"willkinton247" (willkinton247)
01/03/2014 at 14:35 • Filed to: Bucket List, Goals, Future Things
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"willkinton247" (willkinton247)
01/03/2014 at 14:35 • Filed to: Bucket List, Goals, Future Things | 6
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I've been thinking a lot about my future lately, which has in turn prompted me to think about what I would like my automotive future to entail. So in order to keep track of it all, I wrote it down.
Some of these will probably be quite easy to cross off, others will be more difficult, but I believe that everything here is theoretically obtainable at some point in my future (as long as I have the time and money, of course). I may not be able to do all of these, but writing down goals is a great way of obtaining them, so here they are, sorted into different categories.
I Want to Own:
An NA Miata
A sports car that does zero to 60 in 6.5 seconds or less
A BMW M car
A project car
A beater 4x4
A well stocked garage and workshop
Driving Experiences:
Track Day, Bro
Participate in an Autocross Event
Compete in 24 Hours of LeMons
Attend a performance driving school
Attend a road racing school
Attend rally school
Rent a muscle car in DC, drive from Ocean City MD to Sacramento CA exclusively on Rt. 50, and then on to San Francisco.
Do some proper off-roading
Drive:
A Ferrari road car
A Viper
An Audi R8
A 911
An honest-to-God, full on race car – Something like !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
Learn:
Heel-toe braking
Handbrake turn
Scandinavian Flick
How to Drift well
How to Weld
Witness:
24 Hours of Le Mans
12 Hours of Sebring
An F1 Race
A WRC race
NAIAS
A Concours d'Elegance
A NASCAR race
Indy 500 (thanks RacecaR)
An NHRA Top Fuel Event (thanks Leadbull)
Accomplishments:
Instill a passion for cars in any future offspring I may be blessed with
Teach future offspring how to work on cars, like my dad has done with me.
To be able to provide for my family while indulging in my passion for cars
So that's my list. What's on yours?
Photo cred: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
ddavidn
> willkinton247
01/03/2014 at 14:41 |
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This is a good idea. I will maybe make a post like this someday.
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willkinton247
> ddavidn
01/03/2014 at 14:42 |
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ddavidn's bucket list:
1.) Make bucket list.
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ddavidn
> willkinton247
01/03/2014 at 14:43 |
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Perfect. This is pretty much how my life goes.
RacecaR
> willkinton247
01/03/2014 at 14:48 |
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A real quick list for me, because, you know, I have work to do and stuff...
Own (in no particular order)
1) An Aston Martin (not the city car)
2) An Evo (not a big lofty one I know, but I want one)
3) A GVR4
4) A Viper
I would like to attend the following (again, in no particular order):
1) 24 Hours of Le Mans
2) A sanctioned, competitive rally race of any kind
3) Indy 500
4) Visit the Nürburgring
5) A BTCC race
6) A live taping of Top Gear (UK)
7) Isle of Man race
8) Witness night races/drifting in Japan
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willkinton247
> RacecaR
01/03/2014 at 14:51 |
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Legit! I may add a NASCAR race and the Indy 500 as well...
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RacecaR
> willkinton247
01/03/2014 at 14:55 |
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Indy is only about 3 hours from me, so I am sure I will make it happen sooner or later. I went to the USGP there back in 2007, and it was awesome.
I also meant to add to make it down to COTA in Austin to watch a race. I can get a flight from my hometown to Dallas pretty cheap, then drive. So it would not be much trouble to get there.
And then there is also Mid-Ohio and VIR, Laguna Seca, Willow Springs, and Road America...so many places I forgot to add to my list!
Goshen, formerly Darkcode
> willkinton247
01/03/2014 at 14:55 |
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I want to own a Saab 9000 Aero, a Corvette, a Viper, a TVR, a V8 Camaro or Trans Am, a supercharged Mustang Cobra, an E-type, a Montreal, a Pantera, and a few motorcycles.
I want to drive all '70s-'90s supercars in existence in my country, possibly some 4x4s, a rally car, a few bad cars, and ride a Ducati Desmosedici RR (I know there's one here. I've seen it with my bare eyes.).
I want to often participate in track days, visit the Geneva Motor Show regularly, and watch Le Mans directly at least once.
Leadbull
> willkinton247
01/03/2014 at 14:57 |
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Great list and perfectly realistic. But add an NHRA Top Fuel event to that—I promise you won't be sorry.
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willkinton247
> Leadbull
01/03/2014 at 15:00 |
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Top Fuel is in the same category as NASCAR for me. Not a huge fan of watching it on TV, but I would totally go to a race given the opportunity.
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Leadbull
> willkinton247
01/03/2014 at 15:03 |
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It's like Zeus himself does a cannonball inside your thoracic cavity.
JesusBuiltMyHotRod
> willkinton247
01/03/2014 at 20:30 |
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Holy crap, welding is on mine too!
http://icarusjetpack.blogspot.com/p/the-whole-li…
Mattkorczyk
> willkinton247
01/14/2014 at 07:47 |
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I recommend the Woodward Dream Cruise, and going to the Lingenfelter Collection for an open house, over NAIAS. Jussayin ;)
McSchmalex
> willkinton247
01/14/2014 at 12:10 |
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McSchmalex Bucket List:
Attend the following:
1) 24hrs Le Mans
2) Pike's Peak hillclimb (I live in Kansas City, I could feasibly drive there for a weekend)
3) NASCAR race (should be easy, I live in KC)
4) WRC (or some sort of rally) race.
Drive the following:
1) Drive a lap of the Nürburgring
2) Drive fast on the AutoBahn
3) Drive up the Pacific Coast Highway in California
4) Drive through the Canadian Rockies in the summer time (I hear the drive north/northwest from Calgary is beautiful)
Own the following:
1) loud muscle car
2) porsche of some sort, can be PDK or manual, pref a Cayman S or 911
3) a convertible, it will likely sit in my garage a lot and only come out for cruising in nice weather
ononeathome
> willkinton247
01/14/2014 at 18:03 |
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if you can't heal and toe you have no reason to be writing about cars.