Sean F

Let's make a list of the thread topics that really get us going
I'll start:

Head and neck restraint devices
Oil
Fuel octane
Towing vehicles/setups
Letting others drive you car
When to shift
Anything related to F1
Anything related to safety - harnesses, rollbar/cage
Anything related to moving up run groups in DE

Continue....

Larry Herman

Drivers not signalling at DEs
Passing without a signal

Bull

Threads about getting people's panties in a knot...........jk!

Veloce Raptor

Guys with pink hair.

1AS

Requiring an updated helmet (eg Snell 2000) when the new one is no better, yours is undamaged, and there is absolutely no evidence that there is an age-related failure rate for helmets. After all, it is the risk of the guy wearing the helmet. I can understand making sure the face shield isn't too scratched to see out of, as that impacts other drivers. The uprated helmet requirement is the "Snell benefit and annuity act"

Excess vigor at tech inspection. Checking lug nut torque makes some sense, but the stuff that fails is never what they check (okay, here is where you argue "it didn't fail cuz they checked it"). Do they really check the hose clamps for tightness, the trans for shift-ability, brake discs or cooling? Nope, but's that 's the suff that fails.
AS

NCporsche

Another possible topic is "Instructors from HELL" and then naming the instructor.

This was 6 months ago that I did the above, not starting the topic but contributing to the thread. I'm still suffering repercussions. The instructor never replied because "he does not have a computer". I posted my complaint in the public forum rather than OT, so the instructor could respond.

A couple of lessons learned...

Never name the instructor that told you on day one; first time on a track, first session, instructor being fully informed that I am as green as they come, that grabbed the wheel to keep you on line, shouting that I AM A F**CKING GREENIE...

...DEs are not worth putting out the $ to take the chance that I will get another "Instructor from HELL".

Please, before I start getting requests for more info, this was an isolated incident and not typical of most green group instructors. But when I get asked at a PCA meeting months after the event "What the HELL where you thinking when you posted on Rennlist about @#$%^& instructing you? I got a call from ????? who talked to ????? that then talked to ?????? about what the HELL went on, Why did you post this on Rennlist?"

My reply was "You knew my phone #, why didn't you tell them to call me?"

Well, this instructor helped me decide where I'm taking my track $. I'm auto crossing. No instructor needed. Thanks alot!

Can you tell I'm still bitter about this?

JC in NY

Tracks that are supposedly going to be built but never do.

BrianKeithSmith

The Clintons... Oh wait this isn't off topic...

Ok right frame of mind now - PANSIES!...

TD in DC

Whether racers make better instructors . . .

BrianKeithSmith

How about "Are turbo drivers that much better than NA drivers" - DUH! - I mean that goes without saying, right??? What am I missing here???

Veloce Raptor

Au naturel vs. hardwood floors:

TD in DC

How long does it take to get from green to F1, er, I mean black . . .

Matt Marks

1) Mechanics screwing you for 2x the quoted cost of a motor rebuild
2) Endless debates of how much of a priss FA is - (pegs the priss meter)
3) 2 yr rule on SFI seatbelts
4) My wife not letting me keep a 50 gallon drum of 100 octane in the garage and having to pay pump price (have homeowners insurance for crissake!)
5) Putting the airbags, cat, etc. back in the race car for ONE DAY each year to pass state inspection to keep my plates (damn HOA's!)

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6) Having to find DOT tires with tread on them to pass inspection in #5 above

BostonDMD

TD and Sean, you are not going to drag me into this........

pat056

Nothing
I wear V-Strings.
Oh, well maybe people who make Smart a** replies to threads