great depression 2009. Is it affecting your track activity?
Jan 21, 2009, 08:28 AM
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The "great depression", NO. In fact, I quit my job of 7 years right before Christmas, moved to the Bay Area without having a new job lined up, and started another, better job that pays more, within a week of pulling a UHaul into the Bay with the Evo on a trailer on the back. The only thing that's hindering my starting the 09 season is the fact that I'm still getting settled in, working a lot, sick, and catching up on the extremely expensive move.
Most people I told before the move had nothing but discouraging things to say. I didn't even tell my Dad I was moving until I had been at my new place for a week and had the new job, so I could spare him the stress of worrying about it and he could go straight to being proud of me.
You could say I'm "lucky" but I don't believe in luck, and I could still lose my new job, but that goes for any job, any time. People say "fortune favors the brave", I guess that's true as long as you make your risks calculated and are willing to deal with any possible consequences.
Most people I told before the move had nothing but discouraging things to say. I didn't even tell my Dad I was moving until I had been at my new place for a week and had the new job, so I could spare him the stress of worrying about it and he could go straight to being proud of me.
You could say I'm "lucky" but I don't believe in luck, and I could still lose my new job, but that goes for any job, any time. People say "fortune favors the brave", I guess that's true as long as you make your risks calculated and are willing to deal with any possible consequences.
I "lost" my job last year (variety of reasons, some my fault, some not mine). Through luck and great timing I'd heard through the grapevine that a former client was looking for someone with my skillset. I was let go around lunch on a Thursday and by 5pm I'd basically secured a new gig. Started the next week making more money -- but I had to take a leap and instead of working for a company, I had to start my own company and deal with the headaches that that entails.
Jan 21, 2009, 08:43 AM
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You could say I'm "lucky" but I don't believe in luck, and I could still lose my new job, but that goes for any job, any time. People say "fortune favors the brave", I guess that's true as long as you make your risks calculated and are willing to deal with any possible consequences.
I hate people that call me lucky. I am far from lucky, I just bust my ***, work as an RN, police officer, and own 2 businesses. Yeah "I am lucky", one day I just woke up and had all this. 
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Jan 21, 2009, 12:14 PM
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You still should remember that whatever the cost is to run a fast Evo at track days, its penny's compared to the pro laps times from the 70's and the lap times we now are running in our street cars! In the 90's at Lime Rock Park you needed over $120,000 invested in a Porsche to run under a minute. Now buy a Evo for 30k throw a suspension, turbo, set of wheels and R compound tires and watch while you pass anything but a Bush North stock car or prepped Porsche GT-2
Jan 22, 2009, 03:48 AM
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It hasn't really affected me. I have a stable job and only a mortgage to worry about. In fact at this point the current situation helped save me money. I recently refinanced my mortgage at a much lower rate.
If gas prices were to skyrocket I may decide not to track as much but that's basically because I don't believe there is or ever was an oil shortage and I don't like getting raped.
The fact is even during "hard times" we are still spoiled rotten in the USA.
If gas prices were to skyrocket I may decide not to track as much but that's basically because I don't believe there is or ever was an oil shortage and I don't like getting raped.
The fact is even during "hard times" we are still spoiled rotten in the USA.
Jan 22, 2009, 03:56 PM
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I plan to hit the track up as much as last year. I work as a lineman on power lines. So as long as we use electricity things should remain stable. And as bad as this sounds..... the more natural disasters the more and considerably more money I make. But its not exactly easy work and has a higher then average death rate! LOL
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