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kach22i
11-13-2008, 08:17 PM
................and Issac / nthfinity was there too.:-)

Looks like Vector is trying to do it again, see link below.
http://www.vectormotors.com/index.html

This is how I found out about it, and what has me so ruffled.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=440884

I don't understand why some people want to knock down the Vector and compare it to the efforts of the flying car guy Moller. I'm vexed, need to rant.

My Story
Back in September 2007 I went to an Italian car show in Michigan with my brother and a Ferrari owning buddy. We were privileged to join a parade of supercars and escort a Vector back to the owners home.

The gentle smell yet searing fumes of racing gas from the Vector fill our lungs, and we were loving it. I felt a little nervous the whole time almost shaking, like I was getting up the nerve to ask a girl out back in High School or about to have sex for the first time.

The head engineer of Vector who now travels the globe servicing these aircraft spec-grade automobiles invited us into his home. We watched promotional videos and went though his scrap book re-living the stories and memories of the thing we now call "Vector".

When you get that close to understanding what went into building such a car, and marvel at the hurdles they leaped over, there is an awe to it. Unless you have been part of something like that, or at least shared a little time with someone who has, perhaps some respect or a nod should be shown.

I really don't see what qualifies the critics to speak out as they do, where is the supercar they helped build?

http://s184.photobucket.com/albums/x295/kach22i/Exotic%20Cars/
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x295/kach22i/Exotic%20Cars/George-Driver.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x295/kach22i/Exotic%20Cars/George-Stop.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x295/kach22i/Exotic%20Cars/George-Street.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x295/kach22i/Exotic%20Cars/George-Turn-Around-Sq-Lk.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x295/kach22i/Exotic%20Cars/George-Pose.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x295/kach22i/Exotic%20Cars/George-Vector-Lawn.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x295/kach22i/Exotic%20Cars/George-Vector-Road34.jpg

nthfinity
11-13-2008, 09:19 PM
That really was something special last year. I can't believe that Frank shut the show down this year.

philip
11-13-2008, 10:46 PM
Pretty amazing collection of cars. Thanks for sharing it.

HeilSvenska
11-14-2008, 12:25 AM
Very nice. That Vector looks otherworldly.

kach22i
11-15-2008, 01:14 PM
The Vector is a spaceship compared to anything else on the road, it makes a statement.

I like something with more curves and lighter myself, but have to respect the effort that went into making it.



http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads14/Spaceship11226768912.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads14/Spaceship21226768930.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploads14/Spaceship31226768948.jpg

loliea
11-15-2008, 01:56 PM
I went to Vector web site, I though the company was a dead and buried (thanks kach22i :thumbup:).
Men, the new WX8 is going to be brutal as long as it is drivable: 10 liters race spec engine, race spec gearbox (up to 8 speeds), 1850+ HP, 7.8 sec for 1/4 mile and 300mph... :?: