--- CMerritt@luminous.com wrote:
> Remember, driving smooth = fast but does not look
> exciting on camera, that's the excuse I've always
> used.
>
> -Carl
It's a good excuse. It only works if you are fast.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ms Katie Kelly [mailto:aceontour@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 11:47 AM
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: In Car Footage
>
>
> For Thanksgiving, we Kellys sat around the tube and
> watched some in car footage of Jim Ochi, Sean
> O'Boyle,
> and me autox Jim's BMW at an event in Marina. I've
> had
> this video for quite some time, but this was the
> first
> time I'd ever seen it. The most entertaining parts
> were watching Sean drive, and his immediate reaction
> after each run, like, "OH MY GOD! THIS CAR IS SO
> FAST!"
>
> I have to say, watching yourself drive is quite
> educational. What I learned from this is that the
> fastest way through a slalom, and you can see this
> visually, is to hold a constant speed through out.
> When I finally figured that out, I went a full
> second
> faster. That way, you're not upsetting the car's
> momentum. I guess I knew this, but I haven't really
> practiced it. I must work on this.
>
> Sean and Jim were also much more exciting drivers.
> Both really attacked the turns, though sometimes Jim
> did so a little bit too much. :)
>
> I had no idea just how slow I looked in the car.
> This
> was disappointing. I always thought I looked rather
> flamboyant, but this is not the case! For one, I
> steer
> very slowly. I just had no idea. Sean, on the other
> hand, steers very quickly and aggressively, yet also
> smoothly. He was just on the gas a lot harder than I
> was. And I never got the car to make really exciting
> rev sounds. Like, some people do this womp womp womp
> thing, and it sounds really cool, but me, no. It's
> just not in me. I don't have that fire. Sure, the
> car
> revs and all, but only once, very slowly, so you
> don't
> even really notice that I'm accelerating. I'm
> thinking
> that MAYBE, instead of getting on the gas hard I get
> on it just a little bit earlier? Either way, this
> was
> some of the most boring video footage I have EVER
> seen.
>
> This isn't even something I'd want to show my
> friends,
> only my family. My dad even offered me some driving
> advice to help me go faster. That's how slow I
> looked.
> The irony was, that was a good driving day for me as
> I
> remembered it, or so I thought.
>
> -Katie
>
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