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Old 06-22-2017, 11:34 AM   #63
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Originally Posted by TrackRider54 View Post

What that car did was teach me the old Mr. Miyagi trick......"Balance Daniel San!". I had to learn to carry corner speed. To feel the car. To anticipate when the tires were going to let go (only put it in the ditch once). I had to have a big enough lead on my buddies coming out of the corner to keep them from easily passing me on the straight. For the most part, I was successful (damn rich friend that had a Corvette spanked me all the time).
For those who bitch about power, the above paragraph is the secret to staying ahead of a lot of better cars. When someone here says "learn how to drive the car first", that is what they mean. Try it sometime. Doing that is far more satisfying than throwing money at a parts catalog if you at are all interested in "driver involvement", which, BTW, can be done in either an AT or MT car.
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