if you have resigned yourself to not having a competitive year, but still
wish to improve your driving, then spending a little money on lucy seems
reasonable to make sure you learning with a properly functioning suspension.
for nationals i am sure you can get a ride in a very good car if you wanted.
when you are already at a high level, the best learning can be when you are
close to the top, but need a little more. if you are too far off the pace
it can be easy to take the pressure off yourself- even if only
subconsciously.
whatever lucy's fate, i have to thank her for the ride yesterday, as i have
never driven a well set up car before! now i have a much better idea of
what i need to do with my car. :) thanks!
good luck,
-james
PS katie, did you notice the burritos from that truck had a distinctly
chinese flavor?! sweet and sour sauce on beans :P
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly, Katie <kkelly@spss.com>
To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 11:56 AM
Subject: Inner Quandries
> Here's my problem. Lucy's competitive days are numbered. If she had any
> chance at Nationals, this would be it, but we're not going, and that's
just
> the way it is.
>
> It would seem a somewhat logical move would be to just get an MR-2 Spyder,
> except that a new car, or even a newer car, is just not an option. Plus,
> hello, how are you supposed to fit anything in that budget Boxster.
>
> Lucy's going to have to get her little butt kicked next year, which I
> actually deem as a "good thing." I think a year in humility lessons (not
> that I ever seem to miss out on this experience) would be quite beneficial
> long term.
>
> So, I'm resigned to the possibility that next year will not be a fast year
> for either of us. It will be instead a year to learn to really drive the
> best I can with what I have, as I think the best scenario, learning wise,
is
> to put yourself in a situation where you have to struggle a little bit.
> Given that, here are the options:
>
> A) Accept that we really have no chance, leave everything as is.
>
> B) Order a new set of Konis, to at least try to be competitive, or at
least
> closer to it, and to possibly increase the fun factor. According to
various
> sources, Konis DO get tired, eventually. I've had them on the car for over
> 60,000 miles. Lucy is my daily driver.
>
> C) Revalve the current set to make them possibly even better than they
were
> out of the box. This was my intention last year, but then I found a ride
in
> an MR-2 and tabled that plan.
>
> Now I'm wondering if now it would be even worth options B or C. On the one
> hand, I think it would make Lucy *possibly* faster (but you never really
> know - it's never as easy as just adding some new part), but on the other,
> the MR-2 Spyder and new Miatas could be so much faster, it might not even
be
> worth the effort. But then again, if it just helps a little bit, even
> mentally, maybe I'd still be close enough to at least keep trying. When I
DO
> get that competitive car, whenever that is, I will have improved as a
driver
> in the interim. Well, that's just my theory.
>
> Anyway, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you much!
>
> Katie K.
>
> P.S. I cannot tell you how much I LOVE Golden Gate Fields. I am so glad
that
> we're back there again!
>
>
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