arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 2m 4d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/02/12 01:43 AM Share Posted 11/02/12 01:43 AM (edited) The analogy is simple we all buy a ford turbo six because Expensive Daewoo or anyone else doesnt make one or a descent one. We all watch V8 supercars because there is no alternative. Be a sheep and line up. Edited 11/02/12 01:45 AM by arronm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 8m 6d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 11/02/12 01:47 AM Share Posted 11/02/12 01:47 AM It would be interesting to see the numbers over time, I'd guess it's on a fairly rapid decline but that's just based on gut feel. Ford clearly don't think it's worth wasting their money on so I'm not sure whether that's a dollar vs. exposure thing for them...or if they are stupid.I honestly think the only thing that's kept it going is the Ford vs. Expensive Daewoo rivalry, there's negligible mechanical difference between the 'makes' and for anyone to think that Nissan are going to 'wipe the floor' are ill-informed as it will just be more of the same.It all comes down to engineering ability, I can't see how changing the badge on the bonnet is going to make one ounce of difference. Yeah Nissan may well be injecting more money in to the sport but they are going to be even more restricted on what they can actually spend it on by the time next season gets here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 7m 4d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 11/02/12 02:06 AM Share Posted 11/02/12 02:06 AM I think you could be correct about declining numbers or just more people are now speaking up after hearing others dislike it. Having Nissan and others may get some new audience that think they are watching a car we could buy.Ford make some decisions which shot themselves in the foot, like when they stopped producing V8's here, many Late model camira followers are that way because ford did not have a V8 and some believe you need a V8 to have power. When ford pulled there sponsorship in all but a couple of teams, some of those teams had no choice but to turn to Expensive Daewoo to help with operating costs, which in turns puts more commodores on the grid and more chance of one winning.Team Vodafone (888 racing) proved it's not about the badge, it's the team that will win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 8m 5d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 11/02/12 02:20 AM Share Posted 11/02/12 02:20 AM I still follow 888 myself. I don't think of it as Ford vs Expensive Daewoo anymore. I think of it as team vs team and driver vs driver. I probably look at it that way because of Formula 1.I just want good, close, hard and fast racing. I don't care what badge is on the car or if I can buy the car in the showroom. Showroom cars wouldn't last a race and are too slow to interest me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 16y 9m 11d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 11/02/12 03:43 AM Share Posted 11/02/12 03:43 AM Thread needs some SVG videos, he makes the v8s great to watch. I enjoy it on good tracks, wanna try get to Adelaide this year. TBH I just love the carnage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoles Donating Members 390 Member For: 13y 9m 15d Gender: Male Location: Port Hedland Posted 11/02/12 01:40 PM Share Posted 11/02/12 01:40 PM Is the nissan team/teams an expansion on the existing line up or is it just filling unfilled spots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,433 Member For: 15y 6d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/02/12 04:50 AM Share Posted 12/02/12 04:50 AM some one say carnage??I love watching the v8 utes!!!!! fk yessssssthis is where its at people! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookeyMaster Donating Members 1,531 Member For: 14y 12d Gender: Male Location: Parramatta, NSW Posted 13/02/12 09:32 PM Share Posted 13/02/12 09:32 PM It would be interesting to see the numbers over time, I'd guess it's on a fairly rapid decline but that's just based on gut feelI don't know about the general races, but the bigger races like Bathurst, Adelaide and the Gold Coast have all seen attendance figures grow over the last few years.One of the stupidest things they've done in my opinion is having a race in Dubai. Last year, it looked like there might have been 5,000 in the stands...and the telecast is in the middle of the night. Obviously the Shiek ponied up quite a few dollars for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Member 10 Member For: 20y 10m 28d Gender: Male Location: Peak Crossing, Queensland Posted 26/02/12 04:56 AM Share Posted 26/02/12 04:56 AM Haven't been on here for a while, Nissan in V8 Supercars should be very interesting, looking foward to see who else may enter throughout the year. Watching the 12hour today, can't help but think Nissan should enter a GTR GT3 to have a Nissan at Bathurst at the begining of 2013 as well as at the end with KRE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Donating Members 1,205 Member For: 13y 7m 16d Gender: Male Location: Burwood, NSW Posted 26/02/12 05:07 AM Share Posted 26/02/12 05:07 AM I think Chrysler would b better then Nissan we don't need jap crapand that sort of thinking is exactly why we now have a slot car race 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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