[Jims5543]

1. Detroit is the center of US automaking. If you ask a guy in NYC he will say NYC is the center, ask a guy in Miami he will tell you the same, ask a guy in LA same thing. Everyone thinks their city is better. When in reality Detroit is where it all started and continues to be the center of the US universe of cars.

2. I have always dug concept cars. Some make it to production others are just publicity stunts. I guess we tolerate the publicity stunts for that 1% that makes it to the show rooms.

3. Having owned a JCW MINI I can speak from experiance. Some choose to mod their cars their way. Some refuse to dish out the 6K price tag for a JCW kit and prefer to spend 50% of that or less for what they consider the same HP and performance. I tuned my RX-7 myself without the help of Mazdaspeed (although I race the RX-7 and I am a member of Mazdaspeed racing allowing me parts for my car @ 50% off - the main reason I race my RX-7 and not my Porsche, Porsche does nothing for the grassroots racer) I chose the JCW kit for my MINI because of the warranty but always felt limited as far as tunign went.

4. Seeing the rash of CGT's crashing as of late, the reading about events such as Concourse de elegance in Palm Beach every year and all the high end cars wrecking on the road course accompanied by the statement "more car than driver ability" I think you will see many more accidents and the eventual downfall of this HP race.

We have a running joke at our local Autocross when a Vette comes out. It will usually powerslide coming close to something non-movable. We wonder how soon it will happen rather than IF it will happen. Too many people buy cars and do not have the ability to drive them. Once attorneys get a hold of this it will come to an end.

I personally feel Porsche should step up and offer a driving school for CGT buyers and current owners before their name is ruined by all the wrecks happening.