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Originally Posted by rogue
I believe 95% of the pro-touring community is stuck in the street rod era. Bolting on every possible high end billet or chrome fancy performance part, every modern drivetrain option, every high end seating option, suspension subframes. Yet the cars just sit, and rarely get driven except to 'goodguys' events and autox events at car shows. The concept of pro-touring goes against car shows IMO.
I saw the same behavior in street rodders that I do in the pro-touring community. Lots of upgrade addiction and constantly evolving cars constantly in a state of evolving/changes, rather than the owners actually enjoying DRIVING THEM.
Sinking 150k into a camaro to drive to a cruise night or drive in a 35mph autocross at a car show? Doesn't make sense to me. I think for some people, its all about wrenching and tinkering, I can understand that. But not enjoying the fruits of your labor is an absolute sin. I've given up on inviting anyone on these forums to track events because no one shows. Seems like everyone thinks you have to have every go-fast product on the market just to keep up with the jones's. I'm all for supporting the aftermarket community and buying parts, but whats the point of buying a set of coilovers or sway bars when you've never even pushed your car to the limit to know that it NEEDS those coilovers.
Makes no sense to me. Lots of cars in a constant state of upgrading around here. For what purpose? Seems like an awful lot of SEMA cars which are show cars.
Racing? Only know a few people that hit the track here.
Autox? A properly driven miata with minor mods or an S2000 will destroy the entire pack of high dollar pro-touring cars at a good guys event. 
I see a lot of guys sinking so much money and details into their cars to the point where they're too scared to push the limits of their car on a track for fear of balling it up. 20k paint jobs on a car thats supposedly built to be reliable and a touring car that can be driven from CA to NYC? Thats just silly.
I wish more cars were built to be driven. More streetfighters, more restomod cars. Less of these six digit show touring cars. I'm willing to bet those that are guilty of having high dollar builds had street rods in the past.
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I was reviewing the results from my last local autocross and I out ran all minis and got edged out by less than a tenth by a s2000. My official time was 42.5xx.
http://lvrscca.org/race-results/auto...ound14_raw.htm That included taking out the ESP track champ. I agree at a Good guys put around it would be tough due to the fact it's like driving through a grocery store. It's plain physics. I have little desire to run one of their events for that reason.