some race cars are road legle.
for a start they have to have road tyers(on the road)
nos cant be used.
some seies you are not allowed to put your car in a transporter you have to drive to the track befor you race.
i dont know were to get the info but a lightend car with race seats and a roll cadge would be legle in the uk and would (if made correctly) offer better crash protection.
Conform to these standards, and you're gold as far as PA is concerned. In what county do you live?
Thanks Blackbird! At least someone cares enough about state revenues to call me out. I'm not really concerned about a fine since all of my documentation matches the mileage I wish to report.
So, will you be at the All Ford Nationals in Carlsile this weekend? Looks like about a 4 hour car ride from your area. I'll be there with my car if you wanted to chat.
Not only does your own country have loads of oil, but it's also being imported. I was sort of saying it in relation to countries like Ireland, who have to import all oil, yet it's still miles cheaper
The cost needs to be put into perspective, such as what is the average miles driven yearly in other countries compared to the US and what is the average salary.
We've discussed salaries before. The comparison at least for the UK and US is that in the US it is $35,000 per year and the UK it is £35,000. Thus, the UK averages twice the salary ($70,000) and pays twice the cost in fuel. Everything else in prices that I normally see talked about is approximately the same as far as consumer goods is concerned (G25 - £150 vs. $300 for example).
So, what is the average driven distance elsewhere? In the US, the only figure I remember is from a long time ago when average mileage was in the 14,000 miles per year range.
I drive around 11,000 miles per year just getting to work. My car is strictly a work commuter. My wife's vehicle had 15,000 on it in January, which we bought in January of 2007. So, I'm looking at around 26,000 miles between the 2 of us. Price for fuel when I bought my wife's vehicle was $2.26. Back in January of this year, it was around $3.75. Both vehicles get an average of 23 mpg (24 for mine and 22 for hers). Thus, I've spent somewhere around $3400 in fuel in 2007.
We don't go on vacation. We take very few unnecessary trips. All the driving in my car is work and the majority of driving in her car is going grocery shopping once every paycheck, taking her mother shopping since she doesn't drive, and taking either the kids or her grandparents to the doctor's office.
The $0.25 increase just since January would put us at an extra $1100 per year in fuel.
That is just fuel for driving. That doesn't include that the only option I have for heat where I live is oil. In the beginning of 2007, it was filling heating oil 4 times per winter at $345 each time. My last heating fill was $865. That's an increase of $2000 in heating cost for the winter.
You can imagine how much the increase of around $3000 or more per year can hurt at a time when employers have been giving out raises that do not exceed the cost of health care increases, thus essentially receiving less in the paycheck year after year for the last 5 years or so.
I would suyggest not putting in a full roll cage, the ones that are made to be more like a roll bar inside the car looks just as good and should do the job.
Gas isn't too bad around here. Luckly New Jersey has the lowest prices in the country. Only 2.4 euros a gallon, or 0.6 euros a liter (is that seriously right?).
€0.60 a litre? That's 1/3 of what UK is paying...It would probably be cheaper for us to import all of our fuel from US, if we bought it in enough bulk it would easily defeat shipping costs
It's just inflation. We dont lose or gain anything really. The cost of living is high around here, but we are also getting payed that much higher too. It all evens out really.
i wonder if that UFR will be street legal 
I'd hate to be filling a race car at the moment with oil prices though 
