Why Do Some Racers Find It Important to Put Down DE
12-07-2008, 09:08 PM
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Autocross is foreplay!
PS: I'm a DE guy 'cause I don't have the time for racing. I'd like to be there some day, but there's no assurance one way or the other. So I keep DE'ing and keep learning.
PPS: I never let anyone call my DE experience "racing" but frankly, the average person really doesn't understand the difference and doesn't really care.
12-07-2008, 09:31 PM
#185
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Here's something to think about for the "I'm gonna race someday" crowd;
DE'ing your Porsche costs about as much money & time as racing a Miata or Honda or....well, you get the picture.
If you want to...you can.
Alan
DE'ing your Porsche costs about as much money & time as racing a Miata or Honda or....well, you get the picture.
If you want to...you can.
Alan
12-07-2008, 10:10 PM
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12-07-2008, 10:32 PM
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People that **** me off and I have no problem putting down/taunting:
1) DEers that think they are racing
2) Racers that are 10 secs off the pace, and then "race" the leaders as they come around to lap them
3) DEers that have never raced yet comment on racing
4) Racer that think the people in front of them are always cheating
5) DEers that think all racers are "dangerous"
6) Racers that think all DEers are slow
7) Anyone slower than me
8) Anyone faster than me
9) People who pay to pro race, yet are worse than me
10) Anyone with a crappier car than mine
11) Anyone with a nicer car than mine
People I have no problem with:
A) DEers that drive well
B) Racers that drive well
1) DEers that think they are racing
2) Racers that are 10 secs off the pace, and then "race" the leaders as they come around to lap them
3) DEers that have never raced yet comment on racing
4) Racer that think the people in front of them are always cheating
5) DEers that think all racers are "dangerous"
6) Racers that think all DEers are slow
7) Anyone slower than me
8) Anyone faster than me
9) People who pay to pro race, yet are worse than me
10) Anyone with a crappier car than mine
11) Anyone with a nicer car than mine
People I have no problem with:
A) DEers that drive well
B) Racers that drive well
12-07-2008, 10:41 PM
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...So getting back to the original discussion, which was why run brand spankin new Hoosiers at a DE? If you are so keen on keeping your GT3 pristine and dont want to risk damaging it, why buy Hoosier A6s? Not saying you, but in general. No one has answered yet, WHY, brand new sticker Hoosiers are needed at a DE.
No one here is bashing DEs or putting them down. Like Bryan Watts said in earlier posts, NO one had even mentioned anything related to putting down DE participants. Comments were simply made as to why sticker Hoosiers were needed for a DE.
No one here is bashing DEs or putting them down. Like Bryan Watts said in earlier posts, NO one had even mentioned anything related to putting down DE participants. Comments were simply made as to why sticker Hoosiers were needed for a DE.
I don't actually have to have new Hoosiers (I actually now have Hoosiers for the first time but I bought them used) but obviously even in DEs, you want to be fast. If not what's the point? It is fun to mess around with used slippery tires but in the end, everyone, or at least me, want to go faster.
I don't mean in a way some guys do who have to get an GT3 (instead of their current 993, 911 or whatever slower) so that they can keep up but at least for me, running with slow tires is boring because you don't have enough grip. Same way I want to have more horsepower and better handling but putting a TT motor is much more difficult than getting ne Hoosiers.
I don't give a **** what other DE'rs do when I'm out there but I do car how fast I'm going and more grip & speed I have, better time (pun not intended) I'm having.
If you guys (who critise people having Hoosiers in DE) really don't "get" that, think back when you were doing DEs, you didn't want to go fast(er)?
And racers who say they don't really care about winning... Come on, what are you doing there then? That's not racing, racing is about winning.
"If you're not first, you're last..."
Last edited by Flying Finn; 12-07-2008 at 11:08 PM.
12-07-2008, 11:02 PM
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12-07-2008, 11:07 PM
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12-07-2008, 11:14 PM
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One.
12-07-2008, 11:17 PM
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12-07-2008, 11:22 PM
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Duh.