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0 pointsska7y ago0 comments

I don't think that's a fair comparison. A lot of track vehicles used today are dedicated, and not necessarily expensive.

Fundamentally there are difficult compromises to make a vehicle behave well on the street and track, after all - you can often be cheaper overall to have a daily driver and a track car/bike, and make fewer compromises. Also spend less of your time changing tires :)

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mrguyorama7y ago

Owning a trailer to move the vehicle means owning the storage for said vehicle, and a second vehicle that can tow. These are not minimal expenses where I can usually find work

dsfyu404ed7y ago

Most automotive enthusiasts don't have track vehicles, most have street-able vehicles they take to the track (or whatever their preferred event is). This is even more true for 4x4s and drag racing.

Saying "well having a vehicle you trailer to the event is cheaper" assumes a baseline amount of money being spent that is more than most people have to dedicate to the hobby. That cuts out the entire low end of the hobby.

skaOP7y ago

I agree it cuts out the very low end, but there are a ton of people left that have either dedicated or nearly dedicated (e.g. road legal but never really used for anything else).

The lowest end of the hobby will change, obviously. Not convinced it will completely go away. I think my point was it isn't a crazy bump in expense to have a vehicle you play with only on the track, though it may not be the same vehicle.

And yes, it means you can't easily drive your hobby car out to a drag strip to see what it will do. Or a bunch of other things. But it doesn't mean there is no hobby to be had - at least I hope so.

4x4 is interesting, i hadn't considered but suspect that will be under more pressure than track days.

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