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Speaking of trying big, high power cars on tight courses....

I tried autocrossing Miss Piggy. Once. Turns into a drift fest. Which really
isn't fast at all, and
only okay fun. Actually caused a sidewall crack in my Dunlop SP8000.
At least Miss P'll drift when my 200 was just simply a pig. Yes, the Saabaru
is much
quicker on the autocross course, but Miss Piggy would likely eat it up on a
road course such
as WGI. From my past experience (long ago) at LRP, it'd take Miss Piggy
awhile, but it would
eventually catch and pass the Saabaru there, too. Of course it's not exactly
fair, my UrS has
suspension and brake work and an MRC Stage 2 chip, and my Saabaru (Aero, nee
WRX) is
SCCA Solo2 stock, if Idid the same mods to the Saabaru I don't think Miss
Piggy would have
a chance.

On 2/2/08, Bill Shaw <b.shaw at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Oh yes,  I hadn't considered autocross. My car does poorly there,  can't
> get power to the ground in 1st and 2nd.  Did a Skip Barber course at LRP
> a while back and spent a while on their autocross course.  It was just
> silly,  it turned into more drifting than autocross for me :-)
>
> And no,  I'm not an exceptional driver,  it's just that having 100hp
> advantage makes a huge difference.  (Big grins, too!)  Going fast in a
> slow car can be a lot of fun, no doubt.  Going fast in a fast car really
> gets me off though.
>
> Bill
>
> Grant Lenahan wrote:
> > Depends on the track.  Look at the PCA autocross and tight track
> results.
> > You may be an exceptional driver. Or maybe you drive fast tracks.
> > But the car isn't doing it all for you -- or at lest for everyone else.
> > G
> >
> >
> > On Feb 2, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Bill Shaw wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>> From: "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
> >>>
> >>> Try to keep up with a well-driven Boxster on a technical track, it's
> >>> very
> >>> hard to do.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Not when you're driving a a 928 well :-). Most of the Boxsters are just
> >> in the way,  having the extra hp makes them easy targets.  Some give me
> >> more trouble than others,  you can tell some of the guys are more
> >> experienced,  but in the end I blow by them all.
> >>
> >> Bill
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