How to explain to others what HPDE is.
11-11-2013, 09:45 PM
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How to explain to others what HPDE is.
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How do you explain to non-technical/non-car people that you don't actually race when you do HPDE?
I have the hardest time explaining it to anyone who doesn't know about cars. Recently, I have just given up and let them call it racing...Or I let my wife duke it out with them.
Funny moment:
my sister-in-law asked me to explain it, I told her we go around the track as fast as possible....[skipping some questions]...She asked me how fast I went, I said 110 on some tracks. She said "oh, that's not that fast, my van will do 140mph...[skipping some rofl]...Its on the speedometer, I am sure they wouldn't put that on there if it couldn't actually do it."
How do you explain to non-technical/non-car people that you don't actually race when you do HPDE?
I have the hardest time explaining it to anyone who doesn't know about cars. Recently, I have just given up and let them call it racing...Or I let my wife duke it out with them.
Funny moment:
my sister-in-law asked me to explain it, I told her we go around the track as fast as possible....[skipping some questions]...She asked me how fast I went, I said 110 on some tracks. She said "oh, that's not that fast, my van will do 140mph...[skipping some rofl]...Its on the speedometer, I am sure they wouldn't put that on there if it couldn't actually do it."
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11-12-2013, 07:21 AM
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I just tell people it's a chance to drive on track as fast as you feel comfortable. Yet, most still go back to "Are you going racing soon?"
I really don't even bring up my car stuff around non-car people, it's too annoying to try to talk about.
I really don't even bring up my car stuff around non-car people, it's too annoying to try to talk about.
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11-12-2013, 09:43 AM
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"It's an event where gearheads pay money to drive around race tracks without speed limits"
"It's like going to the movies, there are a limited number of seats, some people show up late, and there's always an old guy in front of you, fully reclined and a kid behind you, kicking your seat. Meanwhile, the whole goal is to be able to make it through the entire movie without needing to run to the bathroom because you had too much coke, but in the end, the entire thing was for entertainment purposes only, and the only "winner" is the guy who made it home in time to go to bed and get 8 hours of sleep before work the next morning."
"Think of it like go-karts, except when you hit the guy in front of you, you don't get pulled from the track..."
"It's like going to the movies, there are a limited number of seats, some people show up late, and there's always an old guy in front of you, fully reclined and a kid behind you, kicking your seat. Meanwhile, the whole goal is to be able to make it through the entire movie without needing to run to the bathroom because you had too much coke, but in the end, the entire thing was for entertainment purposes only, and the only "winner" is the guy who made it home in time to go to bed and get 8 hours of sleep before work the next morning."
"Think of it like go-karts, except when you hit the guy in front of you, you don't get pulled from the track..."
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11-12-2013, 09:44 AM
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"It's an event where gearheads pay money to drive around race tracks without speed limits"
"It's like going to the movies, there are a limited number of seats, some people show up late, and there's always an old guy in front of you, fully reclined and a kid behind you, kicking your seat. Meanwhile, the whole goal is to be able to make it through the entire movie without needing to run to the bathroom because you had too much coke, but in the end, the entire thing was for entertainment purposes only, and the only "winner" is the guy who made it home in time to go to bed and get 8 hours of sleep before work the next morning."
"Think of it like go-karts, except when you hit the guy in front of you, you don't get pulled from the track..."
"It's like going to the movies, there are a limited number of seats, some people show up late, and there's always an old guy in front of you, fully reclined and a kid behind you, kicking your seat. Meanwhile, the whole goal is to be able to make it through the entire movie without needing to run to the bathroom because you had too much coke, but in the end, the entire thing was for entertainment purposes only, and the only "winner" is the guy who made it home in time to go to bed and get 8 hours of sleep before work the next morning."
"Think of it like go-karts, except when you hit the guy in front of you, you don't get pulled from the track..."
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11-12-2013, 12:50 PM
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Have her take her minivan up to 140mph and when you crash and die, you can explain that with some hpde classes, you would have been much better off not dying while getting 4000lbs of death on wheels up to speed.
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