Topic: Any car owners only?

I am just curious if there are any other people like myself that own the car and run the team, but don't always drive, or ever drive.

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Re: Any car owners only?

I own and manage our team.
I only drive the “racecar” to test and diagnose potential problems with it. I’ve never really wanted to be a driver for the team.
I have been starting to get safety equipment for myself at swap meets. Maybe someday I will race the car if we are having mechanical troubles or something. I enjoy hanging around the trailer and dumping gas in the car every 2 hours.

Bob Johnson

Re: Any car owners only?

I drive about 2/3'rds of the time.  If I am bored with the track or car I just do the double role of Team Mom and Benevolent Dictator/Team.Captain.  Lemons for me is first the community (only vacations I take), second the build, third the challenge of keeping it going and last the thrill of driving.

Re: Any car owners only?

I was an owner, and now I just drive. I still can not resist the urge to boss over the operation, but I now do it slightly less, maybe. After we retire the Mercedes, I will probably be an owner again, mostly because I can't stop perusing CL for weird stuff that might be horrible/magnificent.

Everybody grab your brooms, it's shenanigans!

Re: Any car owners only?

rmcdaniels wrote:

I will probably be an owner again, mostly because I can't stop perusing CL for weird stuff that might be horrible/magnificent.

The IoE bug is a real thing.  I have a horrible Volga in my driveway right now as a result.

Re: Any car owners only?

Will you race it? Jay won't let me race my Trabant, some nonsense about cars made out of cotton and industrial waste being too fragile , but Lemons should have some kind of Communist Cup award. I've been looking for a Dacia 1300, but they didn't send them here. Maybe I can find a Renault 12 and re-badge it.

Everybody grab your brooms, it's shenanigans!

Re: Any car owners only?

rmcdaniels wrote:

Will you race it? Jay won't let me race my Trabant, some nonsense about cars made out of cotton and industrial waste being too fragile , but Lemons should have some kind of Communist Cup award. I've been looking for a Dacia 1300, but they didn't send them here. Maybe I can find a Renault 12 and re-badge it.

In some form or another it will race.  It is very rusty and I have not had time to assess structural issues but if the suspension mounting points are good, want to race it as a Volga.  If to far gone, rebody another car with Volga glory.  In theory they are very stout cars just this one is rough.