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[thebarber]

Originally Posted by Jason@SportsCar

Yes, if only those rare awesome days were not split up by endless weeks sitting in front of a computer.

lol, i sit at a computer almost every day too....you're preaching to the choir, jason

great pics, btw

[ilikerice]

autocross weekend for me.. off the the parking lot..

man those pics make me as giddy as a school girl.. hahaha.. u inspire me jason

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

that's awesome. You should auction off the larger-than-life poster. I want it for my shop.

My initial guesstimate was way off... Turns out it is 12' by 30'.

[Bluevitz-rs]

Hahahahahah. OMG that's huge!!!

[Jason@SportsCar]

Just got back from a visit at the Toyota toy box... The sedan is headed to the crusher. Shame, it has a great cage and would be an awesome start to another racecar.

[ilikerice]

wow... are u serious? why dont they try to make a few bucks on it and auction it? is there some kind of copyright thing on these cars that they cant let the public get a hold of?

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by ilikerice

wow... are u serious? why dont they try to make a few bucks on it and auction it? is there some kind of copyright thing on these cars that they cant let the public get a hold of?

It is a federal (DOT) thing... All manufacturer program cars have an expiration date, when that time comes they get crushed. Many of these cars are preproduction, so the government does not want them in circulation.

I would image there is also some tax related issues, you crush an R&D/program car and maybe get a better deduction than you could sell it for.

We just had to send a bunch of pics, event results and a copy of the feature we ran on the car we built so it did not get crushed with this batch - I don't know if that is permanent, or just a stay of execution.

This one makes me want to cry, $200k+ gone in seconds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMNVVHI2ZNg

It's the cost of doing business.

[ilikerice]

coolbeans.. this does make a guy tear up... i think you actually answered this question before not that i think about it.. thanks for the answers, but not the video.. like watching "two girls one cup" i dont wanna watch... but i wanna see the outcome.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Cars #20 and #98 are set to head to Laguna Seca for one of the Toyota dealer meetings. It sounds like dealers that are in attendance will get to lap the famed track in the GT Spec cars.

[henry33]

have a look on the page 48 :)
http://www.toyotalife.toyota.sk/toyota/tl_02_2010sk/

man you are worldwide famous ;)

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by henry33

have a look on the page 48 :)
http://www.toyotalife.toyota.sk/toyota/tl_02_2010sk/

man you are worldwide famous ;)

The cockpit picture on page 49 of that article is awesome.

[cali yaris]

^ yeah! wish I had the balls to do that to mine.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

^ yeah! wish I had the balls to do that to mine.

Its easy... just like a band-aid, pull it quick. Image what pulling 200lbs+ would do for you. ;)

[cali yaris]

^ This would be a fun group activity at our open house on the 26th.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

^ This would be a fun group activity at our open house on the 26th.

That's the spirit. Just keep in mind the interior noise level is horrible with no interior, even with a quiet exhaust.

[cali yaris]

I'll bet. This will basically commit a street car to track only, though. I have to give up my music system and "fun drives". And I don't have a trailer yet. I'm still on the fence.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by cali yaris

I'll bet. This will basically commit a street car to track only, though. I have to give up my music system and "fun drives". And I don't have a trailer yet. I'm still on the fence.

I would not do it to a street driven car. It is a truly miserable experience even on the shortest of trips.

[Jason@SportsCar]

Just got back from a visit at the warehouse we like to call the Toy Box. Twelve show/program vehicles were on the list to get crushed, including the sedan I mentioned previously, so we did a walk around with the Toyota guys to check them all over.

The exciting part for us, we are getting a complete drive-train from a Yaris sedan: engine, trans, axles, brakes, front sub-frame with suspension. It will be great to have these spares. Now we can look at really pushing the motor.

I was able to make an appeal to save one car, at least for now... The 5 axis Yaris roadster was on the crusher list. I told them it is way to cool to crush - especially since it was at Willow Springs with us and I know it runs and drives - I told them it needs to be added to the museum collection. They took it off the crush list, and are going to evaluate adding it to the museum. Fingers crossed it survives.