Just noticed this in my RSS reader:
http://www.motoiq.com/MagazineArticles/ID/3489/Youre-An-Idiot-If-You-Take-That-New-Porsche-To-The-Track.aspx
Just noticed this in my RSS reader:
http://www.motoiq.com/MagazineArticles/ID/3489/Youre-An-Idiot-If-You-Take-That-New-Porsche-To-The-Track.aspx
This is what I missed:
...after a few laps I would get hypnotized by the repetitive thrills and sensations to the point where I had to slap myself in the the face to snap out of it. I was wearing a full-face helmet, so the pain in my hand was intense.
And my personal fave from his piece:
It will be wailing in your ear like a wookiee in heat, begging you to treat it like the tool that it was meant to be.
Awesome. Glad to see some more of his automotive musings again. Motoiq ranks below GRM, for me anyway, but still head and shoulders above most.
Don't take anything to the track that you can't afford to wad into a ball and walk away from...
I knew a guy that bought a 991 Carrera S and took it to the track. He loved it so much that he bought a 996 Carrera S to turn into a track rat, and kept the 991 for the street.
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