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I agree on the endurance racing, it provides a certain element of realism and the opportunity to change drivers etc.  I also agree that a some peoples opinions seem to be valued more than others, but that is always the way lfe seems to work out.  Still, change has to start somewhere...
Rico

Bill- I might be out of line, but you seem to be taking my comment on aesthetics as speaking for the entire club, I do not speak for the club, just myself and I stated so in the post.  If you haven't noticed, my cars always have the wings and for that matter, even the mirrors, in place when I show up to race. I sometimes even polish the paint so they look nicer.  At the last race the wing on the McLaren was damaged during practice and I repaired it for the race and then it got broken further during the race.  I now have a broken wing I cannot replace except with an ugly black tear proof one.  After the race was over the rear wing on my Thetford Lola was destroyed beyond repair and once again it is not replaceable.  The way I interpreted the rule on wings is that the club was trying to protect people from having irreplaceable parts from being broken on their cars.  I guess I should have raced with a tear proof wing and changed back to the correct wing when not racing.  I am not a fan ot the fuel and tire management systems and I let my feelings get the better of me and I left a race because of it.  After cooling off, I came to the conclusion that I am not hurting anyone but myself by not racing.  If you truly want to find fault with something then you probably will.  When you state that a boken part must be repaired for the next race do you mean the next event or the next heat race?  90 seconds between heats is not much time to effect a repair, it is barely enough time to switch lanes, stickers and driving stations.  I agree with Monte that cosmetic damage has little effect on the outcome of a race and should be left alone. I also agree with you that mechanical failures should be fixed before continuing thus necessitating the need for a back up car or a loss of laps just like in real racing.
Once again just my opinions....

Rico

Bill- Check out the HRS2, the other feature I liked is the front axle runs in the same type of spherical bushings the rear axle does.  In addition, I saw on Slot Car News or Slot Car Illustrated that Slot it is coming out with a independent front wheel set up that looked similiar to the set up you had.  As far as the motors, the people with the yellow motors were as fast or faster than my car with the red motor down the straights, but I might not be getting my magnet setup correct.  Cost escalation has been plagueing all forms of racing forever, as you well know, and it appears it is no different in slot car racing.  I guess that's why most clubs run some sort of spec motor which eliminates this problem.  I do understand how you feel, the orange endbell had been slot it's best for quite a while, but it became quickly apparent that it was not up to the task against the yellow motors.  So, when I saw the red motors were available in the UK, I bought some of those instead of upgrading to the yellow endbell saving a step.
    I guess my opposition to the o ring tires is that I'm kind of a purist and since this is scale racing I just like my cars to appear more realistic than the o ring tires look.  Anyway, just one persons point of view. I guess we will catch you on the flip side.
Rico

Bill- I only have one sidewinder offset pod at this time and it is installed in my Ferrari.  I am going to play with the magnets as it seemed a little slow down the straights and very stuck on the curves.  Kind of a slippery slope situation....
Rico