do these people know the track so well that they just start turning before they even see it like in a computer game cause u got that feeling 'corners coming up' or what the hell? Once I saw that onboard I said SCREW 300kmh
About the Karts, you are refering to Go-Karts, but the ones that can actualy go faster than 20kmh (which are the 50 dollars for half hour ones)?
I dont mind that, I been Go-karting twice in the 'slow' 25 bucks or whatever it was for half hour ones, and it was great fun. Was trying to Drift around the bends, going full speed around certain corners cause they said you cant roll it... when it all finished, an experienced guy asked me 'how long you been racing these?' I said 'First time ever, why?' He replied "your one CRaaaaaaazy driver" lol. Will look into it, perhaps that will be all the fun I need and just enjoy my Gt40 for cruising in, going to certain functions, have a blast off the light when someone wants to have a run, go visit friends etc and done. My normal daily cruiser so to speak with a pack of performance in it. Pretty much how I used my 68 Charger (2-3 times per week) just now a GT40 instead.