Wheel width, ITB, again

[shwah]

I also know, however, that my car would have been parked this season if I had to go out and buy new wheels and losing cars for a season is never good customer service.

Really? A new set of pimpy light wheels = 1 (maybe 2 if they are uber-custom-light) race weekend expenses. You run a short season, or are not being fully truthful. Sure buying 3-4 sets of wheels is very expensive, but I would get a set and go racing if faced with that situation.

EDIT - then I would sell my old stuff and use the proceeds to defray the cost of re-stocking in the correct size.

[jjjanos]

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I'm struck by the fact that what you think is "absurd," I (and I daresay some other ITAC members) view as one of the most crucial first principles of the category.K

I'm struck with how you don't realize that moving cars around and monkeying around with the classification method (i.e. changing weights) is the antithesis of rules stability.

I'm struck with how you don't realize that changing the car classification method (see: great realignment, see:FWD adder discussion) stinks of competition adjustment and monkeying around with the rules to equalize competition.

I'd find it a lot less absurd - both in terms of the universal limitation and the refusal to make spec line adjustments for the exiled cars - if there was a valid reason for the constraint in the first place.

Really? A new set of pimpy light wheels = 1 (maybe 2 if they are uber-custom-light) race weekend expenses. You run a short season, or are not being fully truthful. Sure buying 3-4 sets of wheels is very expensive, but I would get a set and go racing if faced with that situation.

OK, not 100% truthful. I'd do my 2 races to keep my license current. Pissing away $1,600 for no good reason eats a big chunk of my racing budget. And while I probably could pick stock wheels for a lot less, that's just an additional instance of pissing away money because the pimpy light wheels are going to get bought eventually. I just took a $2,100 hit to the wallet for a non-racing expense and I'm trying to convince myself I shouldn't park the car after this weekend.