- 1. The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: rjohnson@friendlynet.com
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 01:42:40 -0500
- You know, I think that Mari has hit on a novel approach for this forum - facts and figures rather than guessing and opinion. Perhaps it will catch on! (But likely not. Dredging up facts is a lot hard
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01161.html (10,454 bytes)
- 2. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Matt Murray <mattm@nassau.cv.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:17:08 -0500
- Thou hast set ones self up for some ribbing here. :-) All eligible humorists please line up. -- Matt Murray mailto:mattm@nassau.cv.net mailto:mdmurray@gwns.com
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01164.html (7,676 bytes)
- 3. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "Bruce Wentzel" <greendot@excelonline.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:23:50 -0500
- this forum will But doesn't that take the entertainment factor out? ;) or this hobby wage job. Snipping the balance of an excellent post. The last Detroit Region meeting program was "getting started
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01165.html (8,688 bytes)
- 4. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Bultemeier <hottvr@tfs.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:55:43 -0600
- I had thought in the begining That tires would be the big expense. I quickly out that its not. Travel is without a doubt the most expensive part of the deal. You are correct that alot of people don't
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01166.html (12,441 bytes)
- 5. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "Eric Linnhoff" <eric10mm@qni.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 08:28:27 -0600
- == Amateurs. Sheesh. ;^) See you on course. Eric Linnhoff in KC '98 Neon R/T <eric10mm@qni.com> You jump in front of my car When you know all the time That 90 miles an hour Girl Is the speed I drive
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01168.html (8,411 bytes)
- 6. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: PgrMstr@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 09:42:54 EST
- << The point is if we didn't do this(AutoX) most of us would be doing something else like it. >> Take golf for instance...which has taken the back burner....once or twice a month with greens fees of
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01172.html (8,579 bytes)
- 7. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "richard nichols" <rnichol1@san.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 08:10:57 -0800
- Roger's post, as it applies to autcross-only cars, makes perfect sense to me, IMHO, so I'm not comenting on that philosophy here :) My comment is from the other philosophy -- running a street car loc
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01184.html (10,141 bytes)
- 8. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "Justin Hughes" <ka1ult@channel1.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:30:43 -0500
- I'm Y'all saw the stats in Richard's original message, so no need to waste bandwidth posting them again. :) It all depends on how serious you want to get about the sport. If you're an excellent driv
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01187.html (9,900 bytes)
- 9. re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: jct@daimlerchrysler.com
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 12:37:00 -0500
- Roger, I must echo your observations. should be, cheap and inexpensive. Sorry - the facts are that this hobby is not. You probably don't want to choose Solo with a minimum wage job. Or try to pay for
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01196.html (9,350 bytes)
- 10. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Byron Short <bshort@AFSinc.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:06:49 -0700
- Sure, I'll take a shot... So, Rog, is that $5.02 for a couple a Big Macs for you and $15.00 in Purina Sheep Chow? <Insert rimshot here> --Byron
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01198.html (8,954 bytes)
- 11. The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: bluemr2@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 18:25:47 -0500
- Hmmm, Road Rally (at least the one I went to in the Detroit Region) looks to be MORE expensive than auto-x. There's less equip. to buy to be competitve, BUT repairing the car after every event looks
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01208.html (9,409 bytes)
- 12. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: MachXV@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 18:41:54 EST
- Ok, while I will agree that this sport is not the cheapest in the world, it is still VERY possible to have alot of fun AND still be very competitive. I should know. Auto X on a minimum wage job? It d
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01209.html (10,707 bytes)
- 13. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Joshua Hadler <jhadler@rmi.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 17:21:43 -0700
- I think you're talking about Pro Rally. Road rally (not Pro) is simply a TSD event. Travel a certain distance in a prescribed amount of time, and the routes are on public roads and are intended to ex
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01211.html (9,411 bytes)
- 14. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: bluemr2@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:54:29 -0500
- No, I'm talking a regular TSD road rally (to get more specific, a tour rally). The speed limit may be 55mph (CAST varying from 35-50mph) on most of the roads, but I don't know that we ever made it o
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01214.html (9,472 bytes)
- 15. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Steven Louis Baumbach <baum0090@kettering.edu>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 21:56:03 -0500 (EST)
- Come on, Rallying is not that rough on a car. I have been rallying and autocrossing my Prizm in Detroit/Saginaw Valley Region/school events for the past three years, and I have never had a rally rela
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01217.html (10,036 bytes)
- 16. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: Joshua Hadler <jhadler@rmi.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 20:52:01 -0700
- [snip description of Det region rally] Cool! I wasn't aware of many TSD rallys that actually have that kind of fun terrain and roads involved. -Josh2
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01219.html (7,997 bytes)
- 17. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 23:45:48 -0600
- Garage addition for car shop= More than the car is worth. Serioiusly, there is no way that a rule-of-thumb can cover us all. One of the highlights of autocrossing for me is that I DON'T have to trave
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01221.html (8,121 bytes)
- 18. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: bluemr2@juno.com
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 12:31:17 -0500
- Maybe I sounded too extreme in my post. I didn't mean to suggest that the car was going to fall apart on the first rally (although, I did have concerns about THAT particular car I was in :-) ). I was
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01249.html (8,883 bytes)
- 19. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "Bruce Wentzel" <greendot@excelonline.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 12:48:26 -0500
- Well, let's not get too far afield from autocross. A. I'm not a rally fan of any sort. B. Those guys had the nerve to say in the rally presentation that rallies were run at below legal speed limits ;
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01250.html (9,426 bytes)
- 20. Re: The Cost of A-X (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "Bruce Wentzel" <greendot@excelonline.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 12:56:28 -0500
- Well, let's not get too far afield from autocross. A. I'm not a rally fan of any sort. B. Those guys had the nerve to say in the rally presentation that rallies were run at below legal speed limits ;
- /html/autox/1999-03/msg01252.html (9,734 bytes)
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