Put up or shut up..... bench racers! - Lateral-g Forums

**XcYZ** · #1 12-19-2005, 08:23 AM

A little upset are we?

Everyone has different ideas what should be done with their cars. Some people race them, some people show them, some do both. Why are you so bent on proving that you're right and everyone else's ideas or intentions are wrong? Sounds like sour grapes to me - can't have it your way so it must suck, right?

**Stuart Adams** · #2 12-19-2005, 08:50 AM

Evil, I hope the post is left up, it just shows who YOU really are.

I'm REAL glad to be an American.

Have a good one, taking your meds right?

**V8TV** · #3 12-19-2005, 06:40 PM

High dollar event or not, (although it seem that anything would be high-dollar, as soon as the liability insurance and safety crews are figured in...) we're game to shoot cool cars throwin' down the numbers. Even if there is no "vs." element... I just think it would be cool to show how a properly tuned '60's musclecar stands up to a $50k+ high tech new performance car.

Hmm... after typing that last sentence, the thought crosses me mind... does it take a $50k+ musclecar to match a $50k+ late model performance car?

hotwheels · #4 12-19-2005, 07:23 PM

Well my car is show and go......and i have alot of friend's here that are in the same frame of mind.
I surely wish that some who make post's like this, actually had some basis on the post (having a ride for one).
I don't see why some thought's focus purely on racing. It take's alot of time and talent to build some of the car's that are shown on this site. If you know anything about drag racing, you know that part's are expensive and those part's break. My car is currently broken needing a new engine installed. I know the risk of racing my car and have to pay to play with these risk's.

But what does trying to justify a person's idea of a car by bashing or saying that people that build show car's, are car's? Yea, they have 1,000.00 hinge's and 50k motor's, plus ton's and ton's of work involved in getting em that way to show.

To me, car's are a hobby. There are different type's of car's that are in our hobby. I don't think that bashing on a guy for building a show car is right, we need to learn to appreciate the effort and time spent in keeping our hobby alive. I for one, wish i had the talent to build a car like alot of the one's shown on this site. But even for my lack of knowledge, i build all my car's to meet what i want, and i do with my car's what i want, when i want them to do it. That includes car show's and drag racing.

There are so many talented people on this site, people need to kick back and try to enjoy what each of us bring's to this hobby. period.