Is he looking for the business? :) Does that include engine?
I agree a P car can give many years of enjoyment, but flexibility with
rules' changes can drive an owner nuts! One would hope the perception of
instability in the rules will settle down. No one wants to build a car that
will be illegal in a year as it sits. I think that's part of the reason a
lot of folks won't go into Prepared.
--Pat K
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From: CCoxx@aol.com
To: josh@sirota.org, lollipop487@attbi.com, ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Terribly expensive sport
Date: Sun, May 25, 2003, 12:41 PM
Mike Maier and I were talking about tire wear at Atwater in our Prepared
cars.
We both agree that the tire wear for us is much less than the stock and
street prepared cars. For example Josh and I have run basically the same
number of events on the same surfaces. He says that he has gone thru
3 sets of tires so far this year. His tires cost about a $1000 a set. My
tires
cost about $1000 a set. I am only half way thru my second set of tires.
It makes me wonder why more people do not run prepared!?
I think people don't realize that though the initial cost of the prepared
car
my be higher, over time the prepared car is cheaper to run.
Oh yea, and a lot more fun to drive.:-)
Here is the question. If Mike built a prepared car for the same price as a
new
car (30K) would people buy them?
Chris
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