"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Sat, 20 May 2006 18:45:18 +0100, Adrian C
wrote:

Keith G wrote:
The thing with home builders is that just about all of them think they
are
beating the commercial stuff or I guess they wouldn't bother??

But it's not all about the money - many DIYers are looking to beat
commercial stuff in terms of ultimate performance/specification and are
well
aware they would definitely *not* be beating commercial producers on a
cost
basis if their own labour was priced into the equation....!!??


Some people want to climb a mountain because it is there. The people
that put a wall around that idea don't understand the enjoyment one gets
in making the journey - no matter how ill looking the end looks (or not!)

Sure they do - but they also understand that a home-built car will not
win at Le Mans.............



Bit disappointing from an engineer - why ever not, if it was built by
someone with the same (or better) expertise and resources as the
'professionals'....??? (I believe it happens from time to time in the
motorcycle world on possibly lesser events than the WSB, but I can't call up
and specific examples - a bit of Googling might come up with summat??)