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Old 02-26-2008, 07:58 AM
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To be legal in the U.S., the cars headlights would need to be a certain distance off the ground, as well as the tailights off the top of my head I think its around 22-23". Each state also has its own statutes limiting what can be road legal. In WI for example no car above 800 bhp is considered road legal. Also, tires are another thing which can exclude cars from being road legal. The depth of tread and driving semi-slicks in the winter are just a few.
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Old 02-26-2008, 10:50 AM
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In US it'll be hard, but I think its not impossible in UK or continent Europe, I mean a Radical SR3 and stuff can be road legal, I don't see what's stopping an Audi R10....
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Old 02-26-2008, 10:52 AM
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I don't see what's stopping an Audi R10....
Speedbumps....
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Old 02-26-2008, 12:26 PM
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The Jaguar XJR-15 was interesting to look at. I never knew of this car until today.

The only real Jaguar supercar that I did know of was the XJ220. Love this site and the random cars you come across.
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Old 02-26-2008, 02:12 PM
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If I´m not wrong it began as a porsche race car that dauer converted to a road car, which was then converted to a new race car!!
quite curious how a rule change (from prototypes to GT1) made this possible!
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Old 02-26-2008, 04:22 PM
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Speedbumps....
something I doubt a Radical can clear without raising the rideheight a bunch either....
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Old 02-26-2008, 05:05 PM
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Speedbumps....
Not a problem. After all, Quiggs' VeeDub has been scientifically proven to be the lowest car in the world, yet it seems to be street legal.
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Old 02-26-2008, 05:06 PM
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Not a problem. After all, Quiggs' VeeDub has been scientifically proven to be the lowest car in the world, yet it seems to be street legal.
I'm going lower. Ants will run in fear.
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