[mitchntx]

After this weekend's carnage with my F-Buds, I am giving serious consideration to just quitting.

It seems most are caught up in FTD and willing to spend what it takes to get internet bragging rights. I just can't do that.

The costs associated with it, the time required to create it and the effort put forth into it is so great that it appears daunting ... and especially no fun.

When I first began doing this with Chuck, it was a blast. We hung out, laughed, joked, did a little maintenance ... it was fun.

Now, we all seem to work so hard at keeping these damn cars running, that the fun part is gone.

Don't misunderstand ... I cherish my friendship with all those I run with. But looking back at the last few times we have run together ... we always seem to be thrashing on someone's car.

If I were racing, then the expectation set would be differnet. But this is just OT. There is no prize for first.

I guess it's time for me to decide on what my priorities are.

[Bald54]

I burned out on autocrossing around 1988. Before that I ran pretty religiously every weekend. I had a dedicated autocross car that I put about 9000 miles on one summer just driving to events. Eventually I got sick of spending every Sunday in a parking lot. Now that my son is interested in the sport I have renewed my interest again and am looking forward to this season. I does do a person good to take some time off. I played trombone in high school and never touched the horn again for about 25 years. When my son started to play, I took it up again and am now playing in two bands. These are both activities we can do together and it has been fun.