Re: Street racing question
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Couldn't I buy like a ferrari and just smoke everyone.
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A Ferrari could smoke most cars, but there are much better platforms for straight line speed. It's not terribly difficult to put 1,000hp into a Supra. All of the parts you need are mass produced.
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Or buy a civic and just put a V12 into it?
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That's at the opposite end of the impractical scale as the Ferrari. But I get the point you're trying to make, it's not hard to build a fast car, especially if you have cash.
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Can you even beat someone who has a better car than you?
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If the difference is not that great, someone who is very good might be able to beat some guy who has no clue every time. Other than that, only if the guy driving the faster car makes a mistake. Michael Schumacher wouldn't stand a chance if he was driving for Super Aguri.
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It seems like its just whoever owns the best car and should hardly be considered racing.
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That's pretty much it. You can still consider it racing, because whoever goes faster wins. It's just not very competitive. There are plenty of reasons why someone would still want to do it, a lot of them have already been discussed. For a guy who's spent months working in his own garage, smoking a car that was twice as fast as what his car used to be could validate all the work he's done. There's still a certain amount of respect some people get for having a faster car.
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