Thanks PJeck for the time to write all that, as always you take the time to be informative as well as funny.

Regarding your brakes, how do the Cup rotors differ from stock? And are the Pagids mounted without the backing plates? My friend just installed yellows and they were too thick for the calipers, so he left the plates out and also released a little bit of brake fluid. He has PCCB. I know that there are two yellows, one for iron and one for ceramic, the pads were supplied by Manthey, so I guess they know what they are doing.

As for the alignment, have you had a geometry setup done during your ownership? Or is it as you bought it?

As for the comment on the cars not turning over, you should have reminded him of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzIXLS06utY

Or maybe not.