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Old 27-06-2008, 12:05 AM
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Cool "track look" cars on the road...

just wondering what are peoples oppinions are on using a track look car on the road..

basically would you think its cool if you spotted a fully stripped/caged ford out on the road?

and also is there people on there that used there "track" car or "track look" car on the roads, and do they get many people look?

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Old 27-06-2008, 12:08 AM
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Who cares if people look or not when you are driving? unless they are so impressd they flag you down and offer to suck you off what difference does it make?
Old 27-06-2008, 12:10 AM
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do people realy do that? lol

im not saying its a bad thing, just wondering if anyone on here uses there track cars on the road aswell..

when my escort is on the road i want people to look as you dont spot many track looking cars on the road at all..
Old 27-06-2008, 12:12 AM
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No one ever seems to miss my nova on the rare occasions its on the road, and thats quite track looking i guess.
Old 27-06-2008, 12:14 AM
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im so tempted to have some decals put on mine, only the white square with number on the doors and my surname and england flag in the rear windows...

not sure if it will look good or not though..
Old 27-06-2008, 12:17 AM
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Photoshop!

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Old 27-06-2008, 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Benni
Photoshop!

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il have to get some recent pics on the comp soon so il have to do just that..

Old 27-06-2008, 12:33 AM
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If it wasnt a bonus it might get some attention. Names etc on the windows look pish on a road car IMO....
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nothing wrong with base model escorts mate...

its road legal yer buts its fully stripped out with a 6 point cage etc

i wouldnt have all the sponser names etc down the car, just numbers on doors and name in rear windows..
Old 27-06-2008, 12:47 AM
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Originally Posted by bonus_boy
il have to get some recent pics on the comp soon so il have to do just that..

Let me know if you need a hand mate, I am always happy to help.

P.S The bonus is the best.
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Originally Posted by bonus_boy
do people realy do that? lol

im not saying its a bad thing, just wondering if anyone on here uses there track cars on the road aswell..

when my escort is on the road i want people to look as you dont spot many track looking cars on the road at all..
they do where chip goes curb cruising
Old 27-06-2008, 12:49 AM
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Originally Posted by bonus_boy
nothing wrong with base model escorts mate...

its road legal yer buts its fully stripped out with a 6 point cage etc

i wouldnt have all the sponser names etc down the car
, just numbers on doors and name in rear windows..
It is good for street cred to have your shopping list on your doors
Old 27-06-2008, 12:50 AM
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One car I saw had

Kenwood
Toyo
Goodyear
Garrett
Falken

on his doors, I never did find out what make the 4th tyre was though
Old 27-06-2008, 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by bonus_boy
nothing wrong with base model escorts mate...

its road legal yer buts its fully stripped out with a 6 point cage etc

i wouldnt have all the sponser names etc down the car, just numbers on doors and name in rear windows..

Why?
Old 27-06-2008, 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Chip
One car I saw had

Kenwood
Toyo
Goodyear
Garrett
Falken

on his doors, I never did find out what make the 4th tyre was though
Old 27-06-2008, 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Ollie6RS2
Why?
Why not?

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Old 27-06-2008, 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Benni
Why not?
I agree!

I see no reason why people shouldn't make totally ordinary old cars stand out from the crowd with lots and lots of stickers. England flags, big white squares for numbers, shopping lists, high school musical.

Putting your name on the window is a stroke of pure genius.

Now people will know exactly who they're calling a cunt.
Old 27-06-2008, 06:36 AM
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Usually get more people looking and thinking "what the fuck is that noise?!" with my car.
Old 27-06-2008, 06:38 AM
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mine seams to get a few looks
Old 27-06-2008, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Paddy
I agree!

I see no reason why people shouldn't make totally ordinary old cars stand out from the crowd with lots and lots of stickers. England flags, big white squares for numbers, shopping lists, high school musical.

Putting your name on the window is a stroke of pure genius.

Now people will know exactly who they're calling a cunt.
ROFL

I admit to having done it once - what was I thinking?
Old 27-06-2008, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by RichardPON
ROFL

I admit to having done it once - what was I thinking?


At a guess ummm that looks good
Old 27-06-2008, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by RichardPON
I admit to having done it once - what was I thinking?
We've all done things we regret!

Look at Benni's parents.
Old 27-06-2008, 07:10 AM
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dont be a tosser.

