David Deutsch wrote:
>
> Hi Ho All,
>
> Yesterday was the day! I FINALLY got to go to the Driving School. My
> wife had bought the day for my 40th B-day, a little over a year ago.
>
> It was a spectacular day which included morning sessions on "Skidpad"
> to work on skid control in Dodge Ram Pick-ups with 13" 50 series tires
> on them. We also practiced "Thershold Braking" on the "Brake Pad" in
> Dodge Neons (twin cam / 16 valves). They had us sharp braking with the
> ABS and then disengaged and we work on braking w/o the ABS. The braking
> distance was greatly decreased w/o the ABS. We also worked on finding
> the best lines on tracks (and how it applies to everyday driving)in
> order to maximize the result of your efforts. We used the Neons again
> for this.
>
> The afternoon brought out the 460 HP Vipers for some autocrossing on
> the training tracks. It was an unbelievable feeling. A little friendly
> competition, found your's truely, with the best lap time of the day. I
> did have the advantage of having driven this particular training track
> with my MG on an earlier date. The thing that amazed me was that I
> bested my MG's fastest time by a full 6 seconds using the Vipers.
>
> We had a team against team competition. My team lost on penalties even
> though we had a full 8 second time finish over the other. As long as it
> wasn't me who hit the cones, and it wasn't, I'm happy.
>
> So all in all it was a great day which I highly recommend to any and
> all.
>
> The ride there and back was very nice as well and included a brief stop
> at Mike Robson's residence. NICE RILEY!!! and the coffee wasn't bad
> (for instant) either. :-)
>
> Safety Fast,
> David Deutsch
WHAT - Coffee!!!!! Mike didnt give ya a Beer????
:)
Rick
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