I learned this the hard way.....
Take all of your valuables out of your car at night. This includes taking the mounting hardware off of your windshield or dash and hiding the power supplies. I lost over $ 1,000 to a thief with no hope of recovering my items and to top if off they smashed my window in the rain and my truck got soaked. Let my loss be your learning experience.
No report on how the event went??
3 blown motors, 1 cracked clam and a coned away run 8 that would've been FTD. How's that?
VW Bug in running shoes
M Porcupine sedan
M Porcupine coupe
Crusty old e46 beater
Battery Powered appliance car
All six gears worked fine on my car at MSR on Saturday, it just made a few noises going into second at high rpms.
Thankfully, Mazda recognizes that people might actually want to drive their sportscars, so they're replacing my transmission under warranty. Parts will be here today, the car should be back on Thursday, and the loaner goes fine in the snow. I didn't even have to take the lap belt out of it.
Hope you didn't launch too hard on Saturday - it would suck to lose your warranty on top of cracking that paper thin, $5000 piece of fiberglass the first time you raced it.![]()
Last edited by altiain; 03-04-2008 at 10:29 AM.
Iain
"We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
Good thing, that would suck to keep replacing engines and transmissions like some guys if you had to pay for each one :) The fiberglass is fine and the owners manual specifically states they recognize that owners should take the car to the track to experience it's dynamic handling abilities etc.
After driving it this weekend it's going to be tough to go back to any normal car, I have no regrets on the purchase so far unlike my last vehicle![]()
VW Bug in running shoes
M Porcupine sedan
M Porcupine coupe
Crusty old e46 beater
Battery Powered appliance car
jrj512 beat me by more than 3 seconds
Here's my first attempt at in-car video. Sorry about the shaky video and poor sound.
94 Miata R package RPF1 195 RS-R RB FSB FCM Bilstein Ebay Coilover 550/350
91 Civic Si Daily Beater
"Its more fun to drive a slow car fast, than it is to drive a fast car slowly".