NASA @ Summit Point, September 18th-19th 2004

[white_2kgt]

Dammit, and I'm the one that cant read.

Recap: Mike asked why Chad needed a truck and trailer. I said convenience.

Its convenient to not have to change wheels/tires on the car when you get there or picking up nails in your track tires if you're driving on them to the track, not have to unload it, not have to unpack all your shit, worry about all your shit getting wet/dirty, have a place to take a nap, or pack it all back up at the end of the weekend - just unload the car off the trailer.

Hopefully by end of next year I will be towing also. I wouldnt tow from NoVa to Summit, but everywhere else I would.

Spending a couple hours attatching your trailer, lining it up with the car, risk bending the car up loading it on the trailer, loading the truck up, the extra gas a v8 burns on the way to the track, cruise at lower speeds, and have to do all the same stuff on sunday night when you just want to go home on sunday is NOT more convenient.
ANd if you would stop being a donkey, and start driving on street tires you wouldnt have to mess with changing tires garbage

Uh, well I for one don't want to drive to summit on my r compunds. I also Don't want to stuff 4 r compounds in the back of my car again, the drive to VIR BLEW. Plus once I get said tires in the car there's nowhere for me to put anything! I'm driving a v8 either way, so that argument's out. Oh and the truck can be packed and car can be on said trailer the night before so all that needs be done is load up the cooler and hop in and take off, once I get to the track, drive off the trailer and onto the track. Also changing back to street tires after that last session of the day, I almost burnt off my fingers, those lugs were HOT! Plus the carbotech XP10's BLOW for street driving and I ain't changing pads at the track unless I have to, same goes for using a jack to change tires. I bought a lift for a reason dammit .

So I'll be showing up on the back of a 16' Full Metal deck trailer, pulled by a 04 F150 Extended Cab Short Bed with the Carbotech pads installed and RA1's mounted and car cleaned out ready to rock, plus all tools and comforts needed for a wonderful weekend at the track, after having a nice comfy ride wrapped in 'quiet steel'.

-c