Hi Everybody,
My name's Nate, currently living in Germany but heading back home to the US in a few years. No Atom in my garage...yet.
I've been looking into getting a track car for a while now. All the usual contenders- M3, 911, lotus, etc- but the Atom seems to blow them all away with affordability (both initial purchase and maintenance) and obviously performance. I do have reservations though. I have a hard time buying a $60+k car that I can't also drive on the road (not enough time in my life for lots of track time). I've managed to weasel my way into being able to get it registered in Germany but I'm a bit afraid of what will happen when I come home! What's worse is that I really don't know what state I'll be living in! I also wonder how accepted the Atom is on the track. Trolling through a few posts here and info elsewhere there seems to be some anti-Atom sentiment in the track day community...true? Example: Atom not allowed at PCA events anymore?
I'm also definitely a track rookie...is the Atom too hardcore? The turbo almost certainly. I've got a dozen or so laps of the Nurburgring under my belt, a track day at Spa and an M driving school...that's it. Not looking to follow the Atom purchase with a body sized wooden box purchase.
Anyway, I'm sure no one really looks at these intro posts but if someone would like to weigh in with some thoughts, that would be great!
Nate
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