Originally posted by 97blkz
Wow , corey good thread, in case anyone wonders i am the camaro owner he talks about! I actually have no plans to auto x , i think it's cool and all but seen to many people total their cars and have no insurance pay out, no thanks!! Corey I told you lets race from Ybor I4 entrance to to Ulmerton rd in Pinellas?? best of all worlds the twist at malfunction junction the striaght away on howie franklin , lets see your light body auto x crx do 157mph across the bridge , I know mine can what about you? See corey I want a little of all street race , auto x and a decent track (1/4) time! It is all in the setup of the race your trying to run!
Dude, your logic is severely flawed. Just driving across town on ANY road at legal speeds is more likely to get your car totalled than autocrossing it. Remember, there are STUPID PEOPLE out on public roads. And you're talking about RACING across town at speeds in excess of 100 mph? A well-designed autocross course with nothing moving on it but YOU and nothing to hit but a bunch of rubber cones is infinitely safer. And if you take a poll of the few who have wrecked cars at autocrosses, you'll find that most will admit that they could have avoided it with a little common sense. Just like street driving... stupidity can still bite you in the ass.
Reality check: Who do you know personally who has totalled a car at an autocross?
Further reality check: I've only been in the area about 6 months, who can tell me how many cars have been totalled (or even significantly damaged) at autocrosses here in the past few years? I'm guessing not very many. It just doesn't happen that often.
So... quit teasing the little Honda with the obvious fact* that your Camaro has a higher top speed and come out and show him that you're not afraid to get spanked on an autocross course. What's that you say? Oh, you CAN beat him on an autocross course? Well, bring it on! We can all handle the truth... whatever it might be.
* Amusing anecdote: I was in a caravan of SCCA dudes headed to an autocross once and experienced the joy of leaving a 5.7 powered Camaro behind in my bone stock Saturn SC2. It seems that this Camaro was ordered with the cheaper tire option, thus had the 115mph speed limiter! The SC2 was good to 125... eventually.
