What did you do with your Z today III

alcheng

Mr.Alchemy.. Congrats Congrats


The F1 this morning was the most boring so far... at one point I saw Raikkonen was clogging the tracking with 10 cars behind him, KERS and DRS is basically useless for this track because of the short straightaway...... maybe they need NOS specially for this track....

Okay.... Z related stuffs... I've been struggle to decide what is my next mod... I have 3 items in on my list so far

1) Exhaust (Budget $1000 to $1300 Max)
2) BBK ($4000ish?)
3) Smart Top: ($300)

Pintsize725

exhaust

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LunaZ

I think it only looked boring from where we were sitting.
Considering that most of the guys ran a one stop strategy, doing a 30+ lap first stint on the option tyres is pretty amazing and dicey.
It was tense at the end with drizzle threatening to turn into rain and really shake things up in the last 8 laps. I think every approach to Mirabeau or the Nouvelle Chicane was a pins and needles moment!

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Bucketlist2012

I have a friend who is there now, and i think he enjoyed the days before the event more than the actual race...He was renting Ferrari's and driving around,ect..

It was on his bucket list..He has a way bigger bucket than me...It is a one and done thing for him..

His pictures he sent were just crazy.. The hills , the yachts, the Hotels, the exotic cars..

But the race ? Boring..

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LunaZ

Dare I say "You show me how you do 78 laps around Monaco, half of them on tyres that should have been changed 20 laps ago"?

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I would have been into the wall the first lap...

Also I am comparing it to his actual experience for the week..

His days before the race were hard to beat..

He is wealthy and even he felt poor.. The experience was so much more fun for him than the race..that is kinda what I meant..Not that the driver's aren't great, they are..

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GMC Sierra1500

LunaZ

I have a feeling that would be me too... or I'd be holding up Karthikeyan.
Luckily, (although not this weekend) Kobash is doing a good job to help dispell the myth of the bad Asian driver with his performances in F1.

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Bucketlist2012

Yes sir.. The atmosphere of Monaco was incredible from what he was telling me.. Seemed like that was more fun than the actual Race.

I cannot even imagine being there.. My Bucket is too small for that.. My bucket is building my Pro Touring Track car, Yosemite, Grand canyon.. Not going to Monaco for the F1 race....OMG...

Oh and I would have to start in the back in an Indy Light car.. I wouldn't want to hold people up.. F1 ? I don't think my Brain can process things that fast...

You can give me new tires every five laps and I would still kiss the metal guardrail or stuff it at the hairpin turn...Right where the Fairmont Hotel is.

But I saw your avatar...Enjoy any track time you get.

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2009 Sport/Touring 370Z
1971 Z/28 with coil overs, rushforth's, willwoods, Hotchkis. 4 speed
GMC Sierra1500

Bucketlist2012

Same with Mato in the Indy 500...Sure he made a bad move at the end, but he was in position to WIN...So watch out for Asian driver's ..They are not a myth, they are for real..

He just about won it... Kinda wish he would have.. But it is what it is...

He is for real too.

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1971 Z/28 with coil overs, rushforth's, willwoods, Hotchkis. 4 speed
GMC Sierra1500

alcheng

I agree, if I am one of the crew in the race, this race prolly be the most intense one, because lots of maths involved in the race, and yes, how did the drivers consume the tires thus extended the 15 laps lifespan to 30+ laps cost them lots of skills too.

I was getting exciting too when the team radio exchanging different weather prediction with the drivers every single lap.

However, as a point of view of spectators, I see the drivers were driving cautiously, without knowing is the rain coming in the next lap or not, the strategy was rather on the conservative side.

Vettel was having a 16 secs lead at one point and everyone was amazed by how he maxed out the tires' lifespan with that kind of pace, he showed skills and guts, but it was all ruined by pit stop and the nature of the circuit layout (impossible to pass).

The most exciting moment of the whole 78 laps, I think it's the start, and the moment that Schumacher attempted to pass Raikkonen when the pair came out of the tunnel...

Look forward to Canadian!!