After 24 hours with my S2000
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Beat on it? Nope. I just make it a point to familiarize myself very well with the capabilities of any car I drive, in a controlled, safe environment. 
I'm actually a pretty sedate driver 95% of the time. I'd make a decent limo driver. :-D That said, you dont buy a sports car to drive it like a Camry. Once in a while, sure, I'll go for a spirited drive on an empty road, but not with great frequency, or any real aggression. I just like knowing what the big no-nos of any car are. (For example, say, lifting mid-corner in an older 2nd gen MR2. *big* no no, unless you *want* to rotate ~160 degrees)
The point of all that chicanery in the industrial areas where I live was simply to find out how badly the 225 rear tires affected the handling. I was more than a little nervous not knowing if they'd let go unexpectedly, especially in a steady state corner, or at really low limits. I'm a bit more relaxed about that now. Basically I didnt want to be going down an onramp at a normal speed and have the rear give up, or something totally unexpected like that. Looks like it won't be an issue. Nevertheless, I'm going to find a set of wider rear rims just to get back to the factory reccomended stagger. The factory knows best, methinks.
Any kind of serious stuff will take place on track. Great part about the bay area is being so close to 5 great racetracks. I've got plenty of on track experience with bikes, but not so much with cars. I need to get out the thunderhill at least once this summer. Does anyone know any good bay area track-day organizers? I only know the motorcycle crowd. 
I'm actually a pretty sedate driver 95% of the time. I'd make a decent limo driver. :-D That said, you dont buy a sports car to drive it like a Camry. Once in a while, sure, I'll go for a spirited drive on an empty road, but not with great frequency, or any real aggression. I just like knowing what the big no-nos of any car are. (For example, say, lifting mid-corner in an older 2nd gen MR2. *big* no no, unless you *want* to rotate ~160 degrees) The point of all that chicanery in the industrial areas where I live was simply to find out how badly the 225 rear tires affected the handling. I was more than a little nervous not knowing if they'd let go unexpectedly, especially in a steady state corner, or at really low limits. I'm a bit more relaxed about that now. Basically I didnt want to be going down an onramp at a normal speed and have the rear give up, or something totally unexpected like that. Looks like it won't be an issue. Nevertheless, I'm going to find a set of wider rear rims just to get back to the factory reccomended stagger. The factory knows best, methinks.
Any kind of serious stuff will take place on track. Great part about the bay area is being so close to 5 great racetracks.
I've got plenty of on track experience with bikes, but not so much with cars. I need to get out the thunderhill at least once this summer. Does anyone know any good bay area track-day organizers? I only know the motorcycle crowd.
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How about autocrossing where you can learn limits of the car in a very safe environment. It took me about 12 runs to learn what I and the car are capable of. Knowing my limits, I stay away from them on when driving on the street.
How about autocrossing where you can learn limits of the car in a very safe environment. It took me about 12 runs to learn what I and the car are capable of. Knowing my limits, I stay away from them on when driving on the street.
