I'd rather have the Atom.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
12/30/2018 at 11:52 • Filed to: None

But what’s the point of having one if you don’t live live next door to the Nurburgring? But I bet you’d have to spend a bunch of money to get something faster.

DISCUSSION (32)

daender > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 12:01

Dat 968 CS tho!

daender > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 12:11

At the end: h oly crap, a CLK DTM AMG being DRIVEN ?!

lone_liberal > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 12:30

Nice to see the Corvette driver give the wave by. Twice! I was shocked when it went by after being passed early on.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 12:30

I want this as well:

DutchieDC2R > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 12:34

There are better cars to own if you live next to the Nurburgring...but yeah, its a rare sight to see an Atom being driven to the max...

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 12:38

I’d definitely choose the Atom too. And I’m sure it would be more fun than a Corvette on mountain roads too, so no need to live next to the track.

Also, this reminds me that I still need to buy the pictures of me in the Twingo on the ‘Ring last September.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 12:39

I’m about 35min from Sears Point, I’ve seen an Atom at the gas station near my place. A guy I know from the MVPA just got a Lotus 7 copy, has a Ford engine in it.

aquila121 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 12:44

Both of those cars absolutely terrify me. But what really impresses me is the vast majority of the drivers on track having the awareness of when a significantly faster car is coming up behind them, and all following the etiquette to move over to allow a pass—I’d be so concerned about getting the dozens upon dozens of blind turns correct that I’d have a hard time splitting my attention with when to move off-line to let someone by.

This (as well as money) is why I will never drive the Green Hell.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 12:46

That was immensely fun to watch.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > aquila121
12/30/2018 at 13:01

That’s a thing about driving in Germany though. Ordinary drivers receive lots of training before they are licensed, and one of the things they’re taught is awareness by always looking in the rearview mirrors because on the Autobahn, there is a huge difference in speed and someone is apt to drive up your tailpipe at any time.

Nick Has an Exocet > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 13:34

Living in California, I can understand owning an atom.

Ssfancyfresh > daender
12/30/2018 at 14:10

Yeah. Where the hell did that guy come from? I don’t recall seeing that one in the queue at the beginning.

Ssfancyfresh > daender
12/30/2018 at 14:11

I cheered out loud when I saw that one!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
12/30/2018 at 14:11

I believe you’d spend less money on the Atom and have a less dangerous car. But in the Z06, you can roll up the windows when it rains...

Ssfancyfresh > Ssfancyfresh
12/30/2018 at 14:12

Rewatched. It was right behind the Vette. Still. Damn!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DutchieDC2R
12/30/2018 at 14:12

I like it because it’s less car . A Honda V6, super lightweight. But I think I’d really want it to have a shell to keep the wind off me when I drove it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > lone_liberal
12/30/2018 at 14:13

A man’s got to know his limitations.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Nick Has an Exocet
12/30/2018 at 14:13

Indeed. I live in the Bay Area and I’d drive the Atom up to the Sierra on the weekends.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
12/30/2018 at 14:13

Wan’t it? I wish I had a speedometer indication, though.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 14:58

Best ring video I’ve seen in a while, best Atom video I’ve seen in a while.

Also enjoy trying to identify the other cars getting passed.

DutchieDC2R > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 15:45

KTM X-bow/BAC Mono..?..:D

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > MiniGTI - now with XJ6
12/30/2018 at 15:56

I only wish I had an indication of the Atom’s speed. Otherwise, best and best. I think the Z06 driver knew his limitations and the Atom driver had # skills.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DutchieDC2R
12/30/2018 at 15:57

I have zero idea what you wrote here.

aquila121 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 16:06

I do wish the U.S. followed their example with regards to driver training and more widespread enforcement of rules.

DutchieDC2R > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 16:13

Its a new language only the ‘cool kids’ speak.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > aquila121
12/30/2018 at 16:16

I’ve had it out with some motorcyclists here on Oppo about lane splitting. They whine that the problem is because drivers of cars aren’t noticing motorcycles and a large difference in speed coming out of nowhere from drivers’ blind spots. Drivers aren’t paying attention, the bikers say. Drivers aren’t trained to, I say.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 16:47

Z06 kept up pretty well at least in the beginning. It doesn’t seem like the Atom was THAT badly delayed by traffic when the Z caught up. But Atom driver clearly had mad skills.

My bird IS the word > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 17:40

Sure, get an atom with a windshield! But I may be a touch biased in my tastes.

Kinja'd!!!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > MiniGTI - now with XJ6
12/30/2018 at 21:58

Atom driver had skills, and I suspect Z06 did not, and knew it. I suspect that the Atom is fairly well balanced to take full advantage of the power it has, while the Z06, fully unleashed, would be like a sledge hammer ready to drop on the driver’s head.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > My bird IS the word
12/30/2018 at 22:00

Isn’t that a Caterham or something else not an Atom?

My bird IS the word > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
12/30/2018 at 22:14

Yeah. Get a caterham.

Although there is an atom with a windscreen, I don’t believe they sell them with other weather equipment:

Kinja'd!!!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > My bird IS the word
12/30/2018 at 23:11

I think the standard Atom does 0-60 in 2.6 seconds.