11 hours ago, birdguy said:

My sports car memories stopped a the sixties with MG-TDs and MG-As, TR3s, Austin-Healeys road ralleys, and Sunday auto-crosses in shopping mall parking lots because everything was closed on Sunday.

And don't forget the Sprites. Nothing could handle the super-tight parking lot autocross "twisties" better than those little buggers. We even had to establish a "Dirty Sprite" class just to give the guys driving the Corvettes a chance to win something 🙂.

Edited June 25, 20214 yr by W2DR

14 hours ago, mwilk said:

That's an F1 steering wheel so that may be their F1 simulator. 

If so that may account for 50% of the cost!

 

34 minutes ago, fppilot said:

If so that may account for 50% of the cost!

 

I could have sworn that I read that Lewis Hamilton's steering wheel cost $125,000. The average cost is around $90,000. It's crazy how expensive F1 cars are.

1 minute ago, mwilk said:

I could have sworn that I read that Lewis Hamilton's steering wheel cost $125,000. The average cost is around $90,000. It's crazy how expensive F1 cars are.

This guy took a look at some of the potential costs.

 

1 minute ago, mwilk said:

I could have sworn that I read that Lewis Hamilton's steering wheel cost $125,000. The average cost is around $90,000. It's crazy how expensive F1 cars are.

But a simulated copy would likely fall into a lower cost tier.  Materials and construction?  Likely.  Full function and plug and play into the RL F1 car?  No way in Hades!

4 hours ago, W2DR said:

And don't forget the Sprites

How could I forget the Sprites?  My brother had one.

Noel

Some mega rich people will pay millions for paintings that look like a toddler has knocked over a tin of Dulux, so Aston Martin should have no problem selling all 150 examples of this "exclusive" simulator.

10 hours ago, W2DR said:

And don't forget the Sprites. Nothing could handle the super-tight parking lot autocross "twisties" better than those little buggers. We even had to establish a "Dirty Sprite" class just to give the guys driving the Corvettes a chance to win something 🙂.

Mini Coopers ruled the autocross world in Indiana.  Still have a B here in the garage:  (reflected cloud textures by REX, LOL)

Edited June 25, 20214 yr by fppilot

41 minutes ago, fppilot said:

Mini Coopers ruled the autocross world in Indiana.  Still have a B here in the garage:  (reflected cloud textures by REX, LOL)

I love the plate. The good old yellow-on-black brings back many memories of days long gone now. Almost all the Mini's in my part of the country (and there weren't many) were owned by the rally crowd. Where did you autocross in California? I did both autocross and rallying based in Sacramento back in the '60's. Boy, do I ever miss those days. Get off work and rally on Friday night. Get up early on Saturday and drive 100 miles or more to do another rally on Saturday. And then up again on Sunday to head off to the local autocross. I look back now and realize that all of us twenty-somethings back then were crazy. Or at least a bit teched in the head 😀.

Edited June 25, 20214 yr by W2DR

1 hour ago, W2DR said:

Where did you autocross in California? 

Never did in California.  Autocross only at Bloomington, Indiana, on the airport (late 1960's), and then SCCA Solo 1 at Indianapolis Raceway Park on the road course.  Also raced an Alfa Spider Veloce in SCCA for three seasons in the early '70s.  I later lived in California from 1998 to 2010 but did not race.  Did attend many vintage race weekends at Buttonwillow and Willow Springs.  I live in Maryland now on the east side of the bay.