Much to my delight, one of our more skilled shutterbug-photography types caught this pic of me at our last event. There is one thing in particular, however, that immediately caught my eye as being "wrong" with my car. Can you spot it?

 

So...you had to radio on...

 

-radio on
-rear windows down
-lack of smoke pooring from the wheel wells

 

Bingo! Makes me look like a freakin' idiot -- or at least a less than serious racer

 

oooh! oooh! No triple element rear wing and A-Pillar fire extinguisher!!!


Matt

 

seriously? or are you pulling my leg?

 

It's a 4 door? j/k

 

Maybe someone w/ Photoshop can "add" those things for me...

 

hey now, 4 doorz oWnZ!

 

every tenth helps..

Will
-who use to wash his car and run with only the drivers side down...

 

woah, that's taking the whole attention-to-every-detail thing to a new level

well, at least I didn't have the sunroof open...

 

Might as well fold in the mirrors while you're at it

 

DSP with a 84.5 Volvo = needed all the help I could get.

Will

 

If you rolled all the windows down, you'd lower your CG.

Chris, who folds mirrors forward so they don't block his sightline when he's working a really tight line on the driver's side

 

CG of a Volvo = nightmare...

Will
-who enjoyed it when he switched from a 244 to a 242.... (less windows)

 

Rearview mirror not turned to the side.

 

Missing the LED valve stem caps? :^D

Definitely don't need the rear windows down, but it's really all up to you.

Also doesn't seem that you are looking very far ahead (just kidding)

 

Now you're talking. Let's dispatch our H-T engineering team to calculate respective advantages of the rear window up vs. down scenario -- windows up = less drag; windows down = lower CG. Which would be more advantageous?

btw, it was 92 degrees with about the same relative humidity here in Hotlanta on Sunday. I'll sacrafice a tenth or two for the sake of better ventilation.

 

Driver not looking ahead? Driver off line (about to clip outside cone!).. I'm just giving you grief.. I have no idea where the course goes for the rest of the picture.. but I figure it's rare that I'm looking straight ahead in autocross except when I'm driving poorly..

Nice pic.. To fix that radio problem you should buy my 2000 GSR sedan.. the antenna is integrated into the rear window.. and to give yourself an excuse, you could always claim you had the radio on because your region has one of those FM transmitters to announce timing, etc. (Philly region uses it from time to time..)

 

how do i post pics
Above picture edited

 

i ran the honda challenge with my antenna up!!!!

 

I co-drive my buddy's car for auto x and I ended up running the last one with the radio on. Turns out they were broadcasting over the PA and on an FM station. I didn't realize it at first, I just thought the PA system at the lot was really good, but then started realizing I was hearing the announcer way to clearly. I was like WTF?? how am I hearing this guy so well, it sounds like he's got a speaker in the back of the car. .. . . . well basically he did.

Matt L. - Who doesn't claim to be the sharpest crayon in the box.

 

got your shades on == added weight

 

forgot to remove the pinstripes? j/k

 

no clear corners.....c'mon now.