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Old 04-07-2012, 01:07 PM   #436
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Well said, I wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment on becoming a better driver. I've always been one to believe that a car is an extension of the driver and not the other way around. Fast cars are a dime a dozen and the only thing separating it from the next fastest car is a price tag. You can't buy good driving technique.
It's easy to get caught up in specs as each year more blisteringly fast, affordable cars come out. With 650 horsepower Mustangs and exotic-crushing GTRs available under $100,000, it's hard not to be enamored with the performance available to enthusiasts today.

The big joke is that you can't use even a fraction of that performance on the street and the limits are so high that they're difficult tools to exploit on the track without being extremely dangerous. Amateur drivers like the majority of us struggle to learn anything in these cars despite passing almost everyone in our run group. Meanwhile, someone in a $3500 Miata is probably twice the driver as a result.
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