Track lines on various cars: WAS Delrin or Poly bushings?

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First off, I think Taka is right about the quality of instruction being important and that one can certainly learn the "traditional line" and other basic HP driving techniques anywhere.
However, the line that is taught at Generic Driver's Ed is an all-purpose line that _will_ change according to the car you are driving.  At the limit, different cars will handle, well, differently.  Steering input will be different for cars with differing engine/transmission layouts and even cars with similar layouts but differing hp will act differently (like a Golf vs. golf cart).  For example, a four-wheel drift will be initiated _much_ differently in a RWD car compared to an AWD car.  In this example, the center of a the car _might_ follow the same line, but the cars will probably not even be facing the same direction at a given point in the turn, so there is obviously a difference in what's going on.  
I'd recommend go to the Quattro Club driving school as well, even if I had a non-q CGT simply because there is a much greater chance that the instructor has driven that particular car, and that's a good thing IMHO.  I have two garages within a few blocks of my apartment, one is a good garage that fixes most anything including Ferraris, BMWs etc, and one is a good garage that specializes in European cars and the head mechanic drives the same car as me (w/ about 300k).  Guess who I take my car to?
BTW, the latest issue of Racercar Engineering has a good discussion of how the "traditional" line isn't even the fastest from a theoretical standpoint.
Just my $0.02
-Matt
'86 5kcstq