You know you've been to the track when... - Page 8

LiM3y · 08-13-2012, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dawgdog

When you concern yourself with smooth inputs and your driving line on your riding mower.

It is not just me then...

Autobahn335i · 08-13-2012, 09:48 AM

When you see lots of M3s at the Nürburgring with GTS wings and start convincing yourself that it won't look ricy on a daily driver/weekend trackcar

Porschefile · 08-13-2012, 09:53 AM

When you spend more time wrenching on your E9X M3 than people spend on old project cars

M3 Esq. · 08-13-2012, 09:26 PM

Your house starts to look like this:

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Adriansideways · 08-13-2012, 09:28 PM

And to all my PETROLHEAD friends I salute you! Have fun!!

dogbone · 08-13-2012, 10:40 PM

.....when you automatically know exactly which Go Pro mounting bits are needed to properly mount the camera on any surface of the car, in or out---and you always have them handy.

B.Haven · 08-13-2012, 10:56 PM

.... When you are constantly looking for an opportunity to late apex another car on the way to/from work.

admranger · 08-15-2012, 05:57 PM

When you start thinking of how much stuff costs by how many track tires that money would buy (racing units is the correct term).

When you start a thread in the detail subforum entitled: easiest way to get tire marks off paint.

When the UPS driver knows you by name and asks what your times were last weekend.

When you call the end of your driveway "turn 1"

When you people ask how fast your car goes you say: "I ran a 2:04 at Spring Mountain last weekend."

When you check tire temps and pressures in the parking garage at work.

When you buy a 40' pusher diesel motorhome so you can sleep in your own bed on track weekends and you can take the dogs with you. [yeah, I did that...and sold it]

When you can swap brake pads and tires (and bleed brakes) in less time than it takes your neighbor to check the oil in his SUV.

When a $3k set of shocks looks like a necessity.

96LTWM3 · 08-16-2012, 04:19 PM

.....when you only use mirrors and don't bother to turn your head to check your blind spot changing lanes because you forget you are not wearing your Hans.
Then stare down the shmoe in the MB you almost hit like it was his fault....

Sleeper519 · 08-16-2012, 08:22 PM

....when, on your Monday morning drive to work, your DD sports an earring and some tats (tow ring and rubber marks on the hood).

Porschefile · 08-16-2012, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 96LTWM3

.....when you only use mirrors and don't bother to turn your head to check your blind spot changing lanes because you forget you are not wearing your Hans.
Then stare down the shmoe in the MB you almost hit like it was his fault....

Guilty of that. I forgot that I could turn my head for a full day after a NASA event a couple of years ago. Not so good on the street.

mid-corner fun · 08-17-2012, 08:06 PM

I start laughing hysterically when I overhear people at Indys/dealerships talk about the importance of annual fluid changes or "lifetime" fluids...

armyav8tor · 08-17-2012, 08:40 PM

Just flushed the brake fluid and put on PF01s for next weekend. Now if I can find the motivation to finish Trakktaping the rest of the car.......

dogbone · 08-17-2012, 08:53 PM

....when you're going down the freeway at 85mph with the windows open and wondering why everyone in the car is annoyed with you....

OC3 · 08-17-2012, 09:10 PM

... when, as you're getting off the freeway on the way home from a track, you stick your left arm out the window and raise a fist.

EGbeater · 08-18-2012, 11:08 AM

When brake rotors without micro cracks in them look strange to you.

LiM3y · 08-20-2012, 06:52 AM

You spend many hours applying TrakTape and find out you can achieve the same results in 10 minutes with Goof-Off the day after you've come home...

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LiM3y · 11-05-2012, 01:00 PM

You go to a car show and spend a noteable amount of time wondering if your helmet would fit under the roof and how difficult it would be to bolt in a quick fit harness (if available).

Including the SUVs

No lie...I caught myself doing this at the CT Car Show yesterday...

paradocs98 · 11-10-2012, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LiM3y

You go to a car show and spend a noteable amount of time wondering if your helmet would fit under the roof and how difficult it would be to bolt in a quick fit harness (if available).

Including the SUVs

No lie...I caught myself doing this at the CT Car Show yesterday...

What's on the short list to replace the M3?

