Road legal rally car
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because it would swallow up children playing on the street... And probably the fact that you dont require a car specced up to that for our streets... Evo's and Impreza's are already detuned and arent exactly the same as their rally going models. + They've usually got really short gearing ratio IIRC, therefore makes it economic madness to have one as a daily runner!
davepoth said:
All rally cars are, by definition, road legal cars. They have to be to be able to drive between special stages.
As to why you don't often see Focus rally replicas, it's mainly down to the lack of AWD on the production cars.
Reminds me... aren't rally cars suppose to adhere to the speed limit and legal road laws during certain stages? AKA if a council decided to to plop a speed camera on a special stage and teh rally car was going over the said speed limit of the road would = speeding?As to why you don't often see Focus rally replicas, it's mainly down to the lack of AWD on the production cars.
Jayho said:
Reminds me... aren't rally cars suppose to adhere to the speed limit and legal road laws during certain stages? AKA if a council decided to to plop a speed camera on a special stage and teh rally car was going over the said speed limit of the road would = speeding?
Special stages are not held on Public roads on mainland Britain IIRC.
friends father has a MK2 ex Irish tarmac rally car........ you can't lock it retrorider said:
Rollcage said:
Special stages are not held on Public roads on mainland Britain IIRC.
Jim Clark Rally in Scotland is mainland Britain...
Max_Torque said:
Tbh, if you've ever tried to drive a full international spec wrc car in the uk, in any traffic at all, you'd know that's enough to disuade anyone that it might be a good idea !!
^^^ This.The whole idea of driving a 'proper' race or rally car on the road is only appealing until you try it.
Rollcage said:
Chris Harris seemed to enjoy McRae's Subaru......
Chris Harris is a motoring journalist, whose job is to sell the maximum number of magazines to spotty teenagers and daydreaming wannabes.Ask him to use a Metro 6R4 for a couple of months commuting and general road use and see how positive he is about the experience.
Max_Torque said:
Tbh, if you've ever tried to drive a full international spec wrc car in the uk, in any traffic at all, you'd know that's enough to disuade anyone that it might be a good idea !!
And the fuel economy would kill you, If i remember correctly the special fuel that was used by the wrc cars is about £15-£20 per litre (if I am wrong it is likely to be an under estimate)Also every rally car I have driven has no soundproofing, a straight cut gearbox, you can hear every pop and bang, every pot hole, piece of gravel etc, impossible to speak to your passenger without an intercom.
Also they are a b
h to maneouvre and in traffic as they are normally have a paddle clutch which is either in or out.Rollcage said:
Sam_68 said:
^^^ This.
The whole idea of driving a 'proper' race or rally car on the road is only appealing until you try it.
Chris Harris seemed to enjoy McRae's Subaru......The whole idea of driving a 'proper' race or rally car on the road is only appealing until you try it.
Sam_68 said:
Chris Harris is a motoring journalist, whose job is to sell the maximum number of magazines to spotty teenagers and daydreaming wannabes.
Really?You really believe that Harris (and, for that matter, Meaden / Barker / Frankel / Sutcliffe / Kacher et al) write such prose to pander to teenagers and wannabes? If so, I must say that's a massive disservice to both writer and reader and assumes that all drivers who don't worship at the altar of worthiness that is What Car are either inexperienced or banal social climbers on the subject of cars.
IMHO, of course
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