Top Four Tips For Driving Like A Pro (very good read!)

[Thighs]

With two hands on the wheel there is no way you can downshift, brake, and steer at the same time.

doesnt it make more sense to be able to steer the car instead of downshifting? i mean, if it really comes down to it, just push in the clutch and coast (or brake, whatever is necessary) past the bike or deer or midget or whatever is in the road. you dont NEED to downshift. when your in a situation where you are actually faced with something you have to avoid, your focus should shift from going fast/making a good time to saving the car, yourself, the midget dancing in the middle of the road, and not having any sort of damage done to either party.

2 hands on the wheel FTW

[speedminded]

doesnt it make more sense to be able to steer the car instead of downshifting? i mean, if it really comes down to it, just push in the clutch and coast (or brake, whatever is necessary) past the bike or deer or midget or whatever is in the road. you dont NEED to downshift. when your in a situation where you are actually faced with something you have to avoid, your focus should shift from going fast/making a good time to saving the car, yourself, the midget dancing in the middle of the road, and not having any sort of damage done to either party.

2 hands on the wheel FTW

lol, you've never been on a mtn. run have you...

[matthewAPM]

lol, you've never been on a mtn. run have you...

you've never been on on a road course have you??

[speedminded]

you've never been on on a road course have you??

LOL, not if you don't count RA and Roebling or Solo II. The first time cone dodging I had the 7th fastest time of the day out of 40+ cars and the the fastest front wheel drive time in the morning session out of 20+ cars. Already had the ITR swap so was screwed in classes then I put on the Tein Flex and Porsche brakes...lol

Crewed Formula Mazda, Honda Challenge, and NASA teams for 5 years and plan to be running 13hr endurances races in the next 2.

[Thighs]

LOL, not if you don't count RA and Roebling or Solo II. The first time cone dodging I had the 7th fastest time of the day out of 40+ cars and the the fastest front wheel drive time in the morning session out of 20+ cars. Already had the ITR swap so was screwed in classes then I put on the Tein Flex and Porsche brakes...lol

Crewed Formula Mazda, Honda Challenge, and NASA teams for 5 years and plan to be running 13hr endurances races in the next 2.

with all that experience, youd think tat you wouldnt be so stupid.

IM CALLING SHENANIGANS

[EJ25RUN]

dont ruin this thread guys...

not about what he/ she did!

[Thighs]

dont ruin this thread guys...

not about what he/ she did!

okay, okay...

but hes wrong. /rant.

[matthewAPM]

LOL, not if you don't count RA and Roebling or Solo II. The first time cone dodging I had the 7th fastest time of the day out of 40+ cars and the the fastest front wheel drive time in the morning session out of 20+ cars. Already had the ITR swap so was screwed in classes then I put on the Tein Flex and Porsche brakes...lol

Crewed Formula Mazda, Honda Challenge, and NASA teams for 5 years and plan to be running 13hr endurances races in the next 2.

solo 2 is not a road course...thats autocross. and i dont think u want to get me started about that... and just because u drove the track doesnt mean ur good or know what ur talking about, a lot of people have been on RA that suck

so your gonna do the VIR 13 in what car? with what team?

run some Grand Am races then come talk to me...

[Thighs]

solo 2 is not a road course...thats autocross. and i dont think u want to get me started about that... and just because u drove the track doesnt mean ur good or know what ur talking about, a lot of people have been on RA that suck

so your gonna do the VIR 13 in what car? with what team?

run some Grand Am races then come talk to me...

haha pwnt.

matt im on my way up thurr

[EJ25RUN]

doesnt it make more sense to be able to steer the car instead of downshifting? i mean, if it really comes down to it, just push in the clutch and coast (or brake, whatever is necessary) past the bike or deer or midget or whatever is in the road. you dont NEED to downshift. when your in a situation where you are actually faced with something you have to avoid, your focus should shift from going fast/making a good time to saving the car, yourself, the midget dancing in the middle of the road, and not having any sort of damage done to either party.

2 hands on the wheel FTW

one point i also want to bring up is on a mountain run.....a bike, car, ped, whatever can be on the otherside

your automatically supposed to slow down to speed where its safe for all. A mtn run isnt a 100% safe thing and its a responsibility of the person participating to be able to evaluate a situation on the fly.

Its not a racetrack where things like random obsticles dont happen so if im going down a pass through a blind turn i will probably be going at 85% of my and the cars ability simply because of what could be on the other side.



