New Coast to Coast record!

[blingbling]

canuck and digital for conservative party of UCP!!!

[Rockefella]

Originally Posted by The_Canuck

Oh hell where do I start?

By your definitions if I had a really sweet barrel and I went over the falls in it, i'd be a pro. Cause hey, my barrels got TITANIUM STRAPS YO! But going over the falls with the best equipment is still pretty stupid. But not nearly as stupid as risking the lives of others on public roads in the name of breaking a record!

Please come to terms with how he means professionally done. Obviously, there's a difference between two kids in a riced car driving like morons across the continental United States and what these guys have done. Granted, it is dangerous as hell and I think they're stupid for doing it in the first place, their means of completing the trip was done with strict planning, incredible amounts of technology, and arguably safe, yet illegal driving. Like werty said, the average speed is somewhere around 100mph which isn't all that bad on deserted roads, but just blasting a supercar on closed highways at speeds of well over 150 mph isn't all that special.

Just to point out again before I get misquoted, what these guys did is stupid and irresponsible, but the way they broke the record was about as safe as it could be while keeping the parameters of the run intact.

[bmwpower]

I mean canuk has terrible arugments that are all over the place. Take his suggestion of shutting down the roads, which itself is a huge impossibility to co-ordinate, and no politician would ever want to support this cause, and dare approve such a feat, and mix it with his water fall scenario. What good is going over the falls if u get them to stop all the water, it isn't a fall anymore is it. This was a man who had a dream and was dedicated enough to conquer it, while the may seem irresponsible and stupid to you, he attempted it 3x, never once getting into an accident and was able to break the record the way it was originally set. It's an amazing feat and you need to loosen up.

[NSXType-R]

Haven't read the entire thread. I'll do that later.

So, basically, my comments on this don't count in the thread yet.

Certainly is cool to do it so quickly. Certainly it was illegal and dangerous. But it was certainly a well planned and organized effort.

Besides, the M5 is probably the best car to do it in. It's a cool car to boot too.

[MRR]

Originally Posted by The_Canuck

It encourages them to do illegal activities...

In the same way that video games encourage undesirable behavior?!?!...



So what if they did it nobody in their right mind would want to do this. Even if people chose to re-attempt what these guys did they would not be equipped to do so and would be taken into custody.

[The_Canuck]

I encourages speeding as long as they're not caught. This is getting ridiculous, on one hand you're all against street racing and on the other you support this. A time attack across public roads. Is there any difference?

[digitalcraft]

Originally Posted by blingbling

canuck and digital for conservative party of UCP!!!

I'm actually quite liberal. I just don't believe in glorifying incredibly stupid activities. Probably why I don't watch Jackass either.

[The_Canuck]

Originally Posted by digitalcraft

I'm actually quite liberal. I just don't believe in glorifying incredibly stupid activities. Probably why I don't watch Jackass either.

Jackass I quite funny actually

But thier stunts usually do not hurt others.

[magracer]

Originally Posted by The_Canuck

I encourages speeding as long as they're not caught. This is getting ridiculous, on one hand you're all against street racing and on the other you support this. A time attack across public roads. Is there any difference?

According to your logic the blame should be placed on the original Cannonball Runners of the eighties because that's really when the original record was set.

Also, I think this is a practice that will not be very attractive to the general public at all. It takes massive resources (Alex Roy claims he spent $150.000) to complete, and it's one thing to average 90 mph for ten minutes to an hour (or two), but a whole different one to do it for +30 hours: actually it's a little bit sadistic.

So being a stupid practice and all, why did he do it? Money, of course, the book and the movie will give him handsome royalties.

[fisetdavid26]

Originally Posted by magracer

It takes massive resources (Alex Roy claims he spent $150.000) to complete

I guess you mean $150,000? Because $150.000 is actually quite cheap

[whiteballz]

Originally Posted by The_Canuck

On one hand you're all against street racing and on the other you support this. A time attack across public roads. Is there any difference?

Lets break it down.

- Illegal street racing:

• Disorganised
• City Streets
• Two drivers = two egos = two guys that will go over the limit to show theyre better.
• Competitive on a close level
• Smaller confines
• Higher number of obstacles.
• No safety precautions - No spotters, no helpers.
• Unplanned

- Trans american Time Attack

• Highly organised
• Planned route
• Open highways
• Two drivers Working as a team
• Little/No blind corners or obstacles
• Safety precautions
• Driver swaps
• Spotters/planners

Because these are so simmilar I guess this breakdown wont be enough.

So I expect a reply

[Rockefella]

Originally Posted by fisetdavid26

I guess you mean $150,000? Because $150.000 is actually quite cheap

Some countries use a period to seperate large quantities with a comma for decimals, while others do the opposite.

I have Polish family members that represent numbers the same way.

[The_Canuck]

Originally Posted by whiteballz

Lets break it down.

- Trans american Time Attack

• Highly organised
• Planned route Also on city streets
• Open highways not all highways are "open"
• Two drivers Working as a team One obviously trying very hard to show he is better by breaking a record
• Little/No blind corners or obstacles Uhm it listed them in the story but: Deer, pedestrians(sometimes), traffic, weather, among other unpredeictable occurences
• Safety precautionsto not get caught by police
• Driver swaps
• Spotters/planners

Because these are so simmilar I guess this breakdown wont be enough.

So I expect a reply

Haha well a few points are a bit scewed, ill respond in red.

Also some simmilarities

1. Both Illegal
2. Both pose threat to innocent motorists
3. Both bad unfluence on youth
4. Both incredibly dangerous

[fisetdavid26]

Originally Posted by Rockefella

Some countries use a period to seperate large quantities with a comma for decimals, while others do the opposite.

I have Polish family members that represent numbers the same way.

We use a space here, and sometimes a dot instead... I thought using periods was the international way to write it. My bad.

[NSXType-R]

Originally Posted by fisetdavid26

We use a space here, and sometimes a dot instead... I thought using periods was the international way to write it. My bad.

It probably is. Commas are the American way of writing things.