Copied from D. Hayashi's site or elsewhere (I forget ).[list=1]
"[*]Admit your bone stock car sucks.
[*]Spend a bunch of money making it lighter, spend a lot of time cutting off all those bits and removing and selling all the interior pieces that you don't need anymore, because you'll NEVER want the car street-legal again.
[*]Admit your car still sucks, but is easier to load onto the trailer.
[*]Spend a bunch of money to make more horsepower.
[*]Admit that your car not only sucks, but is now unreliable.
[*]Spend a bunch more money so the power you bought *is* reliable.
[*]Admit that the car is fast, but undriveable.
[*]Spend a bunch of money getting your suspension redone.
[*]Spend lots of time trying all those settings, and getting no change in lap times.
[*]Admit your car is fast, undriveable, and you've now spent more money in mods than you paid for the car originally.
[*]Admit that you have no idea what all those spring rates, sway bar settings, knobs and screws on the shocks are for. Find someone who knows what they're doing, suspension wise, and give them more money.
[*]Admit that your car is now light, fast, and handles great, but that you suck.[/list=1]
Well, at least we made it to step 11. Most of you reading this article are probably somewhere between 4 and 8. I guess the key thing is that you will probably have to go to step 11 to get every last bit of performance to reduce your lap time. Just pray that you don't make it to step 12...."

 

Do we get a prize if we skipped the "12 Step Program" and focused on our driving skills from the start?

Great list, BTW...

 

Nice to see someone has got me figured out....