Originally posted by gwailoplayer at 7-4-2012 12:34
Just curious, what exactly is a "track car"?
Where do you track your car? I have heard there are places in Zhuhai but you have to get the China license plate and permit take the car in Chin ...
Oh sorry, I live in North America, a track car is sorta like a stripped model, so you always have Summer performance tires, heavily tuned(ECU flash/intakes etc), heavily modded suspension thats built for tackling corners and being driven hard on a track, like Laguna Seca(In Cali) or Silverstone(UK) etc. but for me..it's just a car that I take to the track more often than my other car, it's more of a weekend car than anything, I still drive it regularly but my spine cracks every time I hit a pot hole head on and I prefer to drive a auto especially during traffic jam hours..doing like 2-3 shift changes every 5 seconds is not fun.. lol..
I take it to my local track on track days, an outing with friends or autocross with other groups. But it gets expensive...tires..premium octane + car maintenance
I've never tracked a car in Zuhai but I've actually heard about Zuhai having a really nice karting track and a dedicated race track(for cars, but if someone could clarify that'd be great)
In China, probably Shanghai has a international circuit or Zuhai? Those are the two on the top of my head, You should befriend that guy and get him to bring you to one those track days and take him out for dinner hahaha
I'm also interested, if we can drive real F3 or other really fast cars in China, if anyone knows, I'd like to know as well!
If you ever get a chance to go to UK, be sure to rent a car and take a spin around the Nurburgring track in Germany.