Tracking a car and keeping it mint
08-26-2006, 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by ltc
Yes, I wash/wax/detail my track appliance.
Even won a People's Choice award at a PCA Concours at the local dealer one weekend.
Even won a People's Choice award at a PCA Concours at the local dealer one weekend.
i am not alone.
you want to start the insane waxing our track car every weekend club?
08-26-2006, 03:33 AM
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garrett376, where did you get the graphic on the door of your RSA.
i tried the cup car site, but after 4 emails, i still got no repsonse.
anyone know how i can get those decals?
i tried the cup car site, but after 4 emails, i still got no repsonse.
anyone know how i can get those decals?
08-26-2006, 09:03 AM
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Mooty,
There is a long-acting formulation of Prozac which you only need to take once a week to help control Obsesive Cumpulsive Disorder. If you tried that for a few weeks, you might save a lot of time. Impotence is a minor side efect, but that spares another clean-up..................
(Just joking, I used to be the same way. In fact, at the Bric there is a concours that I have put the cars in. I just got over it. Now there is a little voice telling me I should clean everything up, but a much louder voice telling me to do something else more enjoyable) AS
There is a long-acting formulation of Prozac which you only need to take once a week to help control Obsesive Cumpulsive Disorder. If you tried that for a few weeks, you might save a lot of time. Impotence is a minor side efect, but that spares another clean-up..................
(Just joking, I used to be the same way. In fact, at the Bric there is a concours that I have put the cars in. I just got over it. Now there is a little voice telling me I should clean everything up, but a much louder voice telling me to do something else more enjoyable) AS
08-26-2006, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Alexander Stemer
Mooty,
There is a long-acting formulation of Prozac which you only need to take once a week to help control Obsesive Cumpulsive Disorder. If you tried that for a few weeks, you might save a lot of time. Impotence is a minor side efect, but that spares another clean-up..................
(Just joking, I used to be the same way. In fact, at the Bric there is a concours that I have put the cars in. I just got over it. Now there is a little voice telling me I should clean everything up, but a much louder voice telling me to do something else more enjoyable) AS
There is a long-acting formulation of Prozac which you only need to take once a week to help control Obsesive Cumpulsive Disorder. If you tried that for a few weeks, you might save a lot of time. Impotence is a minor side efect, but that spares another clean-up..................
(Just joking, I used to be the same way. In fact, at the Bric there is a concours that I have put the cars in. I just got over it. Now there is a little voice telling me I should clean everything up, but a much louder voice telling me to do something else more enjoyable) AS
hahha, my wife is a MD (i take it you are too). prozac is part of my diet. when ppl pop in a piece of gum, i swallow a few prozac! my OCD is beyond help. i would check my pads 100x, bled my brakes so long that i am essentially flushing the system.....
impotence??? what is that? i am in the garage. bedroom is rather foreign to me hahha
believe me, i am trying very hard to get over my OCD. i used to be A LOT WORSE.
08-26-2006, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by mooty
yes yes yes.
i am not alone.
you want to start the insane waxing our track car every weekend club?
i am not alone.
you want to start the insane waxing our track car every weekend club?
We're normal, everyone else isn't
08-28-2006, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by kurt M
Go the the track enough and you will learn not to care what the car looks like. 
I gave up and decided to really have fun at the track I had to give up on a clean looking car. I have to say I got a lot faster.
The people who tape their entire cars crack me up.
Enjoy, it's only a car and can be fixed.
08-28-2006, 06:46 PM
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hahaha, i dont tape up my cars and it's covered with r compund rubber and streaks all over and chips too. windshield is 1/2 cracked. but i can't stop cleaning it. i even went as far as buying a beat to **** SM, guess what i did the first week of owing the f'k car...
clay, clay, wax, wax.....
and a slightly slanted class designation sticker absolutely drove me nuts.
i know i REALLY NEED HELP.
clay, clay, wax, wax.....
and a slightly slanted class designation sticker absolutely drove me nuts.
i know i REALLY NEED HELP.
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08-28-2006, 08:16 PM
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A bit OT, but Roger Penske's race cars are concours clean (always been that way).....so tkerrmd is right....a clean car is a fast car.
08-28-2006, 10:53 PM
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Penske was the first to insist on havng the wheels polished, and he was criticized for it. Then he introduced matching crew uniforms. All kinds of things to make it all look more professional, which of course it did, which attracted sponsors. Everyone has followed suit. When it looks right, it probably is right.
08-29-2006, 12:36 AM
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Yep, when you've got about 20 guys on the team, the bottom 4 can keep it clean. Makes the sponsors really happy. My sponsor (namely me) doesn't give a sh*t.
I have privately confirmed that Tom runs his car thru an autoclave, so it is not only clean, it is sterile. Rumor has it that he dons surgical gloves, a gown and a mask to drive, tho the helmet makes it a litle hard to tell in the photo. When the photo was bigger, you could see it more clearly.....
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I have privately confirmed that Tom runs his car thru an autoclave, so it is not only clean, it is sterile. Rumor has it that he dons surgical gloves, a gown and a mask to drive, tho the helmet makes it a litle hard to tell in the photo. When the photo was bigger, you could see it more clearly.....
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08-29-2006, 01:39 PM
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Clear Bra - 7 - 900 installed. Good quality respray after 3 years of DE 1000. DE events cost $, its an expensive hobby. If you enjoy seeing your car look pretty in a garage - leave it there. If you love driving it, take it to the track. If you want both - it costs money, that's all.
08-29-2006, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by gums
Penske was the first to insist on having the wheels polished, and he was criticized for it. Then he introduced matching crew uniforms. All kinds of things to make it all look more professional, which of course it did, which attracted sponsors. Everyone has followed suit. When it looks right, it probably is right.
Now back to the original thread...