Enthusiast "Things to Do Before You Die"* List

[G.Irish]

In no particular order:

-The 'Ring on a bike
-Drive a McLaren F1 (realistically, a NSX-R)
-Thrash some sort of supercar on a racetrack
-Ride a bike through Central and/or South America
-Thrash anything at Suzuka
-Take a stunt driving course (to go with my stunt cock side job)
-Go to a Ferrari track day and embarrass all comers. Preferably with something plebeian
-Own a turbo busa
-Catch that son of a bitch that stole my Integra
-Punch Bernie Ecclestone in the balls
-Go on a tour of HRC HQ
-Ride a full on Moto GP or World Superbike
-Drive a shifter kart

*Also known as "Things That May Result in Your Untimely Demise" list

[D_Eclipse9916]

hahha good ones so I copied one or two of yours. I will add more as I think of more.

-Every track in North America, including Mont Tremblant Circuit
-Drive a 200mph+ vehicle to that speed
-The 'Ring
-Own a Ferrari F355 F1
-Shifter Kart
-Formula or Indy Car
-Build an old muscle car
-Thrash some sort of supercar on a racetrack
-Go to a Ferrari track day and embarrass all comers. Preferably with something plebeian

[Goodspeed]

Me (stole some as well)

- Drive across the US
- Do a performance driving school
- Drive the 'ring
- Drive the autobahn
- Experience 1000hp
- Drive a mid engined supercar (CGT or FGT, or both)
- Drive the Pacific Coast Highway (I want to do San Diego to Vancouver)
- Go land speed racing, hit 200mph
- Shifter kart
- Build/rebuild a car from scratch
- Buy the car that gave you the most jonesin' as a kid

[ScottyB]

- do at least 1 HPDE (don't laugh, its taking forever)
- drive a rally stage at speed
- own and flog a lengendarily dangerous sports car such as a gen 1 viper, 930 turbo, original cobra, etc., "tame" it and live to tell
- drive an open wheeled car on track
- 1 lap of the ring
- experience every engine configuration (front, mid, rear)
- break 150mph
- experience more than 400 hp
- drive a shifter cart
- open a car up on the autobahn
- build a kit car
- own a roadster
- own a muscle car
- pass my favorite car on to my child
- build an engine from the ground up

yeah, so far i have alot of work ahead of me

[G.Irish]

- own and flog a lengendarily dangerous sports car such as a gen 1 viper, 930 turbo, original cobra, etc., "tame" it and live to tell

I like this one :lol:

[Steve85]

Wow, I was just reading Hot Rods list of 100 things "a gearhead should do" in the latest issue. That is all for now...

[Steve85]

I like Scotty's list, I've managed three so far working on a fourth. Need to add:

-ride motorcycle and stay upright for more than 10ft and not hit the bushes.
-drive sprint car on dirt oval (1200lbs, 800hp, direct drive)
-drive a car with a flux capacitor to go back in time
-while I'm there, participate in Camel Trophy
-drive open wheel / open cockpit, something formula Ford / Mazda would be fine
-attend bonneville speed week, go for 200mph club
-make an 8 second pass in something that pulls the front wheels
-drive a Ferrari

[Ryan T]

-drive 200mph
-1 lap of the 'ring
-participate in a tractor pull
-be in a destruction derby
-drive a ferrari f430
-own a turbo awd car
-own a mid-engine car
-make a sub 10 second pass
-tour the U.S. in a convertible.
-ride the rubicon trail
-drive a shifter kart

[G.Irish]

You know, several of us have a Ferrari on the list, we could always just put our money together and rent one for the day...

Same with the shifter actually.

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$400 to rent a shifter for the whole day. Let's do 'dis

[.RJ]

Straight down the centerline with my nuts on fire and a silent scream in my throat.

That is all. I'll know it when I get there and it will probably involve something uncontrollably fast. The rest is just noise.

[G.Irish]

Straight down the centerline with my nuts on fire and a silent scream in my throat.

That is all. I'll know it when I get there and it will probably involve something uncontrollably fast. The rest is just noise.

Sounds like you're hankering for an ex 500GP race bike...

[D_Eclipse9916]

You know, several of us have a Ferrari on the list, we could always just put our money together and rent one for the day...

Same with the shifter actually.

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$400 to rent a shifter for the whole day. Let's do 'dis

Its only like 1200-2000 to rent a ferrari for the day, unfortunately have mileage issues and they inspect em like crazy so I couldnt take it to summit for some "pace" laps. Definitely worth it unless your going to go buy one. I plan on buying my as a kid dream car ferrari, which was the Ferrari F355.

[Steve85]

Straight down the centerline with my nuts on fire and a silent scream in my throat.

That is all. I'll know it when I get there and it will probably involve something uncontrollably fast. The rest is just noise.

Sounds like you're hankering for an ex 500GP race bike...

Or a Funny Car...

[ScottyB]

Straight down the centerline with my nuts on fire and a silent scream in my throat.

that definitely sounds like something you'd do, right before you die upon impact

[CaptainHenreh]

Straight down the centerline with my nuts on fire and a silent scream in my throat.

I wish he had gone out like that.

[ViPER1313]

MM Supercar Timeshare? 26 people, 3 to 5k buy-in, 2 weeks every year :dunno:

[.RJ]

Straight down the centerline with my nuts on fire and a silent scream in my throat.

That is all. I'll know it when I get there and it will probably involve something uncontrollably fast. The rest is just noise.

Sounds like you're hankering for an ex 500GP race bike...

That might scratch the itch...

[Sijray21]

Straight down the centerline with a silent scream on fire and nuts in my throat.

Wat?

[G.Irish]

MM Supercar Timeshare? 26 people, 3 to 5k buy-in, 2 weeks every year :dunno:

We could get a 911 Turbo, F355, or 360 for that money (among others). Problem with the F cars is the maintenance though.

Cool thing is though that if you put in 3 to 5k each you could buy the car outright, then sell it at the end of the year and roll it into another car or give everyone their share of the sale price. Then it'd only effectively be the cost of depreciation.

[ViPER1313]

Roll 20 to 25% of the buy-in price into a maintenance/insurance fund.