"Why I didn't make the Challenge" excuse thread.

Plausible excuses:

a.) All the good cars were already taken.

b.) My wife was going to get pregnant and I had to be there.

c.) I had another event not in Gainnesville.

d.) I really really want to but don't have the time, skill or SWMBO consent.

e.) I don't know where Florida is.

I'm going with C, had another event.

My son got married at a Vineyard on Long Island, what a hoot. Too much information and photos to get into one posting but go ahead and assume 120 people had a helluva good time.

Fireworks were involved.

Dan

moar pix of bridesmaids plz

oh, and i'm going with a modified version of D. i didn't have the ca$h to make it happen this year.

C, sort of.

I spent my vacation time/money in Newfoundland watching THIS instead.

Dan, you should have done a Challenge limo for them.

Because I spent all my time and money giving slantvaliant something to watch.

I had exactly $2012 in my car and couldn't figure out where to cut the $1, so I said ef it, I'll wait till next year.

Congrats on acquiring a daughter!!

I would go with F. I was too F-ing busy to even think about building a challenge car. Maybe next year.

My deal on a $500 windstar fell threw. I already have 2 sets of wheels for it lying around. Strip it out, short sticky tires, and have fun.

But my sister will not keep it past next tax return.

Does "I was installing the axles on my house to move it 4 miles" count?

I'll take the end result of B. I was there to get her pregnant, was dealing with a newborn.

John Brown wrote: Does "I was installing the axles on my house to move it 4 miles" count?

guess it beats "i was installing an outboard so I could move the house" that you could have done a few months back :)

my excuse... it was to hot to work on my project this summer... next year... next year...

mostly D.

no SWMBO, but a definite lack of talent/skills and time

D, all D.

I hadn't fabricated the doors, or floor pan, or transmission tunnel, or mocked up the steering, or run brake lines, or.....

B, sorta, three little ones eating all of the money that she isn't spending on grad school. Before you ask, yes, at times $2011 would have broken me this month.

donalson wrote:

John Brown wrote: Does "I was installing the axles on my house to move it 4 miles" count?

guess it beats "i was installing an outboard so I could move the house" that you could have done a few months back :)

LOL, no really... I LOL'd

I realized that I hate haggling for a budget, sold the E36 chassis and the 6.2L motor, put the money into a set of Hoosiers for my real race car and finished the season with a top 10 at NJMP. I had enough left over so I bought a lathe.

I really can't say I'm sorry I didn't go. I do kick myself thinking about how a 600hp V8 E36 would do at the UTCC though. Unfortunately... it was looking like an extra zero over the Challenge budget.

John Brown wrote: Does "I was installing the axles on my house to move it 4 miles" count?

No, because you could have moved to Florida and had the Challenge out your front door....

Oh and don't forget to bring the outboard, Florida is pretty flat ;)

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: D, all D.

would that qualify as double d's?...lol

BARNCA wrote:

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: D, all D.

would that qualify as double d's?...lol

Well, that could certainly fit the listing....

I'll think of an excuse when I show up next year.

In reply to turboswede:

You guys have no idea.

Usually the challenge is held the same weekend as Crow Mountain Hillclimb and I've been a volunteer corner worker for every year the event has been held. Don't want to mess up my record. This year it was the following weekend and I used up my SWMBO pass for the Hillclimb and our 30th anniversery.

I haven't got the time, skill, or money. Sounds like a hoot, but I'm challenged to change the oil sometimes.

So I'm in the "D" camp then.