This is a side note from Kirby in the thread about 'detalied explanation of sliptronic problem'
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Quote: Kirby
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It was my first time running in SCCA competition. My goals were humble: Make all my runs without hitting cones (2 sec. penalty each), not miss any gates, no spinouts, not finish last in my class, and improve my time each run. I was thrilled that I did all of these. I finished somewhere around the middle in my class.
My best time was faster than most of the experienced V8 Mustangs and Camaros. Not bragging at all about my driving skills, it just shows that the Bimmers kick a$$ when it comes to handling vs. horsepower. Even on the edge, the car was predictable. Instead of spinning out or pushing, it wanted to go into a 4 wheel drift which is much easier to correct. There were 4 bimmers out of about 50 cars - me, 1995 M3, 2004 Z4 and an E30 M3. I can't imagine what driving the Z4 must be like! It was a BLAST and as Arnold says "I'll be back".
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What is SCCA? What kinds of races do you compete in? Sounds like there was a slolam course from your goal of not hitting any cones.
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Quote: Kirby
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It was my first time running in SCCA competition. My goals were humble: Make all my runs without hitting cones (2 sec. penalty each), not miss any gates, no spinouts, not finish last in my class, and improve my time each run. I was thrilled that I did all of these. I finished somewhere around the middle in my class.
My best time was faster than most of the experienced V8 Mustangs and Camaros. Not bragging at all about my driving skills, it just shows that the Bimmers kick a$$ when it comes to handling vs. horsepower. Even on the edge, the car was predictable. Instead of spinning out or pushing, it wanted to go into a 4 wheel drift which is much easier to correct. There were 4 bimmers out of about 50 cars - me, 1995 M3, 2004 Z4 and an E30 M3. I can't imagine what driving the Z4 must be like! It was a BLAST and as Arnold says "I'll be back".
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What is SCCA? What kinds of races do you compete in? Sounds like there was a slolam course from your goal of not hitting any cones.
