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neon_dukeNobody - and I mean nobody - makes worse seats than the ones in a Ford from about 1990-2000.
Ya got me there...
neon_dukeNobody - and I mean nobody - makes worse seats than the ones in a Ford from about 1990-2000.
deftones__07i would have to say the honda, just because i have one and let me tell you right now that those things run for freakin ever!! The mercedes is fast ofcourse but i will have faith in the accord becuase i think that in some wierd miracle that the accord will beat the mercedes.
neon_dukeNobody - and I mean nobody - makes worse seats than the ones in a Ford from about 1990-2000.
240ZHow could 9 people think the accord would win?
Insanity, I tell you!
///M-SpecIts not WHAT you drive, folks. Its HOW you drive.
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M5PowerAt a certain point, it becomes what you drive.
I think the mistake you're making is forgetting that I'd get a half an hour to work it out - about 18 laps (I said twelve in the first post; it's a little off). So any issues with the track that I have trouble with on lap one or two should be rectified by lap 12 or 13. Granted, Montoya (or Senna, or Tony Stewart) would have those same laps, but if he's really "that good" he should have it figured out by lap two. And he's still driving the 4-cylinder automatic front-wheel drive Honda Accord sedan. I don't think you understand the drastic differences in handling and acceleration between the two vehicles. I don't think it would even be a question of keeping up through the turns - I think the turns are winnable. The straights are no question.
No it isn't. I could beat anyone there if you gave me a drastically better handling and accelerating car.///M-SpecThat's like saying most people here just need 12-13 laps of practice to beat the front runners in the Weekly Racing Series. Now that's a laughable thought.
KlostrophobicNo it isn't. I could beat anyone there if you gave me a drastically better handling and accelerating car.
KlostrophobicYou don't have to drive the Mercedes at it's full potential. I see two huge straights at Lime Rock for the Mercedes to pick up huge amounts of time. Assuming the person driving the Accord drives it at 100 percent full potential, the Mercedes driver probably only needs to scoot around the corner at 60 percent potential. And at 60 percent potential, I bet the Mercedes comes close to matching the handling of the Accord at 100 percent potential. If that makes any sense.
The Benz is rear-wheel drive, has more than twice as much power, and accelerates to 60 almost 3.6 seconds quicker.
KlostrophobicI see two huge straights at Lime Rock for the Mercedes to pick up huge amounts of time.
///M-SpecIt becomes what you drive when you are in the top tier of professional motorsports. For most of us mere mortals, the limiting factor is not the car. I just proved it in my post with the SCCA results.
And if you think that half an hour at Lime Rock is enough for you learn the track and drive your C43 to its full potential, it is you who are mistaken. I don't think you understand the drastic difference a good driver can make vs. a total newbie. Sorry to put it so bluntly Doug. But unless you are a one-in-a-million freak of nature with amazing inborn talent for motorsports, 12 or 13 laps ain't going to do it.
That's like saying most people here just need 12-13 laps of practice to beat the front runners in the Weekly Racing Series. Now that's a laughable thought.
-What is the experience level of your (hypothetical) opponent in the Accord? Its clear he is not really Pro (even though your poll suggested he was)
-Is the Accord stock? If NOT, then what's he done to it?
-Have you ever been on a track before? Have you gotten ANY instruction at a driving event?
-Did you even read my post with the SCCA results?
i should first point out that the accord pictured is an EX model or a V6 model. 5 lugnuts, dx and lx four bangers get four lugnuts.
she would lose if the pro driver was crippled and had to ride a bicycle. with flat tires. same if some of the posters here were drving based on their apparent intellect.
M5PowerA total newbie? I told you in the first post that the hypothetical person driving the C43 has won an entire Mercedes autocross event. With a CLK55, granted, but against some great drivers driving some modified cars. I autocross once or twice a month. I haven't driven on a track in a long time, but I understand a racing line.
M5PowerHe's driven a car before two or three times. That's not the issue anymore, though - he's practically conceded. The thread's become much more interesting this way. If you actually want to see it played out, ... sorry.![]()
M5PowerAny half-decnt driver could beat a front-runner in the Weekly Racing Series driving a rear-wheel drive car if one of the front-runners was driving a front-drive car with half the horsepower, the same weight, no suspension tuning, and unbelievably worse handling.
M5PowerThe SCCA times are still comparing performance cars, which is the difference here.
Yes! And if you think comparing the best Celica GT driver to the worst Corvette Z06 driver is the same as comparing the best Accord driver to a decent C43 driver, you're wrong.
///M-SpecSorry, but I thought you said you had no track experience. You said 'won an autocross', not 'I have 10 HPDEs under my belt at Infineon Raceway and Laguna Seca'. What kind of Mercedes autocross? Is this a Merecedes-funded press event? Or some kind of club?
