You get pulled over in a racecar disguised as a street car and you just say, 'oh yeah, this is a race car, we're doing a thing, testing, drag and drive, etc' and off you go. Especially a car like Mullet.
So in CA and NY it's really zero tolerance? I understand getting pulled over at 7:30am in nice clothes on your way to the office the excuse may not work, but if it's a Friday night and you're near a track and get pulled over there's really no way of talking your way out of it? I've never lived in either of these states, only visited.
It might. Hard to say.
I like this take - totally reasonable. For HPDE the car is completely fine from the factory, honestly, but if you're tracking the car in a race series, having a tune readily and cheaply available may be something you need to be competitive in your class. It's hard to say it's no big deal for everyone who wants to put the car on a race course. I'm personally in no rush and will hold out for when it eventually happens, as I'm in the "HPDE" category of drivers.
Cali and NYC is way worse than where I live on Long Island. But yeah they will pull you over and not give a flying rats ass what your excuse is. Especially the state troopers. Emissions here require all your readiness codes set so without a cat/cat heat plus evap you aren’t passing a car like that here. That’s ignoring finding someone to look away during the visual inspection.
Im an NYPD officer myself, I can’t speak for the troopers because they’ll absolutely write their own mothers! But it entirely depends on the cop that pulls you over along with other factors like being respectful, and not being apart of those obnoxious “takeover” crews
I lived in California for 36 years. Both Southern and Northern. I now live in NY state.
Stock power with a good suspension, tire and brake setup is faster than Porsche GT4's on track. The car is very capable.
This is exactly what one of the guys at the shop I use told me. He said he couldn't believe how capable a car it was with just a little work. More than anything, I think the weak link on this car is the tires, but that's the case with most cars in this price range.
Completely different stroke there. AWD is a boner kill for a lot of people. Yes, it's great for putting down power and the argument can be made for better track performance but that's it. It also adds quite a bit of weight and maintenance. Have yet to meet someone who is into performance cars (and i know a lot of Evo/Subi/VW/Audi guys) that says their AWD car is a more fun driving experience and a blast to hoon around in (unless they can disable the Haldex and make it RWD). The trick diff didn't hit market for Audi/VW vehicles until this year, so that will be interesting...they claim they can actually drift it. I've had several AWD performance cars and they are fun but completely different use case. I'm not even sure i'd take a Porsche with AWD.
