Re: COT: How's it looking?

On May 15, 4:32 pm, gibson_...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On May 15, 4:20 pm, Vandar <vanda...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Chuck Steak wrote:
In article <1179240082.782901.177...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rick <p...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm just curious, are we all getting accustomed to
the look of the COT?

-Rick

I just don't dwell on it...

When I see them, at the track, I still see
the nice paint jobs, and relate to them that way.
The Dupont 24, is still a bright flame job car
driven by Jeff Gordon... Tony is still in the Home Depot car.
Up close, in the pits, yeah, you can see the difference,
They are taller looking, and the other obvious stuff.
But when the green flag drops, and they go haulin'
into the turns, for me any way, they're 'stock cars',
and they still look pretty good to me...

The one glaring aspect of those cars that I can't help but notice every
time I see one is that stupid looking rear spoiler.
Are they trying to appeal to the rice rocket generation? What's next,
Civics? Lawn mower mufflers? Spinners?

I agree, lose the wing and bring back the old spoiler.

at least let the wing be painted the same colour as the rest of the
car. I know normal paint doesn't stick to carbon fibre, but there are
some out there, no?

.

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