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Offline rrocket

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Re: Starting Out - Tips?
« Reply #120 on: August 30, 2010, 09:38:02 pm »
Quote from: TopGun on August 30, 2010, 09:36:33 pm


I'd still go with the Miata Julie.  I would agree with Wing that you can find one for $3,000.  They may be higher mileage...and I don't know if that's a huge problem or not.


Aha!!!  See Wing, that wall did come out and bite that Z06 guy!!!

What happened to the STi...was that the fire?

Distracted by the interior, no doubt...... :rofl:
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Re: Starting Out - Tips?
« Reply #121 on: August 30, 2010, 09:40:41 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on August 30, 2010, 09:38:02 pm

Distracted by the interior, no doubt...... :rofl:

All that low quality plastic in the STi must have went up in smoke given it was so hot.
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Re: Starting Out - Tips?
« Reply #122 on: August 30, 2010, 09:43:36 pm »
Quote from: TopGun on August 30, 2010, 09:40:41 pm
Quote from: rrocket on August 30, 2010, 09:38:02 pm

Distracted by the interior, no doubt...... :rofl:

All that low quality plastic in the STi must have went up in smoke given it was so hot.

I was talking about the Z06.   ;)
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Re: Starting Out - Tips?
« Reply #123 on: August 30, 2010, 09:49:35 pm »
Qone sti had turbo lines blow and catch fire.  One smashed the wall hard, do not lift mid-corner. 
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Re: Starting Out - Tips?
« Reply #124 on: August 30, 2010, 09:53:25 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on August 30, 2010, 09:43:36 pm

I was talking about the Z06.   ;)

I know...and I was talking about the STi.

Quote from: wing on August 30, 2010, 09:49:35 pm
Qone sti had turbo lines blow and catch fire.  One smashed the wall hard, do not lift mid-corner. 

I thought drop throttle over-steer was only in a 911.  Oh wait...I watch NASCAR...so make that drop-throttle looseness?
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Re: Starting Out - Tips?
« Reply #125 on: August 30, 2010, 10:05:27 pm »
If you are entering a corner at speed lifting off the throttle shifts the weight of the vehicle forward making the rear of the car light and off you go. 

All cars are really the same, to drive one fast you must understand and be able to apply the theory of weight transfer.  Once you master this you can drive a car at increedible speed well within it's limits.

Finally this weekend i was able to enter corner 1 at bogie at over 160km/h and be comfortable doing it lap after lap.... So much fun!
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Re: Starting Out - Tips?
« Reply #126 on: August 30, 2010, 10:59:24 pm »
Yeah any car will do that, throw the weight forward, more grip at the front, less at the rear.  This is how you can drift FWD cars.

It's much more pronounced and harder to correct in a mid-engined or rear-engined car just because the weight transfer is much greater so you get that pendulum effect.  The MR2 and Exige both did this, that's how I spun the Exige off the road, lifted mid corner when it tightened up on me.
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Re: Starting Out - Tips?
« Reply #127 on: August 31, 2010, 11:20:20 am »
All about training I suppose.

I was "driving" a house-boat on the weekend, and had an awful time parking that damn thing due to:

  • There's no brakes!
  • It's effectively rear-wheel steer
  • You can maneuver with forward thrust AND rearward thrust (cue Safffy)
  • The houseboat is a big sail, so wind plays a big role.
  • There's no brakes!

It makes me glad to get back into the airplane...at least I know how to steer that thing.
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Re: Starting Out - Tips?
« Reply #128 on: August 31, 2010, 11:56:15 am »
Brakes in a boat is called reverse +power....or an anchor. ;D
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Re: Starting Out - Tips?
« Reply #129 on: August 31, 2010, 11:57:33 am »
As Murray Walker once said - "It is one thing to catch...it is quite another to pass"

Darn right...what a pass!!!

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/30/video-overtaking-redefined/#continued
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Re: Starting Out - Tips?
« Reply #130 on: September 30, 2010, 06:25:42 am »
A pair of Hand gloves and Helmet is a must according to me.
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Re: Starting Out - Tips?
« Reply #131 on: October 04, 2010, 09:42:07 pm »
Quote from: TopGun on August 31, 2010, 11:20:20 am
It makes me glad to get back into the airplane...at least I know how to steer that thing.

Quiz: So what does the rudder do on an airplane?
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