LiM3y · 11-11-2012, 10:33 PM

I was just looking, I was musing about the Camaro 1LE out next year with all the ZL1 bits on, but I just about fit my melon in without a helmet, so there is no chance with one on. I don't fit in an CTS-V coupe either. I am going to get a winter car this year, so that let's me entertain less practical options for the spring. I am seeing a lot of Boss 302s do well at the track, so that is an option too

paradocs98 · 02-10-2013, 10:52 AM

You compile a springtime pre-track checklist and it becomes as long as a grocery list:

Brake fluid flush
Oil change
Replace wheel studs
Reinstall Pagid pads
Get new track tires, mount/balance
Reset alignment to track-friendly specs
Get tech inspection done for first PCA event

Maybe I should just rent karts at GPNY instead...

08-13-2012, 09:48 AM	#156
Autobahn335i Major Drives: E92 335i Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 1,357 iTrader: (3)	When you see lots of M3s at the Nürburgring with GTS wings and start convincing yourself that it won't look ricy on a daily driver/weekend trackcar __________________ E92 335i SB / Black Leather / 6AT / Navi Prof / Sunroof / Active Steering Mods: Performance Seats / Performance Exhaust / RB Turbos / Brembo GT BBK 355/345 / Forge FMIC / QUAIFE LSD / Bilstein PSS10 / M3 Suspension Parts / Vorshlag Camberplates / RE Toe Links / LeatherZ Gauges / Extended M3 DCT Paddles / ER Sports OC / AR OC / Aux Radiator / AR DPs / Alpina TCU Flash / COBB Pro-Tune Next: Transmission cooler / M3 CF Roof

08-13-2012, 09:53 AM	#157
Porschefile Major Drives: E92 M3 DCT, E46, Formula Mazda Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,048 iTrader: (5)	When you spend more time wrenching on your E9X M3 than people spend on old project cars __________________ #18 Formula Mazda, Southeast Division SCCA

08-13-2012, 09:26 PM	#158
M3 Esq. Mind of an effing scientist. Drives: Safely Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CT Posts: 1,045 iTrader: (2) Garage List 2013 BMW M3 [0.00]	Your house starts to look like this: __________________ 2013 M3 Coupe/DCT/ZCP/Speed Cloth/BMW Performance Exhaust/Dinan Goodies/CF Bits/Volk TE37 SL

08-13-2012, 10:56 PM	#161
B.Haven Private Drives: '08 ///M3, '08 550i ///M-Sport Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Dover, NH Posts: 55 iTrader: (0)	.... When you are constantly looking for an opportunity to late apex another car on the way to/from work. __________________ "Anyone can drive a fast car, few can drive a car fast"

08-15-2012, 05:57 PM	#162
admranger Private First Class Drives: 2002 M3, 2005 X5, 2011 M3 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 146 iTrader: (0)	When you start thinking of how much stuff costs by how many track tires that money would buy (racing units is the correct term). When you start a thread in the detail subforum entitled: easiest way to get tire marks off paint. When the UPS driver knows you by name and asks what your times were last weekend. When you call the end of your driveway "turn 1" When you people ask how fast your car goes you say: "I ran a 2:04 at Spring Mountain last weekend." When you check tire temps and pressures in the parking garage at work. When you buy a 40' pusher diesel motorhome so you can sleep in your own bed on track weekends and you can take the dogs with you. [yeah, I did that...and sold it] When you can swap brake pads and tires (and bleed brakes) in less time than it takes your neighbor to check the oil in his SUV. When a $3k set of shocks looks like a necessity. __________________ '11 E90 M3, Mebourne/Black/Fox Red/Black, 6MT, roof, PP2, heated seats, moonroof, split folding rear seats, iPod/USB adapter -- 8/8/11 euro delivery!

08-13-2012, 09:28 PM	#159
Adriansideways Private First Class Drives: 2008 E90 M3 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Pretoria Posts: 154 iTrader: (0)	And to all my PETROLHEAD friends I salute you! Have fun!!

08-13-2012, 10:40 PM	#160
dogbone Private First Class Drives: '09 E90 M3 - IB Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: 93 million miles from the Sun Posts: 127 iTrader: (0)	.....when you automatically know exactly which Go Pro mounting bits are needed to properly mount the camera on any surface of the car, in or out---and you always have them handy.

