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Originally Posted by Rogue Leader
Ok as someone who tried (and failed) at becoming a pro, I'd be interested to know what your possibility is? If you're somehow serious, be prepared for a long expensive road with a lot of nos, and being the "best" isn't always what you need to get ahead. Pro Racing is all about the almighty dollar...
My suggestion for a serious track car is a Lotus Elise or Exige. You can get a used one at around your price point, and they have a great power to weight ratio, mods are available, every kind of racing part is available. The thing is a Track STAR. Forget anything else, it will cost you too much to track prep when the Exige and Elise are ready to rock from the beginning.
If you plan on daily driving your "race car" forget it, if you want to be the fastest and try to go pro, your car won't be able to be driven on the street, nor would you want to.
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Actually that's the thing, I happen to be lucky enough to afford a daily driver which is a going to be a m3, and a winter car/tower which is a trailblazer. So the track car(s) will be only used at the track, I'm not going to drive it(them) on the street or anything like that.
I also agree with you about the lotus. The only thing is that I tried sitting in one and it was very uncomfortable, and I'm only 5'9". Other than that, I agree that the car should already be built for the track when I'm going to buy it. There is no way that I will build one a track car, way to much time, financial resources and energy wasted. The only thing is that I'm not sure if a lotus will be good enough on the drag strip.
My possibility is that after college I will be able to have a good amount of free time. I also happen to have a good amount of the financial resources to put up front for this very tough road.