[mitchntx]

Just curious how many have scaled back, scaled back considerably or outright had to park your car because of the economy?

And along with that, how many have done any of the above, not based on actual events, but fear of something happening that would make curtailing your "fix" inevitable?

For me, my regional race schedule hasn't changed, but the TnT days and out of region events have been scratched. And not because of being laid off or anything, just burying my coffee cans in the backyard in case I do.

If I didn't have a great group of sponsors and wasn't able to trade instructing for registration, then the story would probably be differnet.

[robz71lm7]

My car pretty much just sits in the garage and gets to me work on pretty days in the spring, summer, and fall lately. I've converted it back to a DD (racing seat and harness removed). My job is in the electric utility industry (the only thing more secure is the funeral business) so I'm pretty darned safe as far as work goes. However, being that the worst is yet to come I don't feel it would be a wise move to keep dumping money into the car at this point. I'm just saving it for a brighter time when I move up the ladder a little more. I've toyed with selling the car, but it's not worth it at this point unless someone offered me what I could've gotten before the economic melt-down. In the mean time I'm trying to stimulate the economy with 2nd ammendment purchases. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[mitchntx]

My job is in the electric utility industry (the only thing more secure is the funeral business) so I'm pretty darned safe as far as work goes.

Mine as well. However, with the downturn, electricity demand has dropped 10-15%. While we've had no lay-offs, there is a wage, bonus and hiring freeze till further notice.