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dknv · 2005-01-07, 03:08 PM

Yeah, you just gotta be careful about other people running into You. :shock:

ScottyS · 2005-01-07, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by dknv

Yeah, you just gotta be careful about other people running into You. :shock:

Haha, that car's already been hit by 2 teenagers in large vehicles and jumped a (dead) bear at 70mph. As long as it's not a school bus......

MikeK · 2005-01-09, 10:37 PM

I just got home after the weekend at thunderhill to discover that the heavy wet snow had collaped almost every covered parking area in the apartment complex where I live. Now people are parked wherever they can find space ... including in front of my garage

Kevin M · 2005-01-09, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeK

I just got home after the weekend at thunderhill to discover that the heavy wet snow had collaped almost every covered parking area in the apartment complex where I live. Now people are parked wherever they can find space ... including in front of my garage

Deflate a couple tires and they'll get the hint.

BOO · 2005-01-10, 08:03 AM

Ohh sh%$!!! That's mean... lol

dknv · 2005-01-10, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeK

I just got home after the weekend at thunderhill to discover that the heavy wet snow had collaped almost every covered parking area in the apartment complex where I live. Now people are parked wherever they can find space ... including in front of my garage

I might've suggested calling a tow truck, but good luck getting one to respond right now. You might park yourself on your horn - and see who whos up.

dknv · 2005-01-10, 09:08 AM

btw Mike - you're lucky you got back over I-80 last night. I think that was the only open window through the storm since Friday.

How WAS it???? (t-hill)

MikeK · 2005-01-10, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by dknv

btw Mike - you're lucky you got back over I-80 last night. I think that was the only open window through the storm since Friday.

How WAS it???? (t-hill)

I ploughed the fields next to turn 3

I also cooked my brakes, and stripped a wheel lug, so I had to miss my last 2 sessions

And in case anyone wonders, bald azenis are slightly worse than useless in the wet.

BOO · 2005-01-10, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by dknv

btw Mike - you're lucky you got back over I-80 last night. I think that was the only open window through the storm since Friday.

How WAS it???? (t-hill)

Pics? Vids?

Kevin M · 2005-01-10, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeK

And in case anyone wonders, bald azenis are slightly worse than useless in the wet.

Heh, the last time those were on a car, Scott was driving them over the pass during the first snow flurries in November. Or maybe it was just cold rain... either way, he didn't have the luxury of runoff like Turn 3.

MikeK · 2005-01-10, 09:40 AM

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he didn't have the luxury of runoff like Turn 3.

Yes, it was quite luxurious in the mud

dknv · 2005-01-10, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeK

I ploughed the fields next to turn 3

Join the crowd! That off-camber turn is especially wicked when its wet!

The time I had a turn3 encounter, I slid clockwise and backed into the hill on the right side, facing the oncoming cars. And since it was raining (and in Audi schools they used to have us keep both driver's and instructor's windows open) the mud came flying in the windows. Later when my instructor (did you meet Chris Rooke?) got out of the car, his helmet had much mud splatter. Funny now, but it spooked me at the time.

Sorry to hear about your wheel lug.

tysonK · 2005-01-10, 11:28 AM

Well that does suck about the lug.

I bet you got some quality instruction though?

Just wait till summer when more us can make it out for a day!

Dean · 2005-01-10, 11:58 AM

I understand Mike did well when not in the mud

I offered to let him use my car for his last session, but he was feeling a bit superstitious.

The drive back was fine. Water and sand were about as bad as it got except for maybe 5-10 miles over the summit. They had chain control signs up, but no guy standing behinf his motor home checking anything, so they weren't real serious aboutit. R1 I guess.

My neighborhood was worse than ever... Just keeping the car moving, much less close to the direction you wanted in teh slushcrete and ice was a major challenge. Had to park in my neighbors driveway while I made a parking place in mine... I think each shovelful weighed about 50 lbs.

Got my "new" used snow blower working this AM. Does OK considering how heavy this junk is. Still more to be done, but needed a break.

I have Video from THill, but that is for another thread.

dknv · 2005-01-10, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Dean

I offered to let him use my car for his last session, but he was feeling a bit superstitious.

What, blue > red? Or, red > blue?

MikeK · 2005-01-10, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by dknv

What, blue > red? Or, red > blue?

brown > blue

tysonK · 2005-01-10, 12:43 PM

Yah I don't balme him the last session is when all the crap happens. As much as it would be wrecking Dean's car he was proabaly safer in das grid.