08-16-2012, 04:19 PM	#163
96LTWM3 Private Drives: S54 E36 ///M3 08' E92 M3 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Dublin CA Posts: 86 iTrader: (0)	.....when you only use mirrors and don't bother to turn your head to check your blind spot changing lanes because you forget you are not wearing your Hans. Then stare down the shmoe in the MB you almost hit like it was his fault.... __________________

08-16-2012, 08:22 PM	#164
Sleeper519 Lieutenant Drives: 08 E92 M3 DCT Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 507 iTrader: (0)	....when, on your Monday morning drive to work, your DD sports an earring and some tats (tow ring and rubber marks on the hood). __________________ 2008 M3 Coupe / DCT // StopTech BBK 380/355 / Pagid RS29 / Motul / Apex Arc-8 / Nitto NT-01 275s / Ground Control / MS filter / Performance spoiler / BPM tune // Road Atlanta 1:41.92 / VIR Full 2:13.82 / Barber 1:45.96

08-17-2012, 08:06 PM	#166
mid-corner fun Major Drives: e92 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: NE Posts: 1,225 iTrader: (2)	I start laughing hysterically when I overhear people at Indys/dealerships talk about the importance of annual fluid changes or "lifetime" fluids... __________________

08-17-2012, 08:40 PM	#167
armyav8tor n1smo Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,395 iTrader: (1) Garage List 2008 BMW M3 [5.00] 2012 Volkswagen Tou ... [0.00] 2011 Mazda Speed3 [2.50]	Just flushed the brake fluid and put on PF01s for next weekend. Now if I can find the motivation to finish Trakktaping the rest of the car....... __________________ M3 Coupé \| M-DCT \| Alpine White \| Fox Red \| Carbon Leather Trim Videos Pics

08-17-2012, 08:53 PM	#168
dogbone Private First Class Drives: '09 E90 M3 - IB Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: 93 million miles from the Sun Posts: 127 iTrader: (0)	....when you're going down the freeway at 85mph with the windows open and wondering why everyone in the car is annoyed with you....

08-17-2012, 09:10 PM	#169
OC3 Havin' a blast! Drives: 2013 M3 E92 Jerez Blk DCT ZCP Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 3,731 iTrader: (0)	... when, as you're getting off the freeway on the way home from a track, you stick your left arm out the window and raise a fist. __________________ 2013 E92 M3 Jerez Black DCT ZCP 2011 E90 M3 Jerez Black DCT ZCP (Gone - traded in) 2008 E90 M3 Jerez Black 6MT (Gone - End of Lease)

08-18-2012, 11:08 AM	#170
EGbeater New Member Drives: Yes Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Colorado Posts: 6 iTrader: (0)	When brake rotors without micro cracks in them look strange to you.

08-20-2012, 06:52 AM	#171
LiM3y Major Drives: 2008 E90 M3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: CT Posts: 1,022 iTrader: (2)	You spend many hours applying TrakTape and find out you can achieve the same results in 10 minutes with Goof-Off the day after you've come home... [] __________________

11-05-2012, 01:00 PM	#172
LiM3y Major Drives: 2008 E90 M3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: CT Posts: 1,022 iTrader: (2)	You go to a car show and spend a noteable amount of time wondering if your helmet would fit under the roof and how difficult it would be to bolt in a quick fit harness (if available). Including the SUVs No lie...I caught myself doing this at the CT Car Show yesterday... __________________

11-11-2012, 10:33 PM	#174
LiM3y Major Drives: 2008 E90 M3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: CT Posts: 1,022 iTrader: (2)	I was just looking, I was musing about the Camaro 1LE out next year with all the ZL1 bits on, but I just about fit my melon in without a helmet, so there is no chance with one on. I don't fit in an CTS-V coupe either. I am going to get a winter car this year, so that let's me entertain less practical options for the spring. I am seeing a lot of Boss 302s do well at the track, so that is an option too __________________

02-10-2013, 10:52 AM	#175
paradocs98 Major Drives: 2011 E90 M3 ZCP Join Date: May 2009 Location: NY Posts: 1,199 iTrader: (0)	You compile a springtime pre-track checklist and it becomes as long as a grocery list: Brake fluid flush Oil change Replace wheel studs Reinstall Pagid pads Get new track tires, mount/balance Reset alignment to track-friendly specs Get tech inspection done for first PCA event Maybe I should just rent karts at GPNY instead... __________________

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