Had a very good time today despite my shitty ETs from those spin city passes, thanks for the chat guys. Great weather, nice turnout and a bunch of awesome cars run by cool people.
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Originally Posted by Vtor_ZL1
Have fun, hope they prep the track.. last time I visited it was scary slippery. Road to track got paved yet?. what a minefield of potholes.
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Nah, it's still the same utterly craptastic half mile access road. I switch to tour mode and negotiate it at 10 mph
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Originally Posted by Vtor_ZL1
If you get bored there, drive on down to spectate at MSNE AutoX at MetLife
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Well, along with all the positives of the day, here's the thing that sucks the energy out of me. I was there from 11am to almost 4pm and only got 4 passes in, the first two of which were back to back.
I'm a stinking amateur and need a lot of practice to figure out a decent launch on street tires even with the A8, it's either slow as hell or I just spin—tried easing into it from idle, harder in 1st, smooth in 2nd, harder in 2nd, and oops, that's it, the day is over. Now with those 40-45 minute waits between passes in 64-65° weather, even the oil cooled down to 120 degrees...
So I don't leave early, because I keep hoping to make more passes and work out a good launch (for a low 11 pass that my car is powered for), but it seems elusive. Maybe I'll just try watching you guys autocross next time
