My AKA Rally Experience. (56K drive across country)

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Bwhaha... that desk clerk had no idea... that sticker was up there for over a day, lol.
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The AKA is way more affordable than something like the Gumball. It was like $3200 for driver/co-driver combo... so $1600 per person. Once we got on the road, I totally saw where that money goes. Graphics for all the cars, nice hotels, dinner each night, parties (which Hooman and I were always hella asleep and missed, lol), etc.

They rented out that go-kart track just for us... race as much as you wanted. Those karts were so brutal, you really couldn't race much, though. I think I ran 3 heats, and was tore the eff up after each one. We had VIP seating at the ALMS race too... so the entry fee is very very reasonable for what you're getting.

Charlie, I totally forgot to tell you we ran right through downtown as we headed towards Indianapolis. I hated being so close and not being able to stop. I was bummed.

I shot 2-3 tapes of video... but it'll prolly be a while before I can mess with it. I've got too much stuff on my plate right now... so hopefully sooner than later. I've still got that Nopi STL vid to finish, lolz.
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I've been to that kart track, and it is INSANO! The track is RUBBER! SOOoo much grip, a 10 minute heat feels like 20 minute at other perfomance kart places. I know the rallies are all about recklessness and lawlessness, but you'd think a dude ballin' out in a Cyanne afford to replace BALD TIRES, epsecially for a high-speed rally... nice job losing the secret treasure map you porno'ed doofus.

As fun as it would be, these type of rallies sort of piss me off. Not that i've got a perfect driving record, and I'm not sure where I draw the line, but I think that's on the other side of it.
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Dude you are so right. I was literally shaking after each heat. I needed at least 30 minutes... if not an hour to get back to normal. Brutal isn't even a word descriptive enough. Hella fun though!

That dude in the Cayenne had some kind of tyre problems along the way... I think maybe two blow-outs? I can't remember. All I know is Discount Tire couldn't get him the right size.

The cool thing about the rally is that there are different groups of people:
- The ballin' out of control 160+, I don't give a fxxk crew. (Team Infamous)
- The 10-20 over with occasional 120+ spurts when clear of traffic
- The Speed Limit Crew (that was actually their name). They ran 1 under the speed limit.

Hooman and I ran with the 160+ crew for the 1st day, and actually found we enjoyed running with the 10-20 over crew more. I didn't want to take Hooman's Evo over 120, because it wasn't my car... and I felt like I was beating on it to hard. When we ran with the 10-20 crew, we got to enjoy the drive more, and occasionally we would all punch it for a minute or two. Whenever there was traffic, we would all let each other in front, so we could stay together. We ran with the Speed Limit crew for about an hour, and I couldn't take it, lol.

Whenever there were mass cops, I would pull the map out and we would take back roads that paralleled the interstate. We got to see more of the country that way, instead of straight interstate the whole way, so that was cool.

While I got pulled over once... we didn't get any tickets, and my bail money came back home with me in one piece.
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^^ can i help? i need moneys to fix my broke 240? :D
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ProjctGrlDrftr wrote:^^ can i help? i need moneys to fix my broke 240? :D
sorry no. heists are a guy thing.
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down_shift wrote:
ProjctGrlDrftr wrote:^^ can i help? i need moneys to fix my broke 240? :D
sorry no. heists are a guy thing.
that's not cool Bryon! Girls are better at heists, we have certain assets that can be used for distraction purposes! :wink:
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as long as it doesn't have a rod knock then it might end up like my 240 :lol: :lol: :oops:
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P.Haire wrote:can you drive a getaway van?
no she cant, but david has a monkey that i think might be able to do it!!!
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ProjctGrlDrftr wrote:
down_shift wrote:
ProjctGrlDrftr wrote:^^ can i help? i need moneys to fix my broke 240? :D
sorry no. heists are a guy thing.
that's not cool Bryon! Girls are better at heists, we have certain assets that can be used for distraction purposes! :wink:
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damn, sounds like a lot of fun..... next time get arrested though.
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