JustGav Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 The vanishing/limit point. Just for info chaps and chapesses, Steve & I will (time allowing) try and get our heads together to give you some tips for safer driving, try and organise some skid pan training, and defensive driving techniques. Work in progress Definitely up for this with Mel in the supra, so she can learn how to enjoy the car and find the limits without much risk, and to be fair I'd do it as well since you never stop learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class One Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Can't we get you onto the handling course next weekend in one of the competing cars? I'd love to, maybe one day when I worked hard enough to have a car worthy of competing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul mac Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 RLTC won't save you if you go into a corner too fast. It cannot overcome a lack of mechanical grip. It will, however, allow you to get the power down out of the corner earlier. Although, if it cuts in then you are already too heavy with the gas pedal. yes thanks for pointing that out , i am trying to steer a noob in the direction of anything that will help him stay safe, RLTC takes some of the guess work out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flukey-lukey Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I use the other car when its raining. IMO theres no point driving the supra in the wet because I don't enjoy it. Its a dry weather/weekend car for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I'd love to, maybe one day when I worked hard enough to have a car worthy of competing. Oh yes! Can you turn off at jct 39 on the M1 on your way to TOTB? You can show me how a C1 driver handles a Supra!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 As one car designer said of seatbelts, airbags & other safety items "It would be far wiser to fit a sharp spike in the centre of the steering wheel. Then the driver would drive safely, like his life depended on it" LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I use the other car when its raining. IMO theres no point driving the supra in the wet because I don't enjoy it. Its a dry weather/weekend car for me Ah, but the more you drive in the wet the more you'll enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flukey-lukey Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Ah, but the more you drive in the wet the more you'll enjoy it. No no no... I don't like the idea of cleaning the brown mess on the seats everytime I drove in the wet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazz72 Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Only ever lost the back end of mine once and it was completely my own fault. I had had the dash out and had acidentaly disconnected a wire from behind the spedo by mistake (Took me ages to find it. It was one of the wires going to the speed delimiter). I knew something was up as my speedometer and odometer were not working, what I didnt know was that my car had gone into limp mode. The first corner i went around in the wet the back end slid about 6 feet, fortunatley I was going uphill at the time at about 40 and it was a big road. Never slid since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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