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You've modded your car...what about the driver ? #22081 06/26/02 10:31 PM
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,053 United States of America -- My... M MarkO OP Member
OP MarkO Member M Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,053 United States of America -- My...	Just wondering how many of you folks have taken advanced driver schooling of any type : defensive, racing etc. So many folks here have modded their cars for speed and handling, just wondering if the driver is up to the task of safely exploiting the performance at their disposal. This post is NOT intended to insult, impune or otherwise call into question the driving skills and habits of anyone here, modded car or not, just a general question I've been thinking about. ps -- and I don't really want to see pics of "modded" bodies either '98 Mystique LS V6 MTX "Unprofessional driver, wide open course." #9 - Hitting .400 for ever "Wake up the damn Bambino; I'll drill him in the ass." -- Pedro Martinez "The MTX75 was not designed to be a drag racing transmission" -- Terry Haines

Re: You've modded your car...what about the driver ? #22082 06/26/02 10:33 PM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,770 Alexandria, VA V Viss1 Member
Viss1 Member V Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,770 Alexandria, VA	1 "saturday at the track" at Summit Point, WV - great experience, going back for more this year Also a Motorcycle Safety Federation course, but that's OT E0 #36 Interior Mods Mutts Rule! My Paintings

Re: You've modded your car...what about the driver ? #22083 06/26/02 11:30 PM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,527 Westland, MI R Rara Administrator
Rara Administrator R Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,527 Westland, MI	Bondurant 3-day HPD course. Various Private Instruction on private test tracks. A couple of Open track days, and autocross events. It's all about balance. bcphillips@peoplepc.com

Re: You've modded your car...what about the driver ? #22084 06/26/02 11:33 PM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,899 The land of B18s T TheGSRGuy Member
TheGSRGuy Member T Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,899 The land of B18s	I really want to take Bondurant's or Skip Barber's driving school. Porsche has one too but that car is a bit far from what I have now. Dan Parmelee 1999 Acura Integra SiR-G coupe "I heard Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms" "Word, bitch! Phantoms like a muhfuka"

Re: You've modded your car...what about the driver ? #22085 06/26/02 11:34 PM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,355 Las Vegas, NV, USA S Simon96SE Member
Simon96SE Member S Joined: May 2000 Posts: 1,355 Las Vegas, NV, USA	One of my "wishes" if that counts. I would love to go to a driving/racing school for a couple days or something. To freakin expensive here in Vegas though. Don't know how it is anywhere else. Simon W. Las Vegas. 96 SE V6 MTX Tereador Red (1st Blown Engine, better be the last!) 1999 SVT Engine SVT Exhaust w/custom DTM Tips and optimized Y-pipe and no Res (thanks to Po-Jay!). LSD Quaife(thanks to Terry!), SCA CAI w/KKM, Grizzly clutch, FMS 9mm wires, Airknights custom short shifter. "You can only get more rice at one time by ordering Chinese" - Davo7SVT "it's only nuts and bolts" - Terry Haines "Drive it like you stole it" - Me!

Re: You've modded your car...what about the driver ? #22086 06/26/02 11:39 PM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,899 The land of B18s T TheGSRGuy Member
TheGSRGuy Member T Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,899 The land of B18s	If you're in Vegas, you're near Sears Point which is (IIRC) where Bondurant is located. Dan Parmelee 1999 Acura Integra SiR-G coupe "I heard Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms" "Word, bitch! Phantoms like a muhfuka"

Re: You've modded your car...what about the driver ? #22087 06/27/02 12:10 AM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,445 orange county & antelope valle... G gdub520 Member
gdub520 Member G Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,445 orange county & antelope valle...	does drunk driving school count??? actually just today a guy cruising in a gmc pickup went by with the name and number of a local drag racing school...i've always thought about taking bondurant's course or a defensive driving course that teaches u evasive manuevering...the type of driving the pres would need...here in soCal u need it 95 contour se...dark blue...monsterflow air filter...remanuf atx...wiring harness recall or bust!!!96k miles...motorcraft awsf32pp plugs & red ford racing 9mm wires...kvr black plated cross-drilled rotors & carbon fiber pads...currently undergoing renovation...excuse our dust!!! are my dodgers for real????

Re: You've modded your car...what about the driver ? #22088 06/27/02 12:43 AM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 303 Victoria, BC, Canada K kerrychin Member
kerrychin Member K Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 303 Victoria, BC, Canada	One novice autocross course sanctioned by SCCA. Classroom theory and track time. Did it in the Isuzu Impulse and learned about drop throttle oversteer by scaring myself half to death! One Ross Bentley performance driving course in the SVT. That's about it. 99 SVT Contour Silver Frost, #365/2760 91 Isuzu Impulse XS Kammback, Handling By Lotus Victoria, BC, Canada

Re: You've modded your car...what about the driver ? #22089 06/27/02 12:55 AM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 94 League City, Tx B btramm Member
btramm Member B Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 94 League City, Tx	bondurant twice, a. intro to racing, b. advanced road racing. 98.5 black svt

Re: You've modded your car...what about the driver ? #22090 06/27/02 01:24 AM
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 153 Philly burbs T TommySVT Member
TommySVT Member T Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 153 Philly burbs	<---- Just racing AutoX in my Camaro. I won 1st place on my first two trips and placed second on my last trip.

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