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Is there a way to test the car?
We don't want to register the car, so we cannot use the streets.
The issue is we have taken a lot of weight out of our German luxo-box, 740il, and we have no idea how the car will handle, oversteer, no traction for the back wheels, extreme speed!!!!????
Does anyone know a good way to test and experiment?
track days, autocrosses, etc.
We don't want to register the car, so we cannot use the streets.
Big Brother hasn't installed remote ignition disablers on your car, have they?
Autocrossing found a potentially fatal flaw in our car before hitting the track.
Us too. I went to an AX and didn't have the slowest time of the day.
We're thinking of trailering ours to a big parking lot late at night. No high speed tests, just basics, braking, slalom, etc. Expecting/hoping the police to give a warning, not a ticket, if they drop in.
If you aren't screeching tires, and brappin' through a straight pipe, you will likely be fine. But you could get a trespassing ticket.
I figger 3000 miles of BABE rally should let us know what's wrong, of course that requires registering the car.
I took mine with me to the PCA hpde I went to last weekend. I get lucky, our local PCA chapter is populated by car guys, not a lot of the show and shine crowd, and they loved it. But ours is still registered.
A Supertrapp with T-bolt band clamps can give you stealth-quiet for testing and can be removed easily...I've never done it but I saw it at a Solo 2 event that had tight noise restrictions. The guy brings it along and if he fails the loud test, just clamps it on.
I figger 3000 miles of BABE rally should let us know what's wrong, of course that requires registering the car.
Wouldn't have done it for the Craptation. We had to take a corner at speed for the ball joint to remove itself from the knuckle.
JThw8 wrote:I figger 3000 miles of BABE rally should let us know what's wrong, of course that requires registering the car.
Wouldn't have done it for the Craptation. We had to take a corner at speed for the ball joint to remove itself from the knuckle.
Agreed, there are some things which just wont be known until the car is driven in anger. But BABE isnt a leisurly highway cruise either. There are a few opportunites to give the car a workout, nothing like a closed track will of course, but dont get the idea its just miles of boring highway cruising.
No. I'm not coming with you.
As Rob said, the autoxs helped us diagnose a ball joint failure at 40 MPH instead of at 90 MPH. And we also learned our motor mounts needed help. The autox did NOT help us diagnose just how bad the brakes would wind up being. If you can do a track day, you'd be better off. But autoxing is better than nothing.
Or just live out in the country.
yes. that would work even bettter. 
Ok. So i am fucked. Good. Sounds like most people are on the same wavelength. So... the hope is not to get arrested testing the car. Considering my teen years, i think I have a plan!
Or just live out in the country.
Which we do, and where we test.........
dealer plate or temp tags?
We test at our local short track. It's a 3/8ths concrete oval. We can run all day. Today we're doing a 5 hour test to check tire wear and overheating. Almost everyone has a local short track near them
Richard
Just tow it out to a deserted parking lot in an industrial area or out in the boonies and run it around on the weekend when no one is at work. Try some high-speed panic stops and test the brakes and see how fast they fade and get friggen hot, a big parking lot IS where they have auto X's anyway, so find one and thrash the car there.
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