The point is it can't *ever* be the primary responsibility of the protestor to
come up with the documentation.
If you were to look at the cost of the manual in relation to the entire
autocross budget for the life of that car, and its very small.
----- Original Message -----
From: Steven J Miller
To: Rick Cone
Cc: autox@autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: Subject: Re: shop manuals
Rick Cone wrote:
>IMHO, if you can't provide the manual, then you should be *required* to
pay
>the costs to take the car somewhere (dealer) and the cost for the dealer
to
>identify the legality.
>In many cases it would be cheaper to front the $100/hour for an hour to
>figure out some measurements then it is to pay $800.00 for a manual.
You may be right, but I'm sure that those of you whose cars are under
warranty would not really like to take your car to the dealer for this.
I can see it now:
Autocrosser: "Hi. I'm autocrossing my car. Can you prove to these guys that
the widget is within specs".
Dealer: "You're doing what! Hey Joe, call the manufacturer and have this
guy's warranty voided".
So, in the big picture, it may be very expensive to go that route.
Steve
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