Unless it's a proper rally car that you compete in then you look like a total tool.
Old 27-06-2008, 07:22 AM
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Mines stripped out & caged, also has my name in the rear windows wit the st georges cross !

I'm shocked everytime I drive the car, the amount of attention it gets - could be the fact it looks so rough & shyte why peeps look !

They deffo hear me before they see me tho !

jb
Old 27-06-2008, 07:44 AM
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If you're worred about what other people think about you, why do you drive a fucking bonus?
Old 27-06-2008, 07:50 AM
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I actually think it's illegal to put numbers on the side of a road car. Would need to check.
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Originally Posted by bonus_boy
my surname and england flag in the rear windows...

not sure if it will look good or not though..
imo it will look like you are a council estate chav

Originally Posted by jb fletch
Mines stripped out & caged, also has my name in the rear windows wit the st georges cross !
just to prove the point

Originally Posted by Paddy
I agree!

I see no reason why people shouldn't make totally ordinary old cars stand out from the crowd with lots and lots of stickers. England flags, big white squares for numbers, shopping lists, high school musical.

Putting your name on the window is a stroke of pure genius.

Now people will know exactly who they're calling a cunt.


Originally Posted by Chip
One car I saw had

Kenwood
Toyo
Goodyear
Garrett
Falken

on his doors, I never did find out what make the 4th tyre was though
quality
Old 27-06-2008, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Smiggy
I actually think it's illegal to put numbers on the side of a road car. Would need to check.
think you can have them on but you need to cross them out with black tape or something.
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Originally Posted by Chip
One car I saw had

Kenwood
Toyo
Goodyear
Garrett
Falken

on his doors, I never did find out what make the 4th tyre was though


pmsl. although a friend of mine has both quaife and tranx decals on his escort.. but that's because quaife sponsor the race series so he has to have them on. (despite the fact that he hates them with a passion and only has tranx stuff on the car!)
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Originally Posted by bonus_boy
im so tempted to have some decals put on mine, only the white square with number on the doors and my surname and england flag in the rear windows...

not sure if it will look good or not though..

i wouldn't descibe that as "track look". Either have nothing or absolutely plaster the thing imo.
how many race cars do you see with just numbers and driver names? they're covered all over in sponsor ads.
Old 27-06-2008, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by RichardPON
ROFL

I admit to having done it once - what was I thinking?

Same here
Old 27-06-2008, 08:34 AM
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I used to use my 205 track car as my daily driver when I was in between cars! No homo stickers/names/numbers on it though. You get a few funny looks in the work carpark pulling up in a noisy, lumpy, rattly old shed in full harnesses trying to straddle the door bars whilst juggling your lunch and laptop and trying not to get covered in oil and crap
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Having a pretend anything is utterly gay IMO.

Nothing at all wrong with driving your track car on the road, nothing wrong with having a road car thats all stripped and caged as long as you use it properly, but if you got a car you dont really use hard, just pretend to, your a nobhead IMO.

Tho half the fast cars on here are never used properly, so spose its not that different
Old 27-06-2008, 09:03 AM
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Do what you want matey... It's your car, who gives a flying fuk what anyone else thinks as long as your happy.
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Originally Posted by foreigneRS
imo it will look like you are a council estate chav



just to prove the point
AFPMSL ! ! !

Cunt ! ! !

Could be worse ! Could be drivin round the estates in a Sierra estate wit a "cossie" front bumper the wrong colour for the cab !

jb
Old 27-06-2008, 09:11 AM
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I will be stripping the cossie out soon. No one EVEr gets in the back of mine so no point in having back seats. May as well get rid of all the unessasry bits. Wont be putting shopping lists on the wings though
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Originally Posted by TurboShed
If you're worred about what other people think about you, why do you drive a fucking bonus?
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Originally Posted by Smiggy
I actually think it's illegal to put numbers on the side of a road car. Would need to check.
surely thats bollocks, how on earth do rally cars drive road sections then?
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Originally Posted by CossieRich
I Wont be putting shopping lists on the wings though
i didnt mean like the "townys" in there fully kitted nova etc, i just mean in general with all the sponsers over the car....

i hate chaved cars with a passion...
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If you car is being sponsored for something then yes of course have the sponsors stickers on it. I have 2 stickers. One acrros the top of the windscreen M.A.Developments and one at the back below the boot. Also MAD. Will get an r&b one from gaybird and a nurburgring one when i take the cossie there


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