Australian Car Ads

[fpv_gtho]

well the windshields supposed to stay together and just crack up, but ive seen in an old wheels magazine something about ford europe doing testing on a type of bonnet for the focus, where in the case it hits a pedestrian, the bonnet tilts up at the back to support the initial impact then as the pedestrian gets thrown onto the bonnet the front raises to support them, or something along those lines. one thing though id hate to hit my head on the bonnet bulge

[Falcon500]

That all sounds good and might save lifes but think of the cost to replace the bloody thing!

[fpv_gtho]

well it woul really depend in the impact, a small one probably wouldnt cost more than a normal bonnet but a large impact might need the mechanism that makes it work to be replaced which i assume wouldnt be that cheap

[Falcon500]

thats the thing with new tecnologys having to replace them when they break as long as its not a clam shell desing like the doge viper ive heard stories about the price of that that near made my arsehole cave in.

[fpv_gtho]

well on the new viper they put a more conventional bonnet on it, but its still over the top of a V10 truck motor so is still pretty huge and expensive

[Falcon500]

Well id hate top be in greg cricks shoes if he has a small apnnel rub that disfigures the bonnet id think hes eyes might be watering a bit (figure of speach) not that id blame him.

[fpv_gtho]

well i guess thats all just part of chosing the right car for the job

[Falcon500]

Well mr crick bought the car based on its performance in the previous years nations cup 2nd it still is a stong performer but unlike the other teams he doesnt have the budget the sponsorship or the testing time.

[fpv_gtho]

well thats put him at a serious disadvantage, hes gotta play the game almost like a privateer in the V8's, i know FPR invited david thexton to their last practise so im assuming testing costs a fair bit if some teams have to boycott it

[Falcon500]

Well long ago there used to be a man by the name of paulromano he was a privateer much like ourmr thexton though he owned his own holden team eventually he got in with HRT getting some testing off them and some menial finacil support eventually HRT stopped all support of him and when he folded they bought his firm and hence was the birth of holden young lions (now that firm has been shuffled to paul wheels 2nd team brock car) and apprently this story is not too uncommon i wonder if FPV wants a 4th car...

[Nildo]

As per usual , I am a page too late to defend my remarks, but here goes....

Crisis, you are right, in the case of a crash, increased weight means increased inertia, resulting in more danger and damage. HOWEVER, and this is the point I was making, the BA is quite a safe car, due to good equipment (heavy equipment, yeah?) and also secondarily, it has a very rigid stucture, which is also at the penalty of some weight. Basically, is you are in a car of a structual rigidity of 100%, and a mass of 1000 kgs, at the same speed it is preferable to be in a vehicle weighing 2000 kgs, but with a rigidity of 300 %. Follow me?

So it's weight is a payoff for better safety....and don't forget the comfort part....it's a nice place to be.

[fpv_gtho]

Originally posted by Falcon500
Well long ago there used to be a man by the name of paulromano he was a privateer much like ourmr thexton though he owned his own holden team eventually he got in with HRT getting some testing off them and some menial finacil support eventually HRT stopped all support of him and when he folded they bought his firm and hence was the birth of holden young lions (now that firm has been shuffled to paul wheels 2nd team brock car) and apprently this story is not too uncommon i wonder if FPV wants a 4th car...

well FPR just confirmed that next year theyre dropping besnard and going to a 2 car team so a 4 car team would be out of the picture unless they were allowed a 2nd boom for rounds where others are only allowed 1 which would only be fair. 4 cars would be just on the allowed limit for a team/organisation to run, and its something that gave TWR a scare when they were running 6 cars belonging to team brock, kmart racing and HRT. maybe more if you include the holden young lions entry in the konicas

[Falcon500]

Well tha post was made before I heard that and it was in fact anthony tratt. Ford seems to be trying to get somthing similar to what holden had going with the TWR group since they now have a factory team and have a 5 year contract with both the Stone brothers and 888 raceing (team better electrical) and with the super cheap auto racing team. They are reallythrowing their weight (and money around) for next season but there is also the fact that holden are really doing some very inmpressive stuff with their new VYs and are still keeping the VXs very competative (jason bright) it should be a good year next year
The holden young lions entery was an after thought they decided to move shuffle the extra car to team brock and created a new konica team hiring the then best ford driver in the konicas (Dale Breede who came second in 02 with noround wins) and they seem to of made room for DJRs entry the one time super sedan champion Tony Ricciadello (who didnt seem to be working with the DJR team) who was replaced by Ian Luff of the Brute catigory (current champion in that)
All very confusing stuff when you get into ownership issues isnt it? they only allow 33 entrys on the field and when 00 motosport folded the Kmart team bought the franchise so they no longer had to use John faulkiners entry in the big game (which he still owned and Kmart team was hiering) giving them the team they needed rather then hiring mr faulkiners the only problem is that left faulkiner to pay some big fines for not entering any cars!and it left the Kmart team to use the old tiers that 00 used last race because of some little ruling.

[fpv_gtho]

well if they want to pull off something like what TWR had, but under the 4 car limit, prodrive and 888 would be the ones to do it with, but that would leave SBR in the dark just a bit and maybe force them to become even better and more competitive than they already are. i havent heard about that 33 car limit anywhere else though, just the 4 car per owner limit and i think theyd be able to go over 33 cars without too much trouble if it was some 1 car teams going to 2 cars, as some rounds they have 2 booms for each 2 car team

[Nildo]

You two (FPV and falc.) can start on any topic and end up talking about motorsport rules....did you ever notice that?