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Originally Posted by DRLane
Also tons to learn sitting behind well driven Miatas!
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Watching Margaret Cheng fly around a track in her spec Miata was epic. More than 1 M3 driver would sheepishly give her the point by then romp on it to get on her tail only to turn into a spec in her rear view mirror two turns later.
I had a VP of Toyo tires ask my wife what turbo I had in my 1992 525i (manual, lsd, h&r’s and Bilstiens) after I’d lapped him in his 540i msport at buttonwillow. When she looked at him and said it’s a stock engine (ok, I had a Conforti chip) it turned out to be the last time I had to lay out lots of cash for tires. She even had to pop the hood to prove it! Great guy.
OP, as I said earlier, get coaching (electronic via Garmin, private, or post vids here) as the seat to steering wheel interface is the weakest part of the situation.
I was lucky and had lots of great coaches through the BMW club driving schools. I found that getting a ride with a faster driver around a track helped me learn faster (I am a visual learner).