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[elim11]

Signed up for autoclub speedway w Speeddistrict on Nov 19. Anyone else going

[chamba002]

Originally Posted by ///Mobbin

Nice meeting you this weekend, good times despite the rain! And good number of e92's out there also!

Nice meeting ya too! Yeah I was glad that I was able to run with y'all in the yellow group but too bad it rained on the last two sessions. I'm still trying to figure out my next track day... hopefully TWS next month.

[roastbeef]

Thermal club today!

[///Mobbin]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

Thermal club today!

Lucky, enjoy!!!

[roastbeef]

#1 for the day at the auto cross in the m4.
Won a keychain, $50 gas card, and a squishy cone. What a fun day and a great event.

[M3 Number 86]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

#1 for the day at the auto cross in the m4.
Won a keychain, $50 gas card, and a squishy cone. What a fun day and a great event.

So to reiterate. Elim lost?

[roastbeef]

Originally Posted by M3 Number 86

So to reiterate. Elim lost?

@elim11 didn't even place in the top 3. Cracked under the pressure or something.

[elim11]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

@elim11 didn't even place in the top 3. Cracked under the pressure or something.

You bastards. Lol. Mike will never let me live this down. You win the autocross. See you on the track 11/19. I'm buying a WWF wrestling belt as a trophy up for grabs

I would like to point out Mike's car had that carbon roof. Just saying

[roastbeef]

Originally Posted by elim11

You bastards. Lol. Mike will never let me live this down. You win the autocross. See you on the track 11/19. I'm buying a WWF wrestling belt as a trophy up for grabs

I would like to point out Mike's car had that carbon roof. Just saying

Carbon roof and a smoother driver or something...

[redpriest]

Originally Posted by elim11

You bastards. Lol. Mike will never let me live this down. You win the autocross. See you on the track 11/19. I'm buying a WWF wrestling belt as a trophy up for grabs

I would like to point out Mike's car had that carbon roof. Just saying

[roastbeef]

of all the M cars i drove today, i liked the m2 the most. x5/x6m were fun to drag, but the shifting felt weird compared to the other cars.
m6 was my favorite of the big cars... very nice inside and very fast and stopped well.

m4 was a littler underwhelming. it feels lighter and is pretty quick, but it pushes through corners a lot.

m2 was my favorite car of the day. it wasn't bigger than it needed to be, good power and got the power down well. got into corners and stuck, very placable and felt like the lightest car there (because it was). my buddy went into a corner too hot and the car slid. the car communicated well, and felt very neutral. for a dd, it would be a blast.

[roastbeef]

Celebrating my first podium finish.

[///Mobbin]

Nice. Huge M2 fan, had a deposit on one before I got my e92 m3. Perhaps I need to make it to Thermal.

[roastbeef]

Don't get me wrong, I'm never getting rid of the v8. Drove a lot of turbos today. The attitude of the cars is completely different.

[///Mobbin]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

Don't get me wrong, I'm never getting rid of the v8. Drove a lot of turbos today. The attitude of the cars is completely different.

Okay nice. Maybe I can pick up a lightly used M2 as a daily down the road, fairly sure I would regret it if I sold my m3. I did last time, this is my second e9x m3!

[roastbeef]

He only thing I didn't like about the M2 was there was no MDM mode. Just that comfort, sport, and sport plus toggle switch.

I like the two MDM buttons on other cars. I'd simply have one with the most aggressive settings and one with dsc completely off.

Another thing that was a bummer was in the M4 instructor lead-follow, they divided us into two groups- three cars of two in one group for people with track experience. We legitimately got to explore the m4 at the limit. We all really appreciated that. Unfortunately, by the time we reached our 6 hot laps (with a few minutes for a driver swap after 3 laps) I noticed a engine temperature warning on the dash. My friend kept driving and then he got a steering temperature warning and the car started going into limp mode.
I think this is why the instructors say they prefer to drive the cars in comfort steering mode at the track... because it goes into limp mode sooner in the firmer settings.

[roastbeef]

Also got to molest the m4 gts a little bit. It's a very nice car. I loved the seats, very comfortable.
They started it to revv it up a bit and you can hear me encouraging him to revv it "one more time" in this vid.

[Kong Sheng Han]

Sounds so bad.

[Kong Sheng Han]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

#1 for the day at the auto cross in the m4.
Won a keychain, $50 gas card, and a squishy cone. What a fun day and a great event.

Does the cone say "cone killer" on it somewhere?

I have that keychain, and I like it. Only problem is that the colored stripes like to fall off, so I have to superglue them back on. I've reglued all of them once, and currently all of them are missing. Haven't had time to glue back on. CF on the back is pretty badass.

[roastbeef]

Lol no. Just a squishy cone. My buddy actually took out a cone on the auto cross.

[Kong Sheng Han]

Originally Posted by roastbeef

Lol no. Just a squishy cone. My buddy actually took out a cone on the auto cross.

Just one cone? I usually take out 3+ at every event. Can you spot the cone print in this photo? Probably took out 10-12 at that event lol.



Edit: I'm pretty sure this photo was taken right after I spun out (taking a few cones out with me), hence me looking down and smoke behind car.

[roastbeef]

I see some paint transfer on your front bumper.