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ontheranch

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Im really keen on giving it a shot but not in my car, so I want to by something under 2grand and head out to Mallala for a practice.

Can someone here tell me whats involved? Costs? Car reqirements, licences etc?

Thanks!

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Of course, tow the car out there, and ensure the vehicle towing is in road worthy condition :laugh:

... or you can do what the NS boys do, and drive the car out there with front bumper missing, fmic in-ya-face, and then whinge about how the cops pulled you into a defect station and defected you :ninja:

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Of course, tow the car out there, and ensure the vehicle towing is in road worthy condition :laugh:

... or you can do what the NS boys do, and drive the car out there with front bumper missing, fmic in-ya-face, and then whinge about how the cops pulled you into a defect station and defected you :ninja:

Haha wow. Yeah wont be doing this

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As for costs and requirements.

A normal prac day is about $125 last time I went out.

$10 at the gate

$90 to go on the track (or it may be $80 I can't remember :laugh:)

$25 for a one-day CAMS licence

Then theres a full tank of petty, tyres and whatever else you might chew through.

I used to budget about $250-$300 each prac, as I'd just get cheap as possible second hand tyres for the back from the various tyre places I've worked at over the years :(

I've never towed my car out, just make sure your car is presentable (or drive a JZX100, the coppers waved me through last prac in my 100, they probably thought I was someones parent in a Camry going out there to watch :ninja:)

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... or you can do what the NS boys do, and drive the car out there with front bumper missing, fmic in-ya-face, and then whinge about how the cops pulled you into a defect station and defected you :ninja:

on the contrary, ive been one of the few cars that were defected in the blitz police were doing at mallala for a bit there, i was defected for my cracked indicator lense. most of the real ghetto cars are trailered out there.

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... or you can do what the NS boys do, and drive the car out there with front bumper missing, fmic in-ya-face, and then whinge about how the cops pulled you into a defect station and defected you :ninja:

Saw a stag sporting this FMIC IN YA FACE look driving in Norwood on sunday. Wasnt me and wont go naming any names... Whos gonna guess who it was? up for grabs is this ziplock bag full of... AIR!

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AE86 aka tureno if you can find one that cheap

:ninja: yeah good luck with that.

Go the 31 if you just wanna go out and thrash something. Take your 34 out there if you want to learn more about the car/driving in general. Once you get over the fear of bending a good car its much more fun.

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agree with those that said to get a KE of some sort or your good old 31! Then budget for tow/trailor, entry, get some 2nd hand tyres..

Ive just picked myself up a KE35 for $300 and will doing a few basic mods (welded diff, stiffer springs) and taking it out to drift prac next early next year!

Eventually tho id love to go to something like an S13.. but all depends how I go.

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