But you CAN go faster and have some fun, provided that you take a little detour, or creep for a bit before the checkpoint.

 

Anyone do one of these with street suspension? Coilovers and such

 

The Golden West rally was on mostly gravel (my favorite), but there are lots of TSD road rallys on pavement only, and it sounds like Pete was thinking of some pavement only runs, so your car'd definitely be fine for those.

 

The implied question was 'why dont more poeple do this'...I answered it. I dont have the money to do real rally, but I'm not going to spend money or time on something that also holds no interest.

As far as drifting a turn at "exactly the rigth speed"....I understand that these are competitions held on open roads. How is that legal (even if it is within the posted limit, its not a safe speed, and therefore still not legal). Or are the roads closed?

 

Pete,

You know I'd be down, but $$ is my limiting factor. It's the same reason I didn't attend Rim this year and have generally been "out" of rallying for a while. Gas + hotel + entry fee + food all add up and it's not a number I can handle right now. I'll definitely be down with volunteering on the closer TSD's if/when you run them.

-Brian

 

+1 for a local rally.

PS thanks for the links everyone.

 

+1, plus id need a more capable car than a FWD L....

 

FWD cars are perfect for left-foot braking on gravel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-foot_braking - search for 'front wheel drive'

 

No you don't... much more important that a tricked out vehicle is an accurate clock for these events.

 

This pretty much answers your question Psoper.

How many people do you think bought their WRX/STI because of rally? I will admit, I did not. I think many original I-club members from the 2.5RS days did, but the majority of GDB owners (especially 04+) did not. I am proud that Subaru has the heritage, and I think it's really cool, but like most others I bought this car b/c it's a good car all-around: a 5 seat sedan w/ plenty of cargo space (for wagons), is a fast car, easier to drive to Tahoe, it's a "cool car", and it's a new car so I don't have to worry about misc maintenance probs like on a DSM.

 

Actually uninformed misconceptions from naysayers who don't have a clue what they are talking about doesn't answer my question at all, if the answer for you and matt is "nothing" then OK I can accept that.

I am more interested in hearing from people that like to go out on these "brisk drives" and rallycross and have said they'd like to try a rally sometime- what do these people need to prod them into taking that step and trying it out?

I know it certainly isn't for everybody, if it was, I probably wouldn't enjoy it so much.

But for people that enjoy pushing their cars and themselves a bit, engaging in light competition and actually giving their cars a chance to do what they were designed to do- why aren't more of you coming out?

 

Pete, how much would your local TSD road rallys cost?

Since they're local, that's savings right there. I easily go north as far as Willows (3 hours from SF) and south as far as Pinnacles.

Autocross entry fees are $30, Golden West was $120, so I'm guessing somewhere inbetween?

 

Ooh yeah, Pinnacles... La Gloria rd, maybe Parkfield grade even?- that gives me some ideas!

Maybe as much as, but probably even less than $30- since development costs are so much lower for local stuff.

Again it depends a lot on how many participants we get, many costs are fixed, only a few go up with increased attendance (mostly route book printing and trophies), so the more people we get out the cheaper we should be able to set entry fees

 

i do them all the time with Pete (psoper) and my car is stock height. Do not have a skid guard and drive off-road more than most and at very fast speeds.

4 years later i've yet to destroy my car and or the oil pan.

you *****'s should really get out there and stop this hanging out in a parking lot all the time.

-rich

 

the ones I've done wit Pete were pretty good and haven't run into high crowns. however, few other ones I've been to I was glad that I had a nice tick skid plate! I still remember my first encounter with high crown... Navi: "caution, high crown" Me: "high crown? What's that" CRUNK!! CRUNK!! LOL!

It was funny as hell at the time only because I had a skid plate. Otherwise I would have been towing my car back from Oregon...

But I have to say, Pete pick some FINE routes!