2012 ??????

IMO the 2012 thing is contrived to get people to spend their moolah NOW and revive the ponzi economy. Consumer spending WAS 66% of GDP and with the HELOC ATM closed and jobs in the crapper spending is way down. If they scare you into spending now before the end of the world (cause otherwise you missed out) it keeps the plates spinning a little longer so they can sell out the stocks before the next wave of financial institution failures.

Of course I am now into this hobby for a similar but different reason. Getting too old to ride dirtbikes, water ski, snow ski, and anything else that takes healthy body and this hotrodding is a hoot. Just not sure about driving the rod on the street cause the cops are out there looking for revenue any way they can - or they too lose their jobs to budget cuts. Luckily the track is really close by.