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Question about professionals and the Porsche GT

sanjuro said:
I feel like one of those futurists who predicts flying cars and telepathy without providing one bit of science.

Right now, there is real-time telemetry being analyzed, from speed and gps location, to engine and suspension performance.

That data will translate into onboard adjustments, likely in 5 years, assuming there is no rule changes preventing this.

In the meanwhile, several sources are developing self driving vehicles. The last DARPA challenge, 6 vehicles were able to travel 55 miles on a closed course. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Grand_Challenge_(2007)

My guess is with 10 years, you will see self-driving cars on the road.

If there was no path to the robot racer, then I would be "no f'ing way". But at least we can see the start line.
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I agree. Right now we can put men on the moon. Why there's no reason we can't put men on a planet 3 billion light years away, right, given more time and development.

All we need is massless propulsion, faster than light drive, and to have the laws of relativity suspended.
 
aminalmutha said:
Was told by an acquaintance yesterday that he knows a guy who was close friends with the guy driving the Porsche GT in question and had actually ridden with him in siad car thru the same area at speeds of over 150mph. He said they did that kinda shit all the time.

I know this is total second hand info, but I have no reason to not believe him, tho I don't think anyone is really wondering what happened.


What I don't understand is that if you have that kinda money, WTF are you doing pulling that kinda crap in that area? I'd have my own tractor trailer and would be taking the thing to B-Willow, Willow Springs, etc. whenever I wanted. Not showing off to fools in Honda Civics.
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If I had that kind of money, I'd build my own damn race track in my back yard.

Personally, I don't have a problem with people pushing their performance machines away from others, where you can't take someone else out who's just trying to pick up a gallon of milk at the corner quick-rip... because the BIG law is YOU. DON'T. TAKE. SOMEONE. WITH. YOU.
 
aminalmutha said:
What I don't understand is that if you have that kinda money, WTF are you doing pulling that kinda crap in that area? I'd have my own tractor trailer and would be taking the thing to B-Willow, Willow Springs, etc. whenever I wanted. Not showing off to fools in Honda Civics.
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I know of an owner that has one, under a cover, on a battery tender- it get's fire up twice a month and he takes his race cars to the track when he needs to.

Porsche made very few of the Carrera GT's and every time some one wrecks or totals one- the value of his goes up.:cool
 
sanjuro said:
I feel like one of those futurists who predicts flying cars and telepathy without providing one bit of science.

Right now, there is real-time telemetry being analyzed, from speed and gps location, to engine and suspension performance.
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I don't think you really get the scale of the problem. Flying cars and telepathy are probably easier goals than a robot that can manually control a motorcycle at a MotoGP competitive level.
 
morthrane said:
I don't think you really get the scale of the problem. Flying cars and telepathy are probably easier goals than a robot that can manually control a motorcycle at a MotoGP competitive level.
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Bingo. The one thing the roboteers are missing is independent thought. There's no doubt electronic aids help laps times. They can't make the kind of decisions that a life based mind does. That's called AI (Artificial Intelligence) and if anybody in this thread thinks that's happening, I have a bridge for sale for $1.
 
TheRobSJ said:
For all intensive purposes, if you never plan to drive on the track and are just a law abiding citizen, then you don't need much more than a boring ass 4 cylinder Camry to drive around.
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WTF is this? coming from you, I'm surprised. It's "intents and purposes"....sorry pet peeve.. carry on. :twofinger
 
}Dragon{ said:
I know of an owner that has one, under a cover, on a battery tender- it get's fire up twice a month and he takes his race cars to the track when he needs to.

Porsche made very few of the Carrera GT's and every time some one wrecks or totals one- the value of his goes up.:cool
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Humm, interesting investment, in the mean time does it pay a dividend?
 
Lester Green said:
WTF is this? coming from you, I'm surprised. It's "intents and purposes"....sorry pet peeve.. carry on. :twofinger
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I graduated HS with a 1.8GPA and I ain't no(double neg pet peeve too?) English major since there was no college. Shit like that is gonna happen from time to time. I'm rather amazed that I can even write at all sometimes. FWIW, I'm surprised that came from me too.
 
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possibly because I've used that several times around here, in jest. maybe you accidentally squirreled it away in your subconscious gray matter without regard to context. :laughing

The brain can work in strange ways.
 
}Dragon{ said:
Yeah- the dividend is that he drive it when he feels like it.
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Some cars have turned out to be great investments. Seems like it takes a couple of decades or more to figure out which ones and you need to insure it that whole time.
Might be simpler to just stick with the market or gold.
 
BMW Z8's were a pretty good bet...so were the GT40. Pretty much, the rule of thumb is a near class leading/ breaking car with excellent design and no model revision to follow it.
 
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