What is wrong with me?
 

After following NSX Files (www.nsxfiles.com) and watching F1, playing GPL, GT3 etc, I think I now have the disorder.

I'm 16 and my dad ( I won't lie ) got me a 99 protege es but it is auto :-( I didn't think this would be a big deal but it is turning out to be.

http://www.tracquest.com/MidOhio/MidOhioAug02.htm

Event 2 hours from where I live... for 425$$ I am 16 btw and have like 1750$.

I also saw this...
http://www.autotrader.com/findacar/v...&ac_afflt=none

and would need to drop 300-400 on a helmet, man I am sick.

What do you guys think? Has anyone taken an auto to the track ? Would it hold up? What should I do?

Thanks for any advice :-\

raley ( the, when under normal conditions, pinny pencher who saves every dime and never spends any money on anything, begging for gas money and throwing all the money from my work into the bank)

run what you brung!!!!
 

that's an opportunity you can't miss, to be able to drive on a world class track like Mid-Ohio. Go ahead and take your 99 ES AUTOMATIC onto the track, the tranny will handle the extra stress fine. I took my 00 ES AUTOMATIC onto Summit Point raceway in West Virginia and had a blast.

You really learn the TRUE limits of your car (acceleration, handling, and braking) on a racetrack, plus with the instructions you'll be receiving at the 2-day course, you'll be much more in tune with your car and be a safer driver in it on the road. Yes you'll miss a big chunk of the learning on shifting, but hey, like the title says, YOU RUN WHAT YOU BRUNG. Go out there and have fun, and keep that $400 for the RX-7 for a bit longer. If after the 2-day course you feel like you REALLY want to go further, then consider the RX-7 again.

good luck and have fun! :D

also that RX7 looks beat to hell and most likey wasn't correctly maintained, so expect to put a new engine in.

correct me if i am wrong, but that is not an 86' rx7 in the picture. Isn't that a 2nd gen rx7?, and I thought the second gens start at 87'????? Prob wrong but I dunno. and for that price its prob going to need a lot of work.