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PostPosted: Sat May 29, 2004 11:32 pm 
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I'll second that the CRX will make a good RallyX beater - ours has seen a rough life up to this point (11 years in MN) but has held up well in the last 3 RallyX's with 2 drivers and LOTS of runs. I would think you could pick up a beat-up DX for relatively cheap. Despite the DX having lots of troubles rotating in AutoX - the car rotates VERY well in RallyX.

As for how hard RallyX is on a car - we have managed to peel out each of the front wheel well liners in the last 2 RallyX's. Why? Me driving stupid - both times in fun-runs where I knew I could push a little harder without worrying about times :oops: . No doubt that this was driver induced and due SOLELY to my lack of concern for the car. It should also be noted that even excluding the cones hit during the 2 runs in question, my times were NEVER better than my more conservative runs. However, with my super-soft-sidwall 60-profile tires at 45psi, I've never blown a bead or had other tire troubles, despite plenty of opportunities going "too fast in the slow parts".

I might recommend a car with A/C -or- power windows however, if you indend to do anything BUT RallyX it. I spent an hour with the vacuum cleaner just to alleviate the dust-storms inside the car while driving down the road after the last race due to racing with the windows down. Kevin, I think I owe you some dirt :)

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 9:50 pm 
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hi, perhaps a protoge, maybe a celica, 1992? fwd, good torque, cool looking,open diff would be good for making cool l0oking rooseter tails,i drove a '92 gts automatic in high school be4 the datsun. the brakes on teh car were impressive, felt faster than it was. 1.6 litre sentra se perhaps.(se is se-r body, but 1.6 engine, 110 hp.) lots of them out there,(even worked on a 1.6 sentra motor at wake tech) .. olde integra, late 1980's? maybe a miata? a old v-8 car would be a handful on the dirt but would be fun. :twisted:
a mazda glc or mazda glh, hot lil pocket rocket, the GLH mazda....
a more recent corolla, basing on our recent reliability succsess..
the 510 datsun was a real kick butt car.. or a miata perhaps. lotsa them around.

maybe as a rental company special is a oldsmobile auroura, v-8 engine, fwd, lotsa fun with throwing dirt everywhere.

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Miles, you started this, so why not finish it by surfing over to the next thread titled "prospective" rally group car and buy this car before I do something stupid.
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