heymagic Banned Mega Moderator Location: La la land Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 3,740 Rally Car: Not a Volvo |
Yup, I meant Starlet not Tercel...they sold far too many Tercels in the states though..
So they have and keep older cars due to costs. Nothing wrong with that. We throw away entirely too much stuff keeping up with the Joneses. Other than WRC events, do they have a National/Regional or club structure like we do or do they just have rallies? How did the prices compare back in the day between the Euro cars and the Jap cars? Was there any sort of import duties on the imported cars? Toyota must have sold a lot of Starlets and Corollas in Europe. What did Honda and Nissan do? Were the Escorts and Volvos more expensive than the Jap imports (like models)? I do wish we were more into the 'club" attitude. We maintain a lot on Malcolm Davies Talon and some on Lou Becks Focus. Not for money, just for 'fun'. It is pretty neat when everyone shows up and thrashes on the cars, although I'm too old and cranky to pull the all nighters working on race cars these days. |
Topi Topi Hynynen Mod Moderator Location: SoCal Join Date: 01/24/2006 Posts: 226 Rally Car: RWD Rollator GrF |
Gene, there're plenty of rallies on any level: http://www.autourheilu.fi/lajit/kilpailukalenteri/2010/
Just in Jan/Feb they have 17 rallies (Ralli) and 15 Rally sprints (RS). All that in area of California! All cars are and have always been expensive. Volvo, Saab, Ford, Datsun, Lada, Opel, Fiat, BMC/Leyland and others have had factory dealer teams. All cars and parts were openly sold to privaters. That helped to gain brand following. Maybe Ford's been the best to help privaters and it still shows. I'm with you - we should have more Rally Clubs. I'm suprised you WA/OR guys don't have weekly meetings and a big, shared shop like in Finland and Sweden. They share cost and every one gets fixed time to work on their cars. Here,. in SoCal, the traffic and distances are way too big. It won't work. Also, to rent/build a shop is very expensive. - RWD rocks - |
NoCoast Grant Hughes Mega Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
We're starting a rally coop type thing going. Currently in the back area of Checkpoint, but we've got five of us already in and it's alot of fun. Probably move into a new shop in March that will be smaller, but still sufficient. It is so so much more fun to work on rally cars while hanging out with friends and others. (and drinking beer and listening to music the whole time too.)
Grant Hughes |
wvonkessler Wilson von Kessler Junior Moderator Location: Lookout Mountain, GA Join Date: 02/28/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,127 Rally Car: Colts are in Finland; now '87 325i, '89 325i |
JVL:
Its pretty obvious that the reason that Finns don't rally MKII VWs is that there are none left in the country, all having been wrecked in prior Group F events. Wilson "Talk about drugs. Driving a car like that, going that fast, it’s like all the drugs at once." - Tommy Byrne "Now, Pinky, if by any chance you are captured during this mission, remember you are Gunther Heindriksen from Appenzell. You moved to Grindelwald to drive the cog train to Murren. Can you repeat that?" - The Brain |
Ted Andkilde Ted Andkilde Super Moderator Location: Windsor, ON, Canada Join Date: 04/30/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 329 Rally Car: 1968 Mini |
NoCoast Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > My new girlfriend is a Finn descendent with a codriving > older brother. She drinks almost as much as me > too. I've driven both and I'm a strong believer that > RWD is just more fun! > Hmmn, from these three sentences, I've deduced that boys are either front wheel or all wheel drive and Grant is far more adventurous than I ![]() t Pure mathematics is the enemy of every truly creative man -- Sir Alec Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/15/2009 12:11PM by Ted Andkilde. |
Doivi Clarkinen Banned Ultra Moderator Location: the end of the universe Join Date: 02/12/2006 Age: Ancient Posts: 1,432 Rally Car: 1980 Opel Ascona B |
Ted Andkilde Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > NoCoast Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > My new girlfriend is a Finn descendent with a > codriving > > older brother. She drinks almost as much as > me > > too. I've driven both and I'm a strong > believer that > > RWD is just more fun! > > > > > Hmmn, from these three sentences, I've deduced > that boys are either front wheel or all wheel > drive and Grant is far more adventurous than I > Yeah Grant, you could have worded that better. If you read it literally, you know... But I think I know what you really meant. And Ted, if you want to get nitpicky, it's not actually clear from that statement which is RWD: the girlfriend or her older brother? |
BillyElliot Billy Elliot Mann Mega Moderator Location: Royal Oak, MI Join Date: 08/11/2008 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 557 Rally Car: 1996 Honda Civic with VTEC YO! |
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Ted Andkilde Ted Andkilde Super Moderator Location: Windsor, ON, Canada Join Date: 04/30/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 329 Rally Car: 1968 Mini |
Doivi Clarkinen Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > And Ted, if you want > to get nitpicky, it's not actually clear from that > statement which is RWD: the girlfriend or her > older brother? I was basing the drive wheel assignation on the inference that she's his girlfriend in the present tense and that Grant would make the most "fun" choice ![]() t Pure mathematics is the enemy of every truly creative man -- Sir Alec |
Mark Mark Malsom Mod Moderator Location: Denver, CO Join Date: 02/06/2006 Posts: 153 Rally Car: Subaru Impreza |
mack73 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > A huge variety of cars crashing here - > > Man they go all out don't they > > 94 Golf > www.Mack73.com awesome. one of the best crash video's i've ever seen. i lost count of how many trees were taken down! some say they want to go to finland to learn how to drive, how about learning how to crash in spectacular style! -Mark www.nocoastmotorsports.net |
john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Infallible Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
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