BIR Driving School (long post)

[Fisher, Scott]

Jenny Curtis, fresh from seeing what the Eurotrash Princess was born to do,
writes:

> Not only did I learn alot about my car's abilities, but 
> I also learned alot about myself. 

In the immortal words of Obi-wan Kenobi, "You've just taken your first step
into a larger world." :-)

> I also have a totally different opinion of car mods now. 
> Mods are nothing.  Driving ability is everything.

Bingo.  I've always said that competition driving instruction is the only
mod you can take with you into every car you ever drive from that day
forward, whether it's a track-prepared monster or a bottom-feeder rental. 

> OK, I admit it, I'm already pricing suspension mods.  But I
> might just hang onto my money for a while and buy a helmet
> instead.

Good choice -- and maybe think about an SCCA membership while you're at it
(http://www.scca.org).  For the cheapest, lowest-risk fun you can have with
your car, look into their Solo II program; that's where you go out one by
one and see who can snake through an impromptu course of orange cones in the
least time.  Not quite the rush of racetrack driving, but at a typical cost
of $20 a day it's a bargain.  And if you have any stirrings of competition
in your soul, it's a way of not only driving fast, but driving *faster than
someone else*.  

Have fun!

--Scott Fisher
  Tualatin, Oregon