Once again a radiator neck failed during a drivers' school. This is not a rare occurence. I bought my E36 M3 with 50k miles, and intended to replace the radiator with another plastic one before tracking the car. Mark P. had a failure at the last 2003 school, so I opted to go with a fluidyne aluminum radiator. I think that the issue should at least be discussed in classroom and perhaps referred to on the tech sheet. Other options include:
Forbid tracking of cars with plastic radiators exceeding a cetain mileage.
Require drivers of cars with the failure after a certian mileage to compensate person in following car for damages, fellow students for lost track time, and chief instructor for psychic distress.
Require student in following car to pay for new radiator to compensate for valuable learning experience. Nonsurvivors would be exempt.
Encourage running without antifreeze.
Start running older air-cooled Porsche 911s. Start new thread discussing oil on track. Consider logo change on T-shirts.
Do nothing, chalk it up to "sh*t happens".
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