[SudoSammich]

I realize that we broke a rule and I have no problem with the fact that we were disqualified. If my post makes it seem like I believe otherwise I apologize. My problem lies in the attitude teams used in approaching this problem. Like I said, I could be mistaken in my attitude towards the competition as a whole, but as a member of a team who just last year banded together with several other teams to fix someone's entire drive train so that they could stand a chance at competing, I find issue with a team whose stance is "We'll bring it up if it causes us any trouble, but keep hush until then, no reason to alert the judges for a ruling yet." The judges (yes, judges. Not inspectors) had told us that it appeared to be legal, so we had no reason to question them at the time. They were under no obligation to, but we are under no obligation to help other teams whatsoever, yet we do. It's the spirit of the thing more than the requirement.