What if ur car is picked to be destroyed at the beginning of the race? (Page 2 of 3)

this thread is Going Places!

We brought a car much more rare and hard to replace parts on than a Fiat and walked away with no scrapes, scratches or dents.  Its all on you and your drivers.  If you drive safe, stay out of traffic, point around the faster cars and generally act sensible your car probably wont get hurt.

If Mr. Bindeleted ever does have that $5k bonfire, I would love to see it!

Dude. Fiat. Seriously. If it's nice, you should be able to sell the interior and top for what you paid for the car. Throw a cage in it and go.

Other drivers on my team have had contact, but I haven't yet. We haven't had anything more than small dents and tire marks. There isn't really that much banging with the rules the way they are.

Fiat... prettify it, drive it for a few weeks - and then you *will* reconsider - and *then* you'll make it the Lemons car it deserves to be.... just a few races later than originally planned!

Fix It Again, Tony ;-)
...and, m'mom had an early and showroom-new 124 wagon that had the transmission mysteriously fall out on the freeway - not just the driveshaft, the whole tranny!
~though my HS buds 124 sport was a sweet ride, when it ran.

you should have told her "P" doesn't stand for "pass"

a 124 would be an AWESOME Lemons racer; don't let it be a travesty of garage space consumption then have it languish on the side of the highway when you take it out. I seriously was looking at a $700 124 spyder in my area and probably would have gotten it too if i had the cash burning a hole in my wallet.

I like the answers, thanks, totally cracked me up... especially the transmission falling out story! Totally agree that a BMW 3 series is boring...

It will be a little work encouraging my friends to back a fiat for an endurance race --> they are a little.. ehm... less confident in my vehicle's reliability. I will have to do some  bottom end work on the 2L engine, that's one reason the car came so cheap. I really did pay $400. I'd rather drive a rustier car if I could find one.

Another potential option would be a 1967 Fiat 850 coupe I picked up for some $200, it's interesting looking and also in pretty shameful condition. Certainly fits the lemon profile. The only problem is that the biggest affordable engine for it is a 903cc. Yes, I could get one for $300, but I'm afraid I'd get my ass whooped so bad would not be fun to race. But rear engine would be awesome fun...!

I'm looking forward to partying with you lunatics even if I can't get my car together fast enough to race hahaha

That means you have $100 left, which can actually get you a lot. If you're afraid of reliability of the Fiat, you could probly swap in the drivetrain out of some mini-truck and just use the shell of the Fiat. Thanks to scavenger sales for parts cars and scrap prices being where they are, this can be done for $0 easily with a $250-$350 donor.

You could do a 1600cc VW swap, too.  Seen that, know it fits.

thanks for the tips! I'll post a picture of the fiat 850 rust-dent-coupe when I see it with my poor eyes (=pain) for the first time next weekend! I'm quite sure the 124 spider would be a better / faster choice.... but it does sound tempting to show up in a complete pile of crap.....

I'm quite sure a X/19 motor can be adapted fairly easily into the back of the 850 coupe, the guy that is selling me the car is doing that on a 600. I'll try to find out a little more about that. Agree also about the VW motor but seems a bit sacrilegious... but also very lemon like, so I'll take that into consideration as well.

I'm getting two 850 coupes, delivery included from AZ to CA, for $1000 - with that in mind it's very easy to justify the purchase price of the worse car as $200-250. That would give me a whopping $250-$300 to play with if I choose the 850 over the 124... cha-ching!

Love that first picture of the 850, but how can you be so sure that's not a Fiat motor in there?