[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.

[roostmeyer]

I graduated in May and was laid off after being at the job for 7 months. Somehow I got really lucky and was able to find something somewhat local, even with every other bizjet OEM laying off engineers as well. I can't say my job is 100% secure, but its looking really good for at least the next 6 months. Hopefully the ecomony will somewhat rebound by then if the work drys up.

I was planning on heading out to at least one or two national tours, but I lost all my accrued vacation starting the new job, so taking a few days off to travel is out of the question. On top of that my car budget has been put on hold, the girlfriend and I decided to take advantage of the low interest rates, our excellent credit, and the soft real estate market. We're planning on moving into a new to us house at the end of the month. I can't wait to finally have a real garage again and a place to finally call home.