Ran my first AutoX...... Yeah, I'm hooked.

Sirius Black · 03-17-2013, 10:44 PM

Raucky2000 · 03-18-2013, 06:33 AM

Glad to see you had a lot of fun. That looked like a pretty small course, which is tough for our cars. Once you get to some of the larger events you'll really be able to open up your M.

Sirius Black · 03-18-2013, 09:07 AM

It was a tight course. This was a Porsche Club event def set up for cars that can turn in like like 911's and Cayman/Boxsters. Even though it canceled the M's power advantage over a lot of cars there, I think I represented the M badge well.

InterJon · 03-18-2013, 10:27 AM

Congrats! AutoX is addictive and relative low cost compared to HPDEs. As Raucky stated, an E9* is too heavy to be competitive on a course of that size, but don't let that stop you.

apecush · 03-18-2013, 10:36 AM

Hah, wait until you get out to a road course, that's a whole new level of addiction!

Good to see you are driving the car like it should be driven.

Modena NYC · 03-21-2013, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by InterJon

Congrats! AutoX is addictive and relative low cost compared to HPDEs. As Raucky stated, an E9* is too heavy to be competitive on a course of that size, but don't let that stop you.

Yeah but cost per minute of seat time is higher for autox vs hpde

Merked M3 · 03-21-2013, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by InterJon

Congrats! AutoX is addictive and relative low cost compared to HPDEs. As Raucky stated, an E9* is too heavy to be competitive on a course of that size, but don't let that stop you.

I totally agree the E9X M3 is too heavy for serious competition, BUT if you are a good driver, mod the car well for the class, it still takes a lot of driver skill to get every bit of ability out of this car.

surlynkid · 03-21-2013, 03:02 PM

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Yeah but cost per minute of seat time is higher for autox vs hpde

this is exactly why I quit Auto-X a long time ago. lots of time and money invested by 1-2 minute runs 3 times a day for 2 days. now that i moved to HPDE, i will never Auto-X.

schnell325 · 03-21-2013, 03:27 PM

If I could do both HPDE (and I don't since the closest ones are 500 miles away) and auto-x, I would run in as many of each as I could. But for now, I'll have to be content with auto-x's.

Richbot · 03-21-2013, 06:38 PM

It's a surprisingly fun car to dodge cones in, I didn't think I'd enjoy it as much as I do, very very good autocross car

radiantm3 · 03-21-2013, 07:44 PM

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this is exactly why I quit Auto-X a long time ago. lots of time and money invested by 1-2 minute runs 3 times a day for 2 days. now that i moved to HPDE, i will never Auto-X.

+1. I never feel satisfied after a day of autox. I'm standing for 6 hours in the cold and end up driving for 5 minutes the whole day? No thanks.

As opposed to being completely exhausted and skipping the last session of the day because I drove way too much at an HPDE/track day.

Don't get me wrong...autox is a ton of fun and extremely challenging. It's just not worth my time/money over going to the track.

E92M356789 · 03-22-2013, 07:09 AM

We had a couple of events such as these in my area and in my opinion, the driver is not really getting full potential out of M cars or any cars for that matter. I like HPDE better. Regardless, glad you had fun!

Sirius Black · 03-22-2013, 07:48 PM

Track days will be coming this season. A good friend, and owner of a 996 911 turbo happens to be an instructor at Summit Point in WV. Looking forward to the experience of pushing the car near the limit in a controlled environment.

pkimM3r · 04-22-2013, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by surlynkid

this is exactly why I quit Auto-X a long time ago. lots of time and money invested by 1-2 minute runs 3 times a day for 2 days. now that i moved to HPDE, i will never Auto-X.

+1. I never feel satisfied after a day of autox. I'm standing for 6 hours in the cold and end up driving for 5 minutes the whole day? No thanks.

As opposed to being completely exhausted and skipping the last session of the day because I drove way too much at an HPDE/track day.

Don't get me wrong...autox is a ton of fun and extremely challenging. It's just not worth my time/money over going to the track.

Sounds like you need to join a different group and find some high speed autox setups!!

Best way to learn the car so ling as the gates arent so damn narrow.

Porschefile · 04-23-2013, 01:00 PM

Looks fun. AX is awesome for car control; the best students come from AX to road courses, and already have a lot of skills that take a long time to develop at road course speeds/dangers.

Richbot · 04-23-2013, 05:14 PM

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Looks fun. AX is awesome for car control; the best students come from AX to road courses, and already have a lot of skills that take a long time to develop at road course speeds/dangers.

Oh snap, i just realized that was you at the stl double driver's school. Hope the car is ok i almost ran right over you entering T5 when your car broke!

Porschefile · 04-24-2013, 01:32 PM

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Oh snap, i just realized that was you at the stl double driver's school. Hope the car is ok i almost ran right over you entering T5 when your car broke!

No worries, I was trying to pick a spot to park that would be out of the way. I blew my transmission coming out of T2, bummer. That was my first time at Gateway.

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Raucky2000 Lieutenant 22 Rep 469 Posts Drives: SGM E90 M3 dct Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Ohio iTrader: (3)	Glad to see you had a lot of fun. That looked like a pretty small course, which is tough for our cars. Once you get to some of the larger events you'll really be able to open up your M.
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Sirius Black Second Lieutenant 18 Rep 241 Posts Drives: 2011 E93 M3 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Annapolis, MD iTrader: (0) Garage List 2013 BMW M5 [5.00]	It was a tight course. This was a Porsche Club event def set up for cars that can turn in like like 911's and Cayman/Boxsters. Even though it canceled the M's power advantage over a lot of cars there, I think I represented the M badge well.
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InterJon Second Lieutenant 10 Rep 201 Posts Drives: 2011 E92 M3 ZCP Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Alabama iTrader: (0)	Congrats! AutoX is addictive and relative low cost compared to HPDEs. As Raucky stated, an E9* is too heavy to be competitive on a course of that size, but don't let that stop you.
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apecush Lieutenant 30 Rep 521 Posts Drives: 2008 E90 M3 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Edmonton iTrader: (2)	Hah, wait until you get out to a road course, that's a whole new level of addiction! Good to see you are driving the car like it should be driven.
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E92M356789 El Jefe 39 Rep 1,345 Posts Drives: e30 325i Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: in Houston, but from Newark, NJ! iTrader: (3)	We had a couple of events such as these in my area and in my opinion, the driver is not really getting full potential out of M cars or any cars for that matter. I like HPDE better. Regardless, glad you had fun!
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Porschefile Major 59 Rep 1,250 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tennessee iTrader: (7)	Looks fun. AX is awesome for car control; the best students come from AX to road courses, and already have a lot of skills that take a long time to develop at road course speeds/dangers.
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