On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 05:16:05PM -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: > On 2011-10-10 15:39, John Francis wrote: > >On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 11:55:56AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > >> > >>For the people who have never been for a ride, at speed, on the track, with > >>someone who knows what they're doing driving, I highly recommend the > >>experience. It's a great way to recalibrate your understanding of the laws > >>of physics. > > > >Allow me to second that recommendation. > > I'll offer a third. It's even more enlightening when the more > experienced driver takes /your/ car out there. It's sometimes > really shocking just how far from the edge you were when you see the > "pro" nonchalantly blast right past your highest speed, lap time, > corner entry, whatever.
You don't need to be out on the track for this, though. One of the interesting things from the K-5 shakedown cruise out to Yosemite was getting to be a passenger in my own Z4 - an experience that was new to me. It was fascinating to observe how his driving changed as Larry got to learn how to read the signals from the car. At the beginning he was driving well within the performance limits, but it wasn't too long before he was putting the car through the twisty bits at least as fast as I was. And that was on unfamiliar roads, where neither of us were really trying particularly hard. (He was also better than I was at always being in the right gear). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
