MarkHille Mark Hille Super Moderator Location: The hills of CT Join Date: 10/04/2011 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 135 Rally Car: I have two crap boxes |
A cage and the first event entry cost. If the t9 shifts run it. Don't build the honda. You will never get back the money and time and effort you spend doing so and it could have all been put into the Merkur. Its a lot of effort/money to change rally platforms. Just think of the spares you have/need. Buying a decent used car will be cheaper and easier and faster than building a decent Merkur. If you want to build the Merkur go ahead. There are enough people on here to walk you through it. Just know that you will never recoup the time and money you put into it. You are doing all this work and spending all this money for fun....so if your not having fun is it really worth it??? Read that last sentence as "If you don't thoroughly enjoy doing automotive work, if you are not capable of doing almost all of the work yourself, If you don't have at least $6,000 to sink into building a car (probably much more because the little things add up quick), and if you are not patient enough to spend a crap load of time building a car.........then you would be better off buying one." Where in NY are you? BRS and ESPR are both nasa events and are both in NY. Either one of them could be enjoyed with a near stock Merkur with a cage and safety equipment Ask me how I know. The suspension would be nice but isn't necessary to have fun and could be added later (sooner than later). You could throw $30,000 at the Merk and I personally still wouldn't ever put money on you winning the 2wd class anytime soon. No offense. You would still probably just be that outgunned. Just go out there and have fun. That is your point. Go do that.... Want to race RA? Take grant up on his offer to get that na manifold and drive that turd of a car to its limit until they let you put the snail back on. After all, driving a turd of a car is more fun to me than laying underneath one for hours on end...... |
NoCoast Grant Hughes Infallible Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
I'm pretty sure I've sent a decent number of people your way. A new set of your struts on his coast for under retail and its unethical for me to suggest he buys them? I think it'd be worse to not. Like when I send a customer to a competitor because I know they can deliver on his timeline. I might be able to but not going to leave someone fucked if something goes wrong. Grant Hughes |
heymagic Banned Junior Moderator Location: La la land Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 3,740 Rally Car: Not a Volvo |
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Infallible Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
He did? who elected YOU to decide? Censure? You are getting preetty fucking weird in your frenzy to slander me at every opportunity, McCollough...censure? Fuck. Grqant typed without thinking.. We don't need your comments either..ever think of that? Our mission is to promote the sport in many facets, not Gene McCollough's ego... You keep making references to "fattebning my checking account" and BS like that.. You said recently "I've made coil-overs" Don't understand why you are just cranking them out since you are such a man of fucking ethics and expertise." You want to start making some? I also don't understand why you keep alluding to dishonest intentions and motives----yet seem to purposely ignore outright theft and fraud by others and just say "I've always had excellent dealings with...." Your obvious selective condemnations and scolding are obvious. Maybe you'd Friend me better if I sent you my twitter account and link to my personal 3 websites and 4 FB pages? John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |
heymagic Banned Junior Moderator Location: La la land Join Date: 01/25/2006 Age: Fossilized Posts: 3,740 Rally Car: Not a Volvo |
Oh my, someone pee in your corn flakes?
You're right, shame on Grant , wtf was he thinking. It would be much better to have someone send you a deposit, pay more and wait months and months potentially for struts. Silly Grant. I always say, buy JVAB buy often, spend morally...what more do you want? I've sent 3 friends to you for suspension, one got his, one got a refund after an extended wait and the other was less than pleased with the final deal, details need not be aired on a public forum. If you were truly worried about referrals and business then maybe a touch of tact and less radicalism would be of use? Maybe? Wonder how many people Brandenburg will send your way? |
fiasco Andrew Steere Professional Moderator Location: South Central Nude Hamster Join Date: 12/29/2005 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 2,008 Rally Car: too rich for my blood, share a LeMons car |
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NoCoast Grant Hughes Infallible Moderator Location: Whitefish, MT Join Date: 01/11/2006 Age: Midlife Crisis Posts: 6,818 Rally Car: BMW |
Good thing I don't sell tires cause I don't think I've EVER heard you tell someone to go buy a new set of tires.
I do build roll cages though and you're sending this guy to Sweden for a cage? Not that I'm likely to do a kit though without a cageless shell/car to fit it to... Grant Hughes |
Morison Banned Mod Moderator Location: Calgary, AB Join Date: 03/27/2009 Age: Ancient Posts: 1,798 Rally Car: (ex)86 RX-7(built), (ex)2.5RS (bought) |
The best thing to do with that money would be to but the VW you were talking about, do some events and learn about the sport, what you like about the VW and - more importantly - what you don't like and incorporate those lessons in your Merkur build. It might push back the completion date of the XRatty, but you'll be stage sooner and learning about what you really want out of your first build. Best thing is ... as long as you don't ball it up you should be able to sell the VW for very nearly what you bought it for, just paying 'operating' costs while running it. (which you'd have for any car) It's near impossible to do that with a car you build from the ground up.) First Rally: 2001 Driver (7), Co-Driver (44) Drivers (16) Clerk (10), Official (7), Volunteer (4) Cars Built (1), Engines Built (0) Cages Built (0) Last Updated, January 4, 2015
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john vanlandingham John Vanlandingham Infallible Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
Right. see the difference? You aren't- cant supply the guy with a product he needs so no harm to anybody in suggesting he look someplace else.. He is close enough to Cagethis in the Boston area and that guy does good cages at a reasonable price---but I'd guess he's heard of cagethis. John Vanlandingham Sleezattle, WA, USA Vive le Prole-le-ralliat www.rallyrace.net/jvab CALL +1 206 431-9696 Remember! Pacific Standard Time is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time. |