All Worn Out - 4000 Miles

[16Kobra]

You guys crack me up. Yes, I have a lift and all the tools to do my own work. Quite frankly I feel like fuel is the most expensive part on this car.

I've been through 3 sets of tires and brake pads on this car and have a 2nd track car (Boss 302) that gets a majority of the track time. Didn't track the GT500 at all last year as I was mostly on smaller tracks and feeling out the new OIR track in Missouri.

Put the 500 on OIR this spring and it was amazing - have a lot to learn still.

Was at OIR for the Mustang Memorial day event. What an awesome track....

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[Conquistador555]

You guys crack me up. Yes, I have a lift and all the tools to do my own work. Quite frankly I feel like fuel is the most expensive part on this car.

I've been through 3 sets of tires and brake pads on this car and have a 2nd track car (Boss 302) that gets a majority of the track time. Didn't track the GT500 at all last year as I was mostly on smaller tracks and feeling out the new OIR track in Missouri.

Put the 500 on OIR this spring and it was amazing - have a lot to learn still.

OK, can we at least agree that it takes some $$ for this hobby? Heck, I hate buying one set of tires every 30,000 miles or more, little alone at the rate you speed freaks are burning these up.

Any of you looking to adopt?

 

[PUR_SPD]

Was at OIR for the Mustang Memorial day event. What an awesome track....

Yup I was there.

 

[Ewheels]

OK, can we at least agree that it takes some $$ for this hobby? Heck, I hate buying one set of tires every 30,000 miles or more, little alone at the rate you speed freaks are burning these up.

Any of you looking to adopt?

I did the math and factoring in brake and tire life and such, it comes out to about $700 a day for me. And I don't even buy nearly the most expensive tires.

 

[PUR_SPD]

Sounds about right. I figure $3k per track weekend if I travel. Probably $500 if I stay local.

 

[16Kobra]

Sounds about right. I figure $3k per track weekend if I travel. Probably $500 if I stay local.

If you stay within about 200 miles.

My trip to OIR was around $5K and then had a trailer incident and ended up putting 3K worth of axles under the trailer before coming hom.e

 

[Tomster]

OK, can we at least agree that it takes some $$ for this hobby? Heck, I hate buying one set of tires every 30,000 miles or more, little alone at the rate you speed freaks are burning these up.

Any of you looking to adopt?

Maybe you all need to ask what @95CobraR s secret is. He is the fastest GT350 driver and he has had the same brakes and tires for four years.

He is fast.

 

[Inthehighdesert]

That just reminded me of the scene in The Guardian when Costner let Kushner’s character break all the record's. He’’’’’ssss fast.

Maybe you all need to ask what @95CobraR s secret is. He is the fastest GT350 driver and he has had the same brakes and tires for four years.

He is fast.

 

[kilobravo]

My trip to OIR was around $5K and then had a trailer incident and ended up putting 3K worth of axles under the trailer before coming hom.e

Sorry to hear about the axles, Jim and hopefully, the trailer won't be an issue in the future.

 

[Tomster]

Sorry to hear about the axles, Jim and hopefully, the trailer won't be an issue in the future.

You should see his truck. That thing is going to go at any moment.

 

[fast306stang]

OK, can we at least agree that it takes some $$ for this hobby? Heck, I hate buying one set of tires every 30,000 miles or more, little alone at the rate you speed freaks are burning these up.

Any of you looking to adopt?

Are you running Nitto Grapplers or something??? I can't get 20K miles out of a set of tires, much less 30K!

 

[16Kobra]

You should see his truck. That thing is going to go at any moment.

I will remember all these comments when you have a flat again.....

 

[Tomster]

I will remember all these comments when you have a flat again.....

That truck never looked better that day.

 

[WD Pro]

Totally ruined, just like Arwen golds ass after a few scenes

That prompted an internet search that I'm glad I didn't do on my work connection ...

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[Strokerswild]

Having turned a largish fortune into a smaller fortune drag racing a couple of decades ago, I must resist the lure of the road course (although it looks like a blast)....

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