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From: "James Creasy" <black94pgt@pacbell.net>
To: <Smokerbros@aol.com>; <navidk@home.com>; <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>;
<ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: SFR Calendar for 2001 is posted
> i really liked driving lucy...
Even though she's an overweight pig compared to your FFR? ;) (if anyone
remembers James talking about what his FFR weighs, you'll know what I mean)
> it amazed me how there were suddenly all
> these choices for lines and correcting lines, and how easy it was to feel
> where the threshold of braking was, and how predictable and controllable
the
> oversteer was.
I got similar impressions of my Miata after switching from my 300ZX. I
could feel which end was about to let go and could control the brakes much
better than the Z, which by contrast usually would push through a corner
unless for some reason it felt like spinning (and there was no way to catch
the rear end in the Z; that I can do in the Miata unless I really screw up)
and had powerful brakes but a really mushy pedal. It never ceases to amaze
me how easy a Miata is to drive out of a slide, which is a good thing at GGF
since the best line for my car is almost never clean ;)
> actually, all that information was a little overwhelming.
> but i was going alot slower than katie so perhaps that was misleading. i
> CAN see that if you could make use of all that feedback it would be really
> fast. a beautifully balanced car in any case, and WAY over my head :)
Driving the car well takes a lot of practice. I'm not quite there yet, but
I'm having a helluva lot of fun learning my car.
> new tires and softer suspension are planned, thanks.
Guess I should take my shox back down to full soft...
Scot
'91 CS Miata
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