Today I attended the BMW advanced driver training course here in BC. Plenty of other cars out on the lot: porsches, nissans, even an Audi R8. I think everyone should attend a course like this at least once. They can teach you so much about how to REALLY drive the car well. Of course if you're a racing driver, or have been one previously, you may as well be an instructor at places like these.
Here is a video I threw together:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcrGItbP22U
First of all poo poo on that R8 owner who was afraid of cones. I'd rather have the cones hit the car than have that tape on it.
Second I would love to attend one of these so I can see how much I know. (or don't)
If anyone knows of one in the CA area let me know. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/cool.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
quite a 'cone'ucopia.... white 968 looked good! (but I am partial to white 968's) track a little tight for the power of some of the cars....
Hehe, actually during the lane change exercise the R8 kept hitting cones. The same cone to be precise... that was after he took the tape off hehe. I tagged the same cone too; left a nice mark on the front bumper and on my rims.
The course was pretty tight, but really it was more technical and should have been taken a bit slower. It was more or less a combination of the single technique lessons taught through out the day. Since I have attended a course like this before, and had a bit of track time, I had a better feel for things. But sometimes I did end up getting a bit sloppy <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/sad.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
Yeah, people comment on the 968 when I'm there. "Hey, that's a 968 right? cool!" "Not many of these around!" And when I tell them I have a 3L 4 banger a lot of them get wide eyed "Really?! 3L??" People also say that the car is quick for a 4 banger, and sounds good too! Last month when I went to this event a guy in an S4 took a ride in the passenger seat, he told me it was one of the fastest 4 bangers hes ever been in, aside from the Elise <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
Oh yeah, about the car balance; my car isn't really stock on terms of stiffness and shocks (check my sig for list of mods). I still find that there is quite a bit of roll on the car, but not nearly as much as there was before all these mods. It's comfortable on the road however, but I think it could stand to be lowered an inch just to give it that extra bit of stiffness. I know tuning suspension is an art, and I don't want to make this a race car or over do it and jeopardize too much of the comfort level, but I think it'll make it handle a bit better and look better too <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />