please may i borrow your calculator, sir? the one i have reports only
extremely depressing figures regarding the cost of road racing...
-james c
----- Original Message -----
From: Navid Kahangi <navid@interwoven.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:55 PM
Subject: RE: Time Trial at Thunderhill
> > Unfortunately in your enthusiasm you've neglected to include ALL the
costs
> > of road racing. Most noticeably missing is the maintenance costs on your
> > car. Even BMWs wear out parts. In what little I know about BMW parts,
they
> > are VERY expensive. Having the same installed will cost you money and/or
> > time.
> > And like all forms of automotive competition,
> > Speed costs Money.
> > How fast do you want to go?
> >
> > --John Kelly
>
> I'll be the last one to argue that road racing is cheap, but as you recall
> this conversation started as a price comparison between autox and road
> racing. So, let's do compare ALL the costs, shall we?
>
> A set of Hoosiers last me about 40 autox laps. That's 35 minutes of autox
> driving. The same set last me about 4 hours of track time. Tire
advantage,
> road racing.
>
> I do much more threshold braking in autox than I do on track. Brake
> advantage, road racing.
>
> I spend much more time on the rev-limiter in an autox course than I do in
50
> seconds of track. Engine advantage, road racing.
>
> I do shift gears a lot more on track than I do in autox. Tranny
advantage,
> autox. But then again, I've been on the same tranny for 145,000 miles
> without a problem.
>
> Then there are these bonus autox expenses like running at 3Com. I broke 3
> different things on my car last time I autoxed at 3Com.
>
> --Navid
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