Richard Petty Driving Experience- Adding Exotic Cars?

flavious27

flavious27

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Cosmic Commando said:
Isn't this just the same argument as "$40 for this steak? I could buy it at the supermarket for $10 and cook it myself!" They're giving you easy access to inaccessible cars and a place to drive them.
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Kind of but if you can rent them for a day for the same price, heck you will be able to find somewhere that you can go crazy.

And if it is a $40 prime rib, well I am game for that.
 
jt04

jt04

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flavious27 said:
6 laps? So like 15 or 20 minutes of driving for $200 - $400? Might as well just find a place you could rent the cars for a day.
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They kind of frown on people doing 150 mph on I-4. At least that is my experience. :lookaroun







Not that I ever did that. I have seen folks getting ticketed for doing 80. :lol:
 
flavious27

flavious27

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ChrisFL said:
Typically renting those cars would cost at least $1,500 a day
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Well for any car from Maranello, it will be +1,000 a day; but that is because it is ferrari and their availability.

For the short amount of time you will be on track and the track itself, the cost doesn't seem to be worth it. If anyone wants to drive a "supercar" and get a good experience from it, they can find their nearest track and see what programs the operator is running.
 
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dmeans

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something tells me

something tells me that these cars would be made by their manufacturor but would not be the actual models. with the chance of crashing or banging up these models they would be lesser versions of the real deal and look, smell, and give every indication they are the top model...just what i think
 
Master Yoda

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dmeans said:
something tells me that these cars would be made by their manufacturor but would not be the actual models. with the chance of crashing or banging up these models they would be lesser versions of the real deal and look, smell, and give every indication they are the top model...just what i think
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Nope. They are the real deal. When we were there for training they actually went into the process of what they went through to purchase some of the cars. The Ferrari 458 in particular was purchased from a private owner.
 
wm49rs

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ChrisFL

ChrisFL

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dmeans said:
something tells me that these cars would be made by their manufacturor but would not be the actual models. with the chance of crashing or banging up these models they would be lesser versions of the real deal and look, smell, and give every indication they are the top model...just what i think
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Why would they do that? It would be false advertising :shrug:
 
ksr99

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The day of its grand opening, I actually took the Ferrari 458 out and my co-driver happened to be a long time friend that works there. They are all the real deals, all are flappy paddle shifters. They won't offer any standard transmissions due to liability and insurance costs. On the track the straight away speeds are about 110-120 depending how experienced you are before your hard on the brakes and dump into the road coarse section. They do have drivers in the car with you that control a dial which governs the amount of power your able to receive. 10-100% of the engines hp at any given time. Luckily being friends with one of them, I never saw a limit in power and drove the car hard. It's a fun experience and the price really isn't that bad. They don't do any tweaks to the car either, they keep them stock so that they are able to stay under the warranty, haha kind of funny but it saves overhead costs. They won't have an atom or any really crazy exotics just yet until they understand overall cost of the program and the business end. They are talking about a bentley gt and a lotus. Who knows......but thats all I know on this subject. Have a great day
 
WDWFREAK53

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I'm thinking about doing it...I've always wanted to take a Lambo for a spin. Which model Lambo do they have?
If it's just a Gallardo, I'll opt for the Ferrari 458.
 
WDWFREAK53

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ksr99 said:
The day of its grand opening, I actually took the Ferrari 458 out and my co-driver happened to be a long time friend that works there. They are all the real deals, all are flappy paddle shifters. They won't offer any standard transmissions due to liability and insurance costs. On the track the straight away speeds are about 110-120 depending how experienced you are before your hard on the brakes and dump into the road coarse section. They do have drivers in the car with you that control a dial which governs the amount of power your able to receive. 10-100% of the engines hp at any given time. Luckily being friends with one of them, I never saw a limit in power and drove the car hard. It's a fun experience and the price really isn't that bad. They don't do any tweaks to the car either, they keep them stock so that they are able to stay under the warranty, haha kind of funny but it saves overhead costs. They won't have an atom or any really crazy exotics just yet until they understand overall cost of the program and the business end. They are talking about a bentley gt and a lotus. Who knows......but thats all I know on this subject. Have a great day
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So all your speed "top speed" is up front and then they dump you into an AutoX type course in the center of the oval?
 
Rage1

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I got my dad this for fathers day. Was the best $189 spent in a long time. He got to drive the porsche for that price which was just fine for him cuase that is his dream car. When he got outta the cat he had the biggest grin on his face. Def gonna be a fathers day tradition for him for years to come.
 

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