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Did not see many names I'd recognize on the entry list... Anybody else going?

I am going to a patriot course event saturday. I might sign up later today! Fun weekend.

I think I'm done for the year. Time to get the front bumper fixed again.

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Karl S.
2014 Baby, 2014 House, 2013 Ford Focus ST, 2013 BMW 328i, 1994 Mercedes E320
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Well, I did not hit any cones with my new car yet, so I found it hard to pass on this event. Particularly now that the car is actually aligned.

Plus, I have some leftover RS2s to burn that came with the car.

If I were you Karl, I'd get the nose done again and buy a bra for the nose. I used one on my Celica at events with good results. - AB

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Actually... Are the front bumpers on these things SO vulnerable? Should I start a bumper repair fund?

I don't think it's just S2000's. It depends upon a lot on the bumper height, type of paint and how hard you hit the cones Invest in either a bra for events or 3M film. - AB

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Super Westerfield Bros - '93 Integra - LeChump Du Jour
STX 93 - Scion FR-S

If you're hitting enough cones with the FRONT of the car to remove the paint...you're doing something wrong.

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Vincent Keene
'06 Ford Mustang GT (track rat)
'15 Dodge Charger R/T (yeah, it's got a HEMI!)
'07 Ford Fusion SE (205,000 miles and counting)
'98 Chevy Z-24 (retired)
'93 Acura Integra (Team SWB 24HOL Car)

Only when they hit orange things

Aaron's right.

Alex, what's happening to my car usually happens when I wallop a feature that includes a pointer cone or double cones. The front corner of the car sort of folds under a bit.

My car also has had non-original paint on the front bumper pretty much since I bought it. It was a condition of purchase of the vehicle for me, since the front bumper wasn't as pristine as the rest of the car. As I understand it, factory paint on a plastic bumper is a lot more flexible than non-original paint. So, I get the cracking.

In fact, I looked at Nationals, and I didn't see a single other S2000 with cracked paint on its front bumper.

Now scratches? That'll happen to any car, especially if we're using cones that have recently been used by the rallycross program.

I probably would have left this particular front bumper alone, but the incident with the tire carcass on the way to Nationals this year made it worse, so now I'm going to have it repaired.

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Karl S.
2014 Baby, 2014 House, 2013 Ford Focus ST, 2013 BMW 328i, 1994 Mercedes E320
(Insert passive aggressive signature line here)

Geez NASA indexing sucks. I get penalized for factory sways, dampers, springs, torsion bars, and engine displacement, but camber plates, final drive regearing, rolling fenders, relocation or replacement of battery, replacement of alternator and removal of A/C are all unpenalized?

Chris, we might need to take the fit. We would be in the worst (best) class!

Sadly it looks like we won't be in the F-it, because Chris has some family obligations. It turns out that my factory options only bump me up one class though, to E instead of F. I think I might go up two with the race tires, though. That's crazy how they'll let you just bolt on camber plates with no penalty, though, and the regearing also. Fender flaring I kind of understand because you're penalized for wider tires already.

I mean, I'm reading that correctly, right? That points are assessed per changes over the base model, i.e. any factory option is assessed points? All that stuff mentioned above is factory options m030 and m220.

We'll see how Saturday goes before I decide on going up to Petersburg or not. Might decide I got too much going on.

Why so sad Rob? I am going to pass because we have a home bball game, which is free. Hope everybody has fun.

Good stuff. . . glad to see some undergrads have their priorities in the right place. I'll be there too, in the grad student section as usual. Its gonna be COLD standing in line, I'll have to make sure to bring a LOT of beer.

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