01-30-2015, 08:00 PM | #47 |
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Nice! I floundered around for about 5 years doing 2 a year, then about 6 years ago decided I needed to make time for what I loved to do, and for a whole year, I did two weekends a month and went from a low intermediate level to an instructor with NASA.
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I race an e36 M3 with Rocky Mountain NASA, but I absolutely had to take my 228 to the track too. With 1300 miles on the odometer I was flogging the 228 around High Plains Raceway - full throttle. I was really impressed with the handling and the power; awesome car. Quote:
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01-30-2015, 09:07 PM | #49 | |
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This is pretty much the same for me. A couple track weekends a year, but I'm pretty tame on the street and don't drag race at all. I do the off ramp/on ramp thing whenever I can and hit the country roads pretty hard on occasion. I keep the cruise at just under 10 over the limit.
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01-30-2015, 09:42 PM | #50 |
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^ this pretty much. 2-3 weekends of hpde per year and leave it on the track. In fact, people hooning in the neighborhood piss me off. Maybe I'm getting old.
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01-30-2015, 09:53 PM | #51 |
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Good question.
I'm what you call in the showbiz world as a "classy a-hole". I love speed when it can be applied and I have a few cars that can do it. The M235i is a decent track car but an even better great daily driver. I personally like it because at any time with the push of a button you can save some gas (eco) or blow the doors off that teenage kid with the Honda tuner (sport plus). That's just me. |
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01-30-2015, 10:26 PM | #52 |
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Same here, about a 1.5, already planning out multiple track events this summer :P
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01-31-2015, 02:32 PM | #53 |
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The moment my M235i is broken in, I will be at the track or an autocross. I ordered a 6MT with M performance LSD and no hole in the roof. |
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01-31-2015, 03:56 PM | #55 |
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Recommend starting with BMW CCA car control clinics and autocross events. Safe environment, trained instructors, and will give you a better feel for the vehicle capabilities (and improve your own). After a one or two of those, you will want to head onto HPDEs, its in the BMW DNA
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02-15-2015, 08:56 PM | #58 |
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3.5 for me...Some little shit in a fart can isn't going to get the time of day from me though.
And OP, this thread needed a poll big time..No fun scrolling through 3 pages
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Ok y'all, some stats:
56 samples/data points Average score: 2.85 Lowest score: 1 (quite a few track instructors !) Highest score: 5 (one "poser") So, the average 2er driver's driving can be described as "No track, daily driver with a lead foot and who enjoys good performance and likes to race off of red lights" Wish I'd done a proper poll, but ...
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13% #2 I know I'm late, but had to chime in...
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3.2 for me. I just can't resist a mountain road with hairpin bends (at least when there are no Dutch and Belgian caravans driving on it)
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