Booooooo!!! First you changed all the variables on us, now we don't even get to see which group was right. I thought this was actually going happen. What a jip!
I don't see that. The Celica GT (base GT NOT GT-S) is similarly down on power compared to a Z06. Weighs a bit less and has much lower levels of handling. Its a fine example. Go compare the H-Stock times if you don't like the Celica comparo. H-Stock is an even class slower.
Not that it matters anymore.
M5PowerA Mercedes-funded press event? Are you off your tree? Do they have autocrosses at press events? That'd be cool. We're talking about an offshoot of the northeast region of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America. It wasn't even an official event. Think 25 guys in a huge parking lot with cones and Mercedes'. But there were some powerful and quick cars, winning was no easy feat.
Changed all the variables?! They've been the same since post one!
The top car is being driven by the world's greatest driver. Ever. Think Schumacher, or Montoya, or whoever you consider the world's greatest driver to be. Some of you probably think Jeff Gordon or Kevin Harvick or that dude who drives for Home Depot who kicks everyone's ass. Tony Stewart. The bottom car is being driven by an okay driver: participated at a few autocrosses, won one, has owned several performance cars. Some guy.
The Celica, in any current form, is a performance car, though, as is the Z06. The C43 is a performance car; the Accord is a midsize sedan. The Accord DX is the most basic form of Accord.
Sure. I was ready to start a pool on this. I was going to be nice and give you 4 to 1 odds, but since you've chickened out I guess there's no point.Disappointed, are we?
///M-SpecCongratulations. I had no idea Mercedes clubs even DID autocrosses. You beat the other drivers, btw. Not the cars.
Nowhere did you mention ANY track experience. And it turns out this "Schumacher" is just someone who's "He's driven a car before two or three times".
Nowhere did you mention ANY track experience.
Sure. I was ready to start a pool on this. I was going to be nice and give you 4 to 1 odds, but since you've chickened out I guess there's no point.![]()
M5PowerIt wasn't a Mercedes club event - just about 20 Mercedes club owners who organized it unofficially. I'm proud to say I'm not a member of the Mercedes club (though I won't go any further for fear that you're a member of every BMW club ever created).
M5PowerBecause, I wanted to prove to him that no-one could beat me in an Accord DX, be it Schumacher, Senna, or the person I was having the discussion with. So I made the thread illustrating the best possible driver to see everyone's opinion. I never said the thing would take place!![]()
M5PowerFirst post: The bottom car is being driven by an okay driver: participated at a few autocrosses, won one, has owned several performance cars. Some guy. Like I said, I've driven on a track a few times, years ago, in pathetic cars. That's hardly "track experience."
M5PowerI'll race you. But you'd have to find an Accord DX.
///M-SpecHaha. You wish. I was a card carrying BMWCCA member for exactly 2 years. I let my membership expire because I learned more from mailing lists than I did from the Roundel and my chapter held exactly 1 event a year the whole time I was a member.
Jip. Jip. Jip.
Track is not autocross. They are different events. If I went to an autocross last weekend, I wouldn't tell someone "I tracked my car over the weekend". Just like if I owned a DX Accord I wouldn't tell someone "I have a C43".
Heh. I never, EVER claimed I was a Schumacher. Or even anywhere close.
I'll play. But I'm driving the ZHP.![]()
M5PowerI know, but you want a race to take place, so I figured I'd ask you.
That trash? Pah - I could take it in a Civic. Or a Neon. Or a Hyundai Elantra.
M5PowerSaturdays? There's freaking two. And one is next Saturday!
M5PowerAnyway - I'm fairly confident I'd lose.
If you know how to drive a manual transmission on a track.
///M-SpecWell I'm 5 hours from Atlanta-- I'd have to take a Monday off to make a Sunday event.
You never know. I COULD just be a 12 year old who can't drive at all.![]()
I've driven a manual or two.![]()
M5PowerIn Tennessee I'm about three hours in a straight line but god forbid there be one of those (it's really like four and a half). Still - I can't give up one of my only two relaxing days of the week for you! I'd have to fly back straight from Atlanta, too, or I'd have to miss a Monday. Then I'd have to leave the car at Hartsfield. Or I'd have to fly down straight from New York on a Friday meaning I'd be car-less. Logistically it's poo.
M5PowerIf you were a 12-year-old, your brain wouldn't have been warped by BMW and you'd admit the entire line is poo.
M5PowerWell. I'm only asking because it'd take days for me to get a manual down on a track. I have trouble with SportShift autocrossing. And you said you were rusty.
///M-SpecDougie... if you're scared, just say so.![]()
Face it. You're afraid of my poo. My poo frightens you.
That's because SportShift is the work of the devil, and he is a notriously bad driver. (Though I hear he's a pretty good guitar player)