So how many minutes were you on track all together Mike?

MattR · 2005-01-10, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeK

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Originally Posted by dknv

What, blue > red? Or, red > blue?

brown > blue

Dirt> all...

I know your pain man

dknv · 2005-01-10, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeK

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Originally Posted by dknv

What, blue > red? Or, red > blue?

brown > blue

Good one!

MikeK · 2005-01-10, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by tysonK

So how many minutes were you on track all together Mike?

On saturday, in the rain, I had 2 sessions, I think about 25 minutes each.

On sunday, when it was finally dry, I had about 30 minutes or so. My first session I couldn't find my instructor, he had gone into town to gas his car up, so I only got onto the track for about 7 minutes

Then I got one full session, 20 - 25 minutes I think, after that my brakes were done. Then I stripped a lug nut while I was trying to bleed them.

p.s. Thanks Dean for the help and the spare brake fluid!

dknv · 2005-01-10, 02:09 PM

Hey Mike, did you do the 'lane toss' exercise Sat. morning? hee hee

2005-01-09, 10:37 PM	#53
MikeK Captain Turbo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Reno Posts: 3,318 Car: 05 STi	I just got home after the weekend at thunderhill to discover that the heavy wet snow had collaped almost every covered parking area in the apartment complex where I live. Now people are parked wherever they can find space ... including in front of my garage Attached Thumbnails

2005-01-10, 08:03 AM	#55
BOO EJ205 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Reno, Nevada Posts: 2,076 Car: 12+tires Class: Spec. without hard work, nothing grows but weeds	Ohh sh%$!!! That's mean... lol __________________ LOL.. The other White Meat ... lol ------------------------------------------------ subaru(STi) is a boys car, mitsubishi(evo) is a man's car - Jeremy (Top Gear) GC,GD,GM

2005-01-10, 11:28 AM	#63
tysonK warehouse SECCS Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: SoCal... Posts: 6,253 Car: 04 Evo 99 Cadillac Class: street de le mod	Well that does suck about the lug. I bet you got some quality instruction though? Just wait till summer when more us can make it out for a day! __________________ Anjali? Anjali?

2005-01-10, 11:58 AM	#64
Dean Señor Cheap Bastarde Real Name: Dean Join Date: May 2003 Location: $99 Tire Store Posts: 9,294 Car: $.04 STI Class: Fast,Cheap & Reliable=STI Deal, did somebody say Deal? Oh, Dean, yeah that's me.	I understand Mike did well when not in the mud I offered to let him use my car for his last session, but he was feeling a bit superstitious. The drive back was fine. Water and sand were about as bad as it got except for maybe 5-10 miles over the summit. They had chain control signs up, but no guy standing behinf his motor home checking anything, so they weren't real serious aboutit. R1 I guess. My neighborhood was worse than ever... Just keeping the car moving, much less close to the direction you wanted in teh slushcrete and ice was a major challenge. Had to park in my neighbors driveway while I made a parking place in mine... I think each shovelful weighed about 50 lbs. Got my "new" used snow blower working this AM. Does OK considering how heavy this junk is. Still more to be done, but needed a break. I have Video from THill, but that is for another thread. __________________ I am a Commodore PET --- Now get off my lawn you kids...

2005-01-10, 12:43 PM	#67
tysonK warehouse SECCS Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: SoCal... Posts: 6,253 Car: 04 Evo 99 Cadillac Class: street de le mod	Yah I don't balme him the last session is when all the crap happens. As much as it would be wrecking Dean's car he was proabaly safer in das grid. So how many minutes were you on track all together Mike? __________________ Anjali? Anjali?

2005-01-07, 03:08 PM	#51
dknv EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: 39n53, 119w90 Posts: 2,698 Car: RX-8 Class: CS maybe	Yeah, you just gotta be careful about other people running into You. :shock:

2005-01-10, 09:08 AM	#57
dknv EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: 39n53, 119w90 Posts: 2,698 Car: RX-8 Class: CS maybe	btw Mike - you're lucky you got back over I-80 last night. I think that was the only open window through the storm since Friday. How WAS it???? (t-hill)

2005-01-10, 02:09 PM	#71
dknv EJ207 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: 39n53, 119w90 Posts: 2,698 Car: RX-8 Class: CS maybe	Hey Mike, did you do the 'lane toss' exercise Sat. morning? hee hee

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