For A Fat Cow, She's Amazing...
04-19-2015, 02:44 PM
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For A Fat Cow, She's Amazing...
So I started using the road above with motorcycles then moved on to cars and over the years, I've driven it regularly with an Evo X, E90 M3, E36 M3, and now my Mabel. Yesterday was the first time I've driven her aggressively in the twisties and came away surprised at how well balanced and competent she was on such a tight road. Managed to keep my buddy in his E36 M3 in sight - amazing since 1) he isn't slow, 2) he had 255/40/17 RS-3 V2s, and 3) race pads. Mable was running the stock P-Zeros and didn't even roll the sidewalls on the front!
She couldn't hide her weight, carbon brakes would have helped immensely on the 7+ mile downhill runs, and the manual shifting could have been much much more responsive. Other than those, she's a truly phenomenal vehicle and one I can see keeping for years to come.
Couldn't be happier with this car. I think I'll be signing up for Chuckwalla later this year to give her more room to run.
04-19-2015, 04:21 PM
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John Steinbeck in "East of Eden" wrote "You can’t make a race horse of a pig, but you can make a very fast pig.”
Beautiful road, I bet it was a blast on a bike like a Ducati.
Enjoy
Beautiful road, I bet it was a blast on a bike like a Ducati.
Enjoy
04-19-2015, 05:47 PM
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So I started using the road above with motorcycles then moved on to cars and over the years, I've driven it regularly with an Evo X, E90 M3, E36 M3, and now my Mabel. Yesterday was the first time I've driven her aggressively in the twisties and came away surprised at how well balanced and competent she was on such a tight road. Managed to keep my buddy in his E36 M3 in sight - amazing since 1) he isn't slow, 2) he had 255/40/17 RS-3 V2s, and 3) race pads. Mable was running the stock P-Zeros and didn't even roll the sidewalls on the front!
She couldn't hide her weight, carbon brakes would have helped immensely on the 7+ mile downhill runs, and the manual shifting could have been much much more responsive. Other than those, she's a truly phenomenal vehