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1. Re: California DMV chief wants to track all drivers with GPS (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 11:59:36 -0600
I think the hardware to implement a mileage tax is already a part of the OBDII package. Just have the yearly inspection require downloading the mileage, then base the inspection cost on the mileage a
/html/autox/2004-12/msg00026.html (9,869 bytes)

2. Re: Dealing with Decals (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 21:52:51 -0500
I buy cheap cookie sheets (pans) from Wal Mart for my magnetic numbers and decals. They nest inside each other and keep the decals flat. You can use the front and back of the sheets to stick the magn
/html/autox/2004-07/msg00034.html (7,889 bytes)

3. Update/Backdate (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 09:30:15 -0500
Are sunroofs not an update/backdate option? The April 2004 Grassroots showcases the Lexus IS 300 that came in second at the 2003 Nationals in DSP, and he welded in the factory solid panel to replace
/html/autox/2004-05/msg00170.html (6,533 bytes)

4. Shop Manuals (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 19:48:07 -0600
I have such a deal for some lucky autocrosser! I have managed to acquire factory shop manuals for various cars which I will sell for an amazing $250 each, half the price of some of the manuals being
/html/autox/2004-03/msg00130.html (9,234 bytes)

5. RE: shop manuals (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 14:49:51 -0600
I recently read about the vintage racer who wanted to add "just a little" zip to his racer and went to a camshaft supplier with a request for a slightly illegal regrind. The supplier said, "Oh, you w
/html/autox/2004-03/msg00215.html (8,771 bytes)

6. First Computers (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:07:21 -0600
Back in 1960 I took a course from a Dr. Andre at the University of Oklahoma and learned all about the "new math". We placed the words "yes" and "no" on the corners of a square of cardboard and rotate
/html/autox/2003-12/msg00163.html (7,564 bytes)

7. Area of a triangle (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 16:57:17 -0600
The approximate area of the triangle should be about 10,450 square miles. Or square inches. Or square millimeters. Drawing the triangle on paper gives an approximate height of 110 for a base of 190,
/html/autox/2003-11/msg00041.html (6,475 bytes)

8. modifications (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 23:09:09 -0600
Here are some modifications. Run a dash switch to the alternator. Switch it off just before a run. Losing the parasitic drag of an alternator is worth a few thousandths of a second on a 30 second cou
/html/autox/2003-11/msg00061.html (7,460 bytes)

9. modifications (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:19:57 -0600
I'll bet you never had a taillight cutoff switch on your car. A friend of mine spliced a toggle switch to the taillights and stoplights so he could outrun policemen at night. He had a 1954 Chevy cou
/html/autox/2003-11/msg00107.html (8,012 bytes)

10. Classification Scheme (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 14:48:25 -0500
I've been working on my classification scheme that pits driver against driver rather than car against car. I've used the current PAX percentages to "fine-tune" the classes. Rather than move up a clas
/html/autox/2003-07/msg00199.html (9,512 bytes)

11. Solo II car (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:40:17 -0500
Grassroots Motorsports Magazine has been running a contest for three years where the contestants autocross cars less than $2000. Look up the back issues and buy one of those cars from the owners. I'l
/html/autox/2003-07/msg00287.html (7,623 bytes)

12. Grassroots 200$ Challenge and Good News (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 10:27:53 -0500
I believe the original rules had a claimer clause that if you wouldn't sell for 200$ then you were disqualified. You could run and have fun but not win. I didn't look at the latest rules. I know that
/html/autox/2003-07/msg00334.html (7,834 bytes)

13. Classification Scheme (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 07:55:48 -0500
How about classifying drivers instead of cars? Make a novice class A, local winner class B, local seasonal champion class C, regional/divisional winner class D, regional/divisional champion class E,
/html/autox/2003-06/msg00234.html (7,594 bytes)

14. Re: Numbers (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 09:47:53 -0500
I have a proposal that will satisfy everybody. Print barcodes for every competetor and tape them to the car. Then issue each corner a reader with an infrared wireless transmitter. As the car comes th
/html/autox/2003-05/msg00000.html (8,101 bytes)

15. Recaps (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:00:25 -0600
Both of my sons autocrossed before they were born, and my younger son Andy still does. He is presently campaigning an EP Datsun Roadster in the Equipe Rapide events. I started with a 1961 Volkswagen
/html/autox/2003-01/msg00215.html (8,626 bytes)

16. impound (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 17:00:13 -0500
Why don't we have a pre-event impound of 15 minutes to let the competition inspect and protest each other, then allow protested cars to compete? I think most competetors know which cars are illegal i
/html/autox/2002-09/msg00160.html (7,198 bytes)

17. Re: absolutely nothing to do with anthing but always wanted to (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 21:14:19 -0500
A long time ago I raced a light blue VW Bug in the local mini-stock bull rings, with a big red 1 on it (If you're going to be one, be a Big Red One). That's an insider's joke about the army, and I wa
/html/autox/2002-08/msg00445.html (9,124 bytes)

18. Wireless autocross timing equipment (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 23:33:15 -0500
How many of you old geezers out there remember a three man crew with stopwatches timing the events? We would average the times from the stopwatches and post one run at a time. A friend of mine ran a
/html/autox/2002-06/msg00160.html (7,653 bytes)

19. California CHP Camaros (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:41:42 -0500
I read the suggestion about issuing black-and-whites to all California state employees. That actually happened in Oklahoma a while back. The Oklahoma Gas and Electric company put an outline of the st
/html/autox/2002-06/msg00294.html (7,061 bytes)

20. Houston Tour (score: 1)
Author: "Donna and Terry Cost" <tcost@hot.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 09:56:10 -0600
I was very dissapointed when I saw that the Houston Tour had been moved up to the 6th of April. My son is getting married that weekend. Fortunately there will be pictures of the wedding to look at la
/html/autox/2002-02/msg00474.html (6,567 bytes)


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