10-10-2017, 05:12 AM
I'd get an e36 if you want a track car. I agree if you don't have a stash just chilling not doing anything that you're ready to use to *just take the car home* then don't be on track. Heck, Ryan H in DE1/2 went off track into some dirt, got rocks in the bead of his tire at summit and then had to tow his car to a shop like 30 miles away, I drove him to Richmond that night, and he had to get all the way back to Nova to pick up his car from the shop. All for a bead in his tire for going off in DE1/2. And at the time that was his only car. No truck yet.
Personally I'm still not on track cause I want to be able to foot the safety equipment bill, transportation bill (truck+trailer) and emergency bill before I even worry about paying for the weekend. All that or I'm prepared to leave the car at Vir and tell some bright eyed kid "hey I just wrecked the car and towing it home isn't worth it for me so go find the keys from the Vir salvage guys and it's yours". At first I didn't care how I got on track, I just wanted to, but the longer I am with NASA the less I am willing to unnecessarily risk it, seen too much misfortune. I'm going into it assuming I'm going to have a bad accident as opposed to thinking "oh it'll be fine I'm not going that that fast".... 100mph is 100mph. When safety equipment and truck and trailer is more affordable tho... it's GAME ON MOTHERFUCKERS LETS GOOO *Charlie diradour voice*
note: and another thing to remember that I always remind myself is your worker credits/entry cost is only part of it. A full DE weekend is going to demand more of your brakes and tires (and the car in general tbh) than just a hyperdrive so make sure you're accounting for all your consumables and keeping up with that expense as well when you consider tracking in school. It can get $$$$.
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Personally I'm still not on track cause I want to be able to foot the safety equipment bill, transportation bill (truck+trailer) and emergency bill before I even worry about paying for the weekend. All that or I'm prepared to leave the car at Vir and tell some bright eyed kid "hey I just wrecked the car and towing it home isn't worth it for me so go find the keys from the Vir salvage guys and it's yours". At first I didn't care how I got on track, I just wanted to, but the longer I am with NASA the less I am willing to unnecessarily risk it, seen too much misfortune. I'm going into it assuming I'm going to have a bad accident as opposed to thinking "oh it'll be fine I'm not going that that fast".... 100mph is 100mph. When safety equipment and truck and trailer is more affordable tho... it's GAME ON MOTHERFUCKERS LETS GOOO *Charlie diradour voice*
note: and another thing to remember that I always remind myself is your worker credits/entry cost is only part of it. A full DE weekend is going to demand more of your brakes and tires (and the car in general tbh) than just a hyperdrive so make sure you're accounting for all your consumables and keeping up with that expense as well when you consider tracking in school. It can get $$$$.
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