Re: BS Inspection Recidivists
I was told by a blind tibetan monk that cheatonium was bottled in an obscure part of the world known as Unobtanium. The search continues
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I was told by a blind tibetan monk that cheatonium was bottled in an obscure part of the world known as Unobtanium. The search continues
I've got unobtanium muffler bearings in the lemon bird. Much quieter!
you need to pay a guide with Miraculum if you hope for them to take you to Unobtanium...
I've got unobtanium muffler bearings in the lemon bird. Much quieter!
Was that what the flames were?
I was told by a blind tibetan monk that cheatonium was bottled in an obscure part of the world known as Unobtanium. The search continues
no...cheatonium is simply a highly-refined version of raw unobtanium. unobtanium has many innocent uses, but cheatonium is often referred to as "weapons-grade" unobtanium.
Cheatonium's cheap. I hear the devil will give you some in exchange for a del Sol.
Sir Thomas Crapper wrote:I've got unobtanium muffler bearings in the lemon bird. Much quieter!
Was that what the flames were?
The unobtanium muffler bearings simply allowed the flames to slip by easier.
Best way to keep Lemons fun is to have MORE fun running rediculously shitty cars with awesomely absurd themes and ignore teams showing up with drap supras, civics, miatas, and E30s.
The WHOLE idea of this race (please correct me if I am wrong) is to have some fun with wheel to wheel "racing" on a racetrack, and try not to care if you win or lose. This isn't a way to make money. No one, anywhere, is gonna car if you dominated a Lemons race with a cheaty car driven against guys who don't race for a living.
Think about this. Have you ever been embarrased by your jack-off cousin that is trying to dominate a family reunion softball game? It works out best to ignore them, and just have some fun.
See everyone at Rod's race in Joliet, IL!!!
The WHOLE idea of this race (please correct me if I am wrong) is to have some fun with wheel to wheel "racing" on a racetrack, and try not to care if you win or lose.
by that logic, one might also argue that if your whole goal is to have as much fun as possible and you don't care if you win or lose, to build the fasest damn thing you can, happily take your BS laps that knock you out of contention (b/c you don't care anyway), and have fun with your awesomely fast car (which is generally more fun than an awesomely slow car).
the only people who should be upset about "cheaty" cars are those who care if they win or lose, and those people are the ones who don't "get" the point. ZOMG Catch-22!!1!!!one!!
tl;dr - Buzz is a lawyer
tl;dr - Buzz is a lawyer
in my defense, i'm a crappy one.
the only people who should be upset about "cheaty" cars are those who care if they win or lose, and those people are the ones who don't "get" the point. ZOMG Catch-22!!1!!!one!!
Whoa...does...not....compute...I think my brain just bricked itself.
I don't think that it's entirely true that you're completely wrong if you're concerned about winning the race. The word "race" implies that it's a competition, and there's nothing wrong with people trying to win a competition as long as they're good sports about it. By the same token, it's perfectly fine if your team has no interest in winning, but just wants to participate like ours.
That being said, part of competing in Lemons is being able to convince the judges that your car is worth $500 even if it's not. If bending the rules a little is so terrible, why does baksheesh exist? The BS inspection is part of the fun and part of the challenge of a Lemons race and it seems to me that the Judges do a pretty damn good job of ratting out those who have been a little too liberal with their budgets and making sure they are penalized to the point that they can't win.
Best way to keep Lemons fun is to have MORE fun running rediculously shitty cars with awesomely absurd themes and ignore teams showing up with drap supras, civics, miatas, and E30s.
The WHOLE idea of this race (please correct me if I am wrong) is to have some fun with wheel to wheel "racing" on a racetrack, and try not to care if you win or lose. This isn't a way to make money. No one, anywhere, is gonna car if you dominated a Lemons race with a cheaty car driven against guys who don't race for a living.
Think about this. Have you ever been embarrased by your jack-off cousin that is trying to dominate a family reunion softball game? It works out best to ignore them, and just have some fun.
See everyone at Rod's race in Joliet, IL!!!
I think that is why they have awards for different things such as winner on laps, index of effluency, peoples choice, etc.Its something for most everybody
Yeah, we should make it like "modern" little league.
You're all winners. Evrybody gets a trophy. And you're all special in your unique way.
I like multi-class racing...LeMans used to have an Index of Efficiency....750cc Panhard-powered lightweights doing 110MPH trying to stay out of the way of Jag D-types. The race within a race keeps it interesting...IMO if it's just winner take all the series will look like Pratt and Miller engineered it. Or maybe an SCCA club weekend...
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