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Thanks for chiming in, Tim.
Hey, I understand Shneegle's concern in having a S/C and Turbo or Tuned group. That's gonna be out of our department other than we can designate that as "Group 4" and them fellers can figure out who wants to take the lead. But, for anyone's first time out there...I wouldn't advise pushing the envelope too much.
There are blind corners, turns, even blind hills if you can imagine that! Having more power only means you are going to use more of your brakes to slow for the turns. Pretty sure most ppl in this category would have the required skills, etc. I'm just thinking of several spots that are pretty squirrelly I guess.
Look folks, the #1 "rule" or priority so to speak for our SATX86 sisters runs has been and always will be to be SAFE. We simply need to respect other people out there on the road. We stay in our lane always and slow down when there is oncoming traffic. Rule #2 - stupid sh** ain't allowed, period. Everyone should always err on the side of safe judgment...it's not worth it otherwise. If we see that there are bicycle groups out there it will change the whole dynamics of the run as the lead car has to anticipate immediate split second breaking to shut er down. In my own experience leading a group one time, I came around a blind curve and a motorcycle was stopped in the middle of the road cause the dude was taking a picture of the scenery. Everyone behind me had to stop as well!!! Scary stuff.
For sure, we will hit the twisties in an aggressive manner "stock" or otherwise but, this is simply not a speed competition to beat any clock. Let's save that type of driving for the track, autox or the drag strip. Dittos to everything Tim mentioned. Yeah, some spots we are gonna step it out ... others we might drive below the speed limit to ensure we have a lot of room out in front of us so we don't run up behind a slow group of motorcycles or something when we get near some twists.
If it sounds like Tim and I are preaching to ya'll....we are. Once, we had our radar detectors go off on a twistie and around the bend there were emergency vehicles in the roadway because a motorcyclist wiped out and hit a guardrail. Had we not had early detector warning ... I don't even want to imagine. My step bro in law that lives in Leakey has told me of many incidents of accidents out there on the ranch roads. He always warns me about rocks on the roads. There are a lot of cliffs where rocks either fall naturally or sometimes animals knock them off. The ones that we've seen are small enough to dodge...just be aware.
I've got one volunteer for an additional team leader but, this person has never driven the sisters before so, holding off at the moment to see if anyone else with some nads comes forward. How about we start associating names with groups this weekend? In a few more days we'll get this group thing figured out. I'd be more comfortable having a lead driver with some experience but, certainly do admire the courage displayed. Where the heck is everyone that has been out there with us on runs in the past????
Tim...if you want to go out there Saturday AM, let me know!!!
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