This practice was meant for test and tune and autocross novices weren't welcome. Matt took this as a sign that his father should come down and try it for his first time.
Despite being new to autocross, Bill was no stranger to performance driving and took too it quickly. His stock-tired M coupe couldn't quite break into the 60's, but from our view on course it didn't look like Bill was leaving too many tenths unaccounted for. The coupe looked like it could use a little more spring rate or anti-roll, but the BMW looked like a lot of fun and had a decent oversteer when crossing the traction threshold.
This ain't your daddy's station wagon... unless you're Matt
There was a good showing of Silvias, I counted four in the morning group. Only one sported the OEM shift knob (JDM OEM that is)
This ain't your daddy's station wagon... unless you're Matt
One pleasant surprise was that the intake yielded a noticeable difference in throttle response. Whether due to increased torque or simply a quicker response on opening, the power seemed more readily available on throttle opening.
Speaking of throttle response, the presence of the Shelby GT mustang made it the top of everyone's shortlist for the featherfoot award...
How wrong we were. Not to say the car was driven well, or even quickly, but the pilot's right foot was not lacking in weight. The Shelby's throttle followed the trend of other automobile systems and is completely digital. In fact, it's not so much a pedal as a touchscreen with an 1/0 icon. Or at least, that's what we inferred from the sounds it made as it lurched around the course alternately switching from engine braking to WFOT.
Carol Shelby is old enough to be quite senile and therefore forgets he has already written his name on the car several times in the course of a design. Here are a few of them, but the camera ran out of battery before I could shoot the front, passenger side or interior. The dashboard had the phrase "all work and no play makes Carol Shelby get Alzheimer's" several hundred times a la shinning.
Speaking of throttle response, the presence of the Shelby GT mustang made it the top of everyone's shortlist for the featherfoot award...
Carol Shelby is old enough to be quite senile and therefore forgets he has already written his name on the car several times in the course of a design. Here are a few of them, but the camera ran out of battery before I could shoot the front, passenger side or interior. The dashboard had the phrase "all work and no play makes Carol Shelby get Alzheimer's" several hundred times a la shinning.
The venerable Elise
Who wants to be armrest buddies?...
This car was not designed with the American consumer in mind... Thank God.
Update: CR posted shots of the SCNAX Practice...
...and used some for his photo project (scroll down)
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