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EJ205
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Truckee
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Ready for winter!
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EJ22
Real Name: Rob Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Reno
Posts: 174
Car: 2002 WRX Wagon
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Every Porsche purist just lost 2 months off their life span. An abomination! Hehe
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Candy Mountain
Real Name: Cody Join Date: May 2005
Location: Californication
Posts: 7,751
Car: 03 Pussy Wagon, now with more pink!
Class: TESP
OMG Internet!
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Looks great. Do you expect to drive it regularly when it's crappy out or just for fun on the weekends? What tires?
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Señor Cheap Bastarde
Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003
Location: $99 Tire Store
Posts: 9,294
Car: $.04 STI
Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI
Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.
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I would say that it the perfect winter configuration for any C4!!!
Porsches are meant to be driven, not stored. Any reason you did not center the box? Would think it would still be reachable as low as the car is.
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SECCS Brewmeister
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: on the edge of a marsh
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Love it.
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El Matador
Real Name: Matt Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 10,660
Car: 2012 Toyota Tacoma
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This made my day! Nice dude. What wheels are those?
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EJ205
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Truckee
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It's my daily driver. So as long as it is not too deep and heavy, it will be on the road. The tires are Blizzack LM60's 225/40/18 front and 265/35/18 rear.
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EJ205
Join Date: May 2004
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Yes they need to be driven daily!
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EJ205
Join Date: May 2004
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OZ Alleggerita's from tirerack. They are really light for their size. The fronts are 18X8.5 ET 50 (18.2 lbs) and the rears are 18X10 ET 40 (20.8 lbs).
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SECCS Brewmeister
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Reminiscent of this beauty
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Señor Cheap Bastarde
Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003
Location: $99 Tire Store
Posts: 9,294
Car: $.04 STI
Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI
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One of My Audi club instructor buddies has a Twin Turbo with a roof rack designed for 4 race tires so he doesn't have to deal with the stupid 55MPH towing law in CA.
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EJ22T
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Reno
Posts: 9,445
Car: '93/'01 GF6, mostly red
Class: 19 FP
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Two words for him: Tire Tail.
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The Don
Real Name: Aaron Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 3,097
Car: '97 Legacy / '05 FXT
Class: low
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Looks great, Nick. I love that you use it!
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Señor Cheap Bastarde
Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003
Location: $99 Tire Store
Posts: 9,294
Car: $.04 STI
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One word, No...
He has a long and detailed response why roof is better with many reasons, the most basic of which is the car was actually designed to carry weight on the roof and not hanging off the back.
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The Doink
Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 20,335
Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata
Class: PDX/TT-6
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I'd rather have the tires up on the roof rather than swinging around hanging off the ass of the car as well, just from a handling perspective.
Then again, If you're going to drive a Porsche to the track, just run on street tires and make sure you leave yourself enough tire to get home on. If you really want to run R-comps on your Porsche at the track, well you should be able to afford the truck and trailer to do it more safely and comfortably.
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JDM Cowboy
Real Name: Nick Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Somewhere
Posts: 8,642
Car: 2015 Mazda 3
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Love the roof rack.
Furthermore: Adding more weight behind the rear axle of a tail happy RR car just doesn't sound like fun.
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Señor Cheap Bastarde
Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003
Location: $99 Tire Store
Posts: 9,294
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Original config for OTC. Only shot I could find easily. note tires are unmounted and sideways for minimum cross section. ![]()
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The Doink
Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Portland, OR
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Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata
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The question then is... what do they do when they kill that set of tires at a track? Order more tires to be waiting for them at the next stop?
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EJ251
Real Name: Rory Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 607
Car: Miata, shit.
Class: Out Classed
NOW WITH 100% LESS STI!
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And here I was thinking the WRX wagon was a good snow-going car. Soooo jealous of this. The perfect Porsche ready for the weather. You're my hero.
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Señor Cheap Bastarde
Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003
Location: $99 Tire Store
Posts: 9,294
Car: $.04 STI
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Yes, but I think they were street tires in the first place IIRC. Look at the pic.
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The Doink
Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002
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Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata
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![]() Also... those tires look like Pilot Sport Cups... which are R-comps. ![]()
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Señor Cheap Bastarde
Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003
Location: $99 Tire Store
Posts: 9,294
Car: $.04 STI
Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI
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Sorry, I was searching for a pic... Good eyes. Still yes on having tires waiting at the next hotel/garage at key points.
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The Doink
Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002
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