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Old May 24, 2006 | 08:00 AM
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Yep, a good driver can make the worst car in the world look good. He's done quite a bit of upgrades to that thing, and was probably the best driver out there. I'm not surprised he did well.
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Old May 24, 2006 | 08:25 AM
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So the guy has an M5 and 2 M coupes and he uses an XB as a daily driver? WTF!?
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Old May 24, 2006 | 09:38 AM
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Hey that tC doesn't count!

It's a whole different machine than the Xb. Celica engine and lower center of gravity.

Like I said above, the Xb does corner really well. Just has no nut...
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Old May 24, 2006 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by zoned
So the guy has an M5 and 2 M coupes and he uses an XB as a daily driver? WTF!?
Right now his daily driver is a pretty nice Mini, he got rid of the xB a long time ago.
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Old May 24, 2006 | 09:56 AM
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Scion xB at the track.. yea, its funny, i agree. But before you all go passing judgment on the the guy, spend a little time on his site. Ive been on his site reading his material for almost an hour now and wow, I would bet that he knows more about cars and track racing then most of you making fun of his Scion. Which btw, happens to be his daily driver and was only at the track for fun. It complements his "other" cars: '06 BMW M5, 2 Lotus ELises, Mini Cooper S, 2 BMW M Coupe's, 2 Ducati Motorcycles, Yamaha R1, Yamaha FZR-600, and MANY others listed here: http://dpcars.aprsworld.com/old/thepast.htm , not to mention the track only race car he BUILT here: http://dpcars.aprsworld.com/dp1/index.htm . Spend some time there, this guy is VERY smart, I know I learned something.
I've been looking at his site off and on for a couple days and I've gotten through most of it. The really exciting stuff is how he's designing and building his own race car, which will weigh around 800 lbs and use a custom 375hp V8 that's built from 2 hayabusa motors grafted together.

And he sold the Xb, no more track days with it, but he's got video of himself passing a C5 Z06 in his freaking mini! Awesome web site, I'm glad it was posted here!

Last edited by Josche; May 24, 2006 at 09:57 AM. Reason: I lied.
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Old May 24, 2006 | 02:07 PM
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Hey that tC doesn't count!

It's a whole different machine than the Xb. Celica engine and lower center of gravity.

Like I said above, the Xb does corner really well. Just has no nut...
the tC actually has a Camry engine.
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Old May 24, 2006 | 02:47 PM
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There was a guy at the local autocross a couple of weeks ago running one. Check this link http://www.ccrscca.com/results/solo2/ax3_06_pax.htm of the results. He placed 109 out of 118. I thought his time was pretty good considering.
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Old May 26, 2006 | 05:21 PM
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So I take it that some of you guys root for the under Dog? I still think that shoe box is a POS. Just like the Mazda 3 rental I was in for 1 month. However it did out coroner a STI on a turn lane that was cool. But that STI would kill me anyday in that "bucket" so it was all on the driver.
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Old May 26, 2006 | 05:42 PM
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Really? I the vvt-i was a Celica engine? I may be mistaken. Not really a yota guy. Never really cared.
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Old May 26, 2006 | 07:20 PM
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Really? I the vvt-i was a Celica engine? I may be mistaken. Not really a yota guy. Never really cared.
Yea it is a camry engine. Toyota uses that motor in everything from the camry, to the solara, and apparently the TC. The older Toyotas were awesome. Im not really a fan of where they are currently going. The TC is the only toyota out right now besides a couple of the new Lexus (LexI??) that I find pretty good looking.

As for the box... But kudos to the driver for posting good times.
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Old May 26, 2006 | 08:12 PM
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Figures I was wrong. Like I said, not to excuse my ignorance... I love cars and grew up around them my whole life. (father restores antiques) Just never been a fan of the Yotas so i never really paid much attention.

Thanks for the education! I will have to read up on them now.
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Old Jun 1, 2006 | 07:50 PM
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yea i root for the underdog but i am no fan of the box. i was just pointing out the driving skill of controlling that box to catch up to faster and better cars on the S turn entrance. VVT-i is on many of Toyota's engine. tC has the 2.4 liter found in the Camry and is tuned for more tq. 160hp 163 tq. The Celica engine has two versions, 1.8 VVT-i and the 1.8 VVTL-i. L stands for lift. I love Toyotas but theres just nothing exciting from them anymore. I'm hoping to see the Supra in 2008.
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Old Jun 1, 2006 | 08:16 PM
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love the siggy dom...
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Old Jun 2, 2006 | 11:49 AM
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You can see the whole windshield pitch relative to the horizon. Someone explain how that is not body roll.
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Old Jun 2, 2006 | 12:45 PM
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I couldn't find the 8.
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