AKA Rally 2008 Photos / Discussion - new video post 119

sounds like your having a blast, too bad for dickhead driver’s though. I will check the feeds if I can tomorrow while I’m “working”…

This stuff rules.
Glad to hear you are having a good time.

live feed of the yellow vette it looks like…and he just hit a porsch leaving the parking lot

http://live.yahoo.com/AKAZHZVette

Don’t do anything stupid…

lol

oh wow :slight_smile:

must be a shitload of fun. be safe

:rofl: yea riiiiiiiiight

Here are a few pics from Chris Arader, I’ll post more when I have them.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3222/2777403462_65bf47aa37.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3173/2781327480_56b9371a11.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/2781330404_44b116512b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/2785677762_7931abbe51.jpg

I think this was already posted, but here:

http://verveakarally.com/wp-content/08-22-2008-012858_1.jpg

Love it :tup:

ur an ididot, if i could afford the tickets i would totally do this

Ok, people are finally home, so I’ll start doing a write up and putting new pics up.

I just got home from 35 hours straight of driving back from vegas (that’s a lie, I slept for 4 1/2 hours near Omaha Nebraska).

Here are some new pics for now, ill write more detailed shit when I’m not about to pass out


High end resort/ranch we stayed at in MOAB.




Yes, that is a cop, yes I previously had revved at one identical to that. No I do not know if that caused us to get pulled over.


My first Sonic experience. Not particularly impressed, but would eat there again.




Justin is a mad man, and a seriously cool dude.



That couldnt have been me punking PT by doing donuts around his m5 and then sliding it down the on ramp could it have been?




Just a few for now, more and a writeup later.

Oh yeah, Mike, I lost the V on the front Innovative sticker at like 188mph, do you have any spares? :lol:

car looks great and sounds fucking FANTASTIC, damnit I gotta get another street car (or sack up and re-register the Z and do the rally with a helmet LOL)

that is srsly awesome

and that dude on the bike is out of his fucking mind

the guy on the bike is nutz but he has some big balls to do that rally on a bike… let alone a Ducati. Nice pictures Mike, maybe next year I will join the fun.

red gloves?:eyebrow:

god this looks like so much fun.
any evo/wrxs?
I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to keep up…as my car tops at 138 (gov.) but even with it off,maybe 150. :frowning:

Jager, my hands were sweaty as fuck and people wanted me to burn tire off. I wasnt going to do it without grip so I tossed my Alpinestars on.

sedlmeier, normally we have a few Evo’s and STi’s show up. This year there were none, they’ve never had a problem keeping up. Most of the time we dont cruise higher than 120.

http://www.blowneuroz.com/ptgallery/AKArally/aka28.jpg
http://www.blowneuroz.com/ptgallery/AKArally/aka24.jpg

Two from last year.

wow, this looks like soooo much fun, and the m5 seems to be proving incredibly durable, I am seriously looking to buy one, but originally was concerned of 80+ K miles, but honestly you seem to spend more time going balls to the wall, then I do actually driving so IDK what Im bithcin about. anything (other than the brakes) that after however many miles you’ve put on it that you feel def needs replacing ?

If you plan on power shifting or tracking the car, you need a 6 puck clutch. I will bet this clutch (stock) will last me less than 20k HARD miles. Which isnt that bad really. Uhhh, I had to replace a couple bulbs. The thrust arms and RTAB’s are a big issue (see $1200-$5000), but both had been done on my car. And if the VANOS fails you’re looking at $3k-$5k, which I know I’m going to have to do sometime in the next 100k. There is also the carbon buildup issue, which can vary in cost car to car, but mine does not have that either.

Hmmm thanks for the info, I could imagine the thrust arms and RTABs after 100K or so seeing better days, not a huge surprise there, but the VANOS ugh, If that fails, I can see some headaches coming from that, and the stock Im really surprised that it even lasted that long, shit, but thats good, cause I really just planned on DD,n the car, the occasional track day and thats about it really, I think there just fuck awesome, smooth, relatively comfortable, quick, and inconspicuous, perfect package as far as Im concerned