If you can afford to buy a set of $2000 shocks which you know will get
claimed, you can afford to keep a spare set of factory shocks to get
home on...come on, a claim is unlikely to take you by surprise.
The idea is that it would be so annoying that nobody would be willing
to risk it, so it would never actually happen.
On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 10:45:25AM -0700, Allendorfer, Peter wrote:
> But, it just doesn't work? That's a quick way to get people out of the
> sport. Oh, and what am I supposed to drive home in? I drove my Miata (Now
> with no shocks) to the event. I cannot afford a second vehicle and a
> trailer, and AAA only works for the first 5 miles.
>
> -Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John J. Stimson-III
> To: Allendorfer, Peter
> Cc: 'John J. Stimson-III '; 'Kevin Stevens '; 'Mark J. Andy ';
> 'Smokerbros@aol.com '; 'ba-autox@autox.team.net '
> Sent: 7/9/01 10:23 AM
> Subject: Re: Stock Classes (was: Cheap Gas)
>
> On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 10:21:34AM -0700, Allendorfer, Peter wrote:
> > Got a quick question. Have you ever changed the shocks on the front
> of a
> > street miata? In a parking lot? With Dwindling light? And, what is
> the
> > MR2 owner that now has them supposed to do with them? Suspend his
> coffee
> > table with 'em?
>
> 2nd question first: eBay.
>
> 1st question: I see that as the problem of the person who made the
> decision to run shocks that were worth claiming. I'm sure that the
> MR-2 owner who is about to own $2000 Miata shocks by paying $500 would
> be happy to assist with the removal.
>
> > Claiming only works when its in a class of all the same cars. The
> Before
> > mentioned oval car classes, i.e. Grand-ams and DIRT cars all have the
> same
> > engines. The engine is the only claimable part of the car. $800 for
> an
> > engine. That's not too bad for a Chevy Small block. These are
> dedicated
> > race cars, and the swap takes an hour or so (I assisted with a couple.
> I
> > like to hang out in the pits at the Antioch 1/4 mile) Funny thing is,
> next
> > week, the person that claimed a motor usually blows it up, or goes
> much
> > slower because he's got the wrong gearing, or is just not as good as
> the
> > other guy.
> >
> > The moral of the story, You will not get a claimer class off the
> ground
> > unless you have a spec class and only allow one part of the car to be
> > claimed. And if you go that far, you might as well have a black-box
> class.
> > (Can anybody say Spec Racer Ford????) Everything is sealed, you must
> buy
> > from approved vendors.
> >
> > Have fun making this work in auto-x, I won't be competing in it.
> >
> > -Peter Allendorfer
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John J. Stimson-III
> > To: Kevin Stevens
> > Cc: Mark J. Andy; Smokerbros@aol.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > Sent: 7/9/01 10:00 AM
> > Subject: Re: Stock Classes (was: Cheap Gas)
> >
> > > I don't see how all this machination achieves its goal; it just
> seems
> > like a
> > > communist way (from each according to his means...) way of everyone
> > getting
> > > good shocks, rather than paying for their own.
> >
> > It's not Communistic, but rather, charitable in a capitalist way --
> > the supplier of the shocks does so voluntarily, to achieve a benefit
> > for himself. He can stop selling used shocks at discount at any time
> > that he feels that it is no longer a benefit.
> >
> > Yes, it would be annoying to swap the same set of shocks backs and
> > forth at every event between the class leaders. With luck, one of
> > them will become fed up with the practice, get a clue, and sell the
> > shocks on eBay, showing up at the next event with more reasonably
> > priced shocks.
> >
> > --
> >
> > john@idsfa.net John
> Stimson
> > http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics
> '94
>
> --
>
> john@idsfa.net John Stimson
> http://www.idsfa.net/~john/ HMC Physics '94
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