02-25-2004, 03:00 PM
no matter what kind of skillz you think you have, they will dissapear quickly when you really find your cars limits. I have mad street skillz as well, and can control just about any situation I've been able to put my car into on the street, but I was definitely humbled last weekend at VIR. Although, I must say that I humbled a lot of cars as well. My lightly modded NA with an awesome suspension destroyed a lot of cars worth a lot more money and having a lot more work done. If you truly know the limits of your car as it is, get some suspension installed in it, and make those limits go even further 
. Instead of just coming to the autoX in Staunton, sign up and do it. It's cheap, you get some real deal track time, you don't have to take any classes, and you don't have to worry about your car getting owned unless you REALLY screw up (like aim it at a wall). Besides, its in staunton; if the car breaks, at least it will only be 30 minutes away, instead of 2 hours.
In terms of selling a modded car, don't even think you're going to get back what you put in. I have yet to sell my other supra 6 months later, regardless of the fact that there is ~$14k in the car, and there are only about 10 driveable 1JZ supras on the east coast (probably not even that many). I'm trying to get 7k for it, and that just ain't happening.
In terms of what to get, honda reliablility is always there, so I'm a huge fan of them. If you can find something that appeals to you in that class, and you can handle any kind of repair costs (preludes are probably the more expensive ones to repair BTW) then go for it. Other choices are 1G DSMs (b00st rot), 240sx (RWD is the best evar), or perhaps a VR-4 Galant (boosted, 4 door, AWD).
See your ass in line to get into the autoX action in Staunton
. Instead of just coming to the autoX in Staunton, sign up and do it. It's cheap, you get some real deal track time, you don't have to take any classes, and you don't have to worry about your car getting owned unless you REALLY screw up (like aim it at a wall). Besides, its in staunton; if the car breaks, at least it will only be 30 minutes away, instead of 2 hours.In terms of selling a modded car, don't even think you're going to get back what you put in. I have yet to sell my other supra 6 months later, regardless of the fact that there is ~$14k in the car, and there are only about 10 driveable 1JZ supras on the east coast (probably not even that many). I'm trying to get 7k for it, and that just ain't happening.
In terms of what to get, honda reliablility is always there, so I'm a huge fan of them. If you can find something that appeals to you in that class, and you can handle any kind of repair costs (preludes are probably the more expensive ones to repair BTW) then go for it. Other choices are 1G DSMs (b00st rot), 240sx (RWD is the best evar), or perhaps a VR-4 Galant (boosted, 4 door, AWD).
See your ass in line to get into the autoX action in Staunton