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Re: New Car Classing

To: Bradley Lamont <lamont@mailhost.org>
Subject: Re: New Car Classing
From: "Scott M. Stone" <sstone@foo3.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:50:03 -0800 (PST)
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Bradley Lamont wrote:

> At 01:24 PM 1/15/2003, Patrick Washburn said:
> >I was under the impression that all classing decisions had to put out for
> >comment.  I don't honestly know...I'm asking.  I don't have a rule book
> >handy...anyone know?
> 
> 12 month rule
> 
> The SEB can reclass any new car within 12 months of release without member 
> comment.
> 
> >BTW, I'm curious: what you do to a Stock class car that consumes 10 thousand
> >dollars in prep costs?
> 
> The numbers add up surprisingly quickly for a nationally competitive car:
> 
> Shocks - $3000
> Wheels - $3000 (2 extra sets lightweight)
> Exhaust - $1500 (titanium)
> Swaybar - $600 (custom)
> 
> This is about $8000.  I guess you could spend some more on small 
> stuff.  Anything beyond that is a consumable and I wouldn't count towards 
> setup (tires, gas, maintenance, etc)

how do you spend $3000 on shocks?  last time I bought shocks for a car i
was out of there for like $500 total... Tokico blues (non-adjustable) on
my old 82 280ZX Turbo.

(makes a huge diff. on those cars, btw..)

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@foo3.com>
Cisco Certified Network Associate, Sun Solaris Certified Systems Administrator

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