by "Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
Published 09/12/2017 at 22:10
by "Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
Published 09/12/2017 at 22:10
Tags: rally
STARS: 4
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18 years after AWD took over the WRC Citroen brought out a pair of lightweight FWD Xsara kit cars and earned back to back tarmac rally wins in 1999, the last 2WD wins in the WRC
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
09/12/2017 at 22:18, STARS: 0
F2000 rally cars were bonkers.
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
09/13/2017 at 03:19, STARS: 0
Xsaras have been the perfect beaters for some years now. Unloved, very cheap but both decent to drive and decent reliability wise.
Anyway Dusty, there’s this week long UK (Wales) meet next Easter. We’ve been brainstorming doing a beater option as well (as apposed to a rental), given that old cars are very cheap in the UK. Want to join? I’m sure you could have a Xsara for a few hundred pounds, with 2 digit (if any) depreciation if you have a British oppo member sell it for you afterwards. And you could conquer Wales with it, or more if you wish to stay longer.
http://oppositelock.kinja.com/europpomeet-location-s-and-time-poll-questionnaire-ro-1797629724
"Dasupersprint - base trim is enough" (dasupersprint)
09/13/2017 at 08:39, STARS: 0
I really liked those cars! When I was a kid I used to have time to watch WRC from time to time
"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
09/17/2017 at 02:13, STARS: 0
How did they do it? What was the secret? FWD is worse!
"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
09/17/2017 at 08:27, STARS: 0
On tarmac the weight advantage was enough to overcome the traction disadvantage.
"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
09/17/2017 at 08:32, STARS: 0
I’d love to, but a Eurotrip isn’t in the budget at the moment
"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12)
09/17/2017 at 22:39, STARS: 0
I’d have thought the weight would be all regulated anyway. Like, every car would be 1300kg or whatever.
"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
09/17/2017 at 23:01, STARS: 1
FWD kit cars were under a different ruleset from the AWD WRC cars. The kit cars were about 2100 pounds while the WRC cars were 2700.