Stevef - I can sure identify with the lone NSX feeling. But then again that's what makes us special. My first trip to a 'real' track was an eye openner. I spun coming out of the final turn at Buttonwillow and came up just short of the pit wall (a wall I saw a BMW hit hard a short time later). I started thinking about making a $40K mistake while learning to drive this thing.
Enter autox into my life.
Yes, this isn't the best car for doing this sport.
But cone marks buff out.
Yes, it's not that thrill of triple digit driving but it is the thrill of having to make constant decisions by the second about how to get this car to do what you want/need it to do.
And yes, M's are hard to beat at autox but I've beat a few already.
And when you do go to the 'real' track after doing this for a while, it'll be a piece of cake.
You definitely need suspension upgrades if you're stock now. You really need R compound tires. But a good driver in almost anything can win at this sport. I've come a long way in this first year that I've been doing this. I've closed the gap considerably. By next summer I should be very competitive.
Pratice pratice pratice
Where else can you drive this car at it's g-force limit and not get arrested or take the chance of destroying it? To hell with everyone else's times out there, this is just plane cheap fun. (but sooner or later I'm gonna have to win anyway)
GO X - that tire/wheel set-up sounds pretty good. Those fat Hoosiers on the rear should really bring your times down. Those are the size of rear rims I'm looking for right now. Good luck on the 29th. See you there.
