Maybe I came off as too harsh above. Didn't mean to , but maybe I did. Let me try to re-state it:
X Factory builds race cars. Some other companies build RTR cars meant as much for the back yard as for the race track, and they sell a ton of them. They sell more cars in a week than we do in a year, and it is tempting to change what we do so we can sell lots more cars; however, that's not who we are.
Paul and I are both all-or-nothing types, and we love racing, so we build race cars. We make only Kits because neither one of us wants to own an RTR. We want to build and modify the car ourselves. We eat, sleep, and breathe racing. Mom and Ceci have gotten used to us talking racing at Christmas.
But we DO want to have the whole world know the joy of doing what we do, so we work very hard to be certain the average club racer will, A) be faster driving an X-Car than any other, and B) X-Cars will be easy to work on so the average club racer can build a great race car and can repair it quickly when needed. Part of the "faster" is adjustability; we recognize this is a great advantage which paradoxically can cause difficulty for the average club racer who doesn't live and breathe this as we do.
To solve that problem we maintain a far-flung Race Team of drivers selected as much as anything else for their willingness and ability to help and work with others. We also work hard to be on forum boards and our FB page to communicate with you. All of us at X Factory love The Family -- it just feels right.
So please keep on racing Sundays, Dexter, and have a great time doing it -- you and those like you are a big part of The Family. Have a great time with your family, work, life the rest of the week and go get 'em on Sunday!
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