Quote:
Originally Posted by JimD
I would like to do a HPDE but the BMWCCA has decided they know more than BMW about safety. You cannot drive convertibles in BMWCCA sponsored HPDEs unless you put in a roll bar. You can drive a 20 year old BMW that is falling apart but you cannot drive a 1 year old convertible. BMW says my windshield is reinforced to act as a roll bar but BMWCCA says this isn't good enough. The Porsche club lets modern convertibles participate but BMW's doesn't.
Jim
|
I understand your disappointment, but as a BMW CCA instructor, I won't get in an open top car without a full roll cage at the track. I have been instructing for better than a decade and see at least one roll over each year and won't risk my neck (literally). I won't even take my convertible on track. Maybe it's just the tracks I go to, but an off at better than 100 MPH induces issues.