This senario would change to 100% if im going over a blind hill at road atlanta. ~ im saying Their wont be a bike staranded for me to hit.

[speedminded]

one point i also want to bring up is on a mountain run.....a bike, car, ped, whatever can be on the otherside

your automatically supposed to slow down to speed where its safe for all. A mtn run isnt a 100% safe thing and its a responsibility of the person participating to be able to evaluate a situation on the fly.

Its not a racetrack where things like random obsticles dont happen so if im going down a pass through a blind turn i will probably be going at 85% of my and the cars ability simply because of what could be on the other side.



This senario would change to 100% if im going over a blind hill at road atlanta. ~ im saying Their wont be a bike staranded for me to hit.

It's no different than a rally race where you DON"T have a corner worker and flag at every single turn...you have to be prepared for what it around the bend. When you go for a mile or two at a time and every single right hand turn is a blind curve you have to be prepared for the worst and be prepared to prevent an incident. Two hands on the wheel and slamming on the brakes will probably put you into the oncoming lane in a right hand turn. What about when simply letting off the gas may put you into a spin?

I guarantee you I can stop faster and maintain better control by using one hand on the wheel and feet on the clutch, brake, & gas while downshifting all at the same time than someone with 2 hands on the wheels and both feet on the brakes.

[Thighs]

It's no different than a rally race where you DON"T have a corner worker and flag at every single turn...you have to be prepared for what it around the bend. When you go for a mile or two at a time and every single right hand turn is a blind curve you have to be prepared for the worst and be prepared to prevent an incident. Two hands on the wheel and slamming on the brakes will probably put you into the oncoming lane in a right hand turn. What about when simply letting off the gas may put you into a spin?

I guarantee you I can stop faster and maintain better control by using one hand on the wheel and feet on the clutch, brake, & gas while downshifting all at the same time than someone with 2 hands on the wheels and both feet on the brakes.

your an idiot if youre driving on an every day public road like its a rally stage. if thats the case, and im not necessarily saying it is, then i hope you spin and fly off a cliff on one of your mtn runs.

[speedminded]

your an idiot if youre driving on an every day public road like its a rally stage. if thats the case, and im not necessarily saying it is, then i hope you spin and fly off a cliff on one of your mtn runs.

I bet your Miata is cute

There's a reason why experienced people run at night, far less traffic & people to contend with plus you can see the reflections of headlights and taillights around a turn even if you can't see them

[matthewAPM]

I bet your Miata is cute

There's a reason why experienced people run at night, far less traffic & people to contend with plus you can see the reflections of headlights and taillights around a turn even if you can't see them

no...the reason you run at night is because ur not a good enough driver to drive on the road with other cars. and about the headlights...is it because you drive in both lanes so u use the headlights to tell u when to get back in ur lane?

GTFO

[Thighs]

I bet your Miata is cute

There's a reason why experienced people run at night, far less traffic & people to contend with plus you can see the reflections of headlights and taillights around a turn even if you can't see them

your a ****ing ricer. people like YOU give ALLLL the other import drivers a bad rep.

i hope you wrap your jdm pos around a tree on your next mountain run.

and if you think driving fast on a mtn road gives your high speed driving experience, you are stupid. do a track day and get back at me.

[speedminded]

your a ****ing ricer. people like YOU give ALLLL the other import drivers a bad rep.

i hope you wrap your jdm pos around a tree on your next mountain run.

and if you think driving fast on a mtn road gives your high speed driving experience, you are stupid. do a track day and get back at me.

lol, you mean my USDM Integra? Hrmm...I've never once used the term JDM when referring to a right hand drive car.

[Thighs]

It's no different than a rally race where you DON"T have a corner worker and flag at every single turn...you have to be prepared for what it around the bend. When you go for a mile or two at a time and every single right hand turn is a blind curve you have to be prepared for the worst and be prepared to prevent an incident. Two hands on the wheel and slamming on the brakes will probably put you into the oncoming lane in a right hand turn. What about when simply letting off the gas may put you into a spin?

I guarantee you I can stop faster and maintain better control by using one hand on the wheel and feet on the clutch, brake, & gas while downshifting all at the same time than someone with 2 hands on the wheels and both feet on the brakes.

so let me get this staright... if theres a deer in the road, your not gonna hit the brakes. your gonna heel toe and supa dpa jDm dOrIfTo past the deer?

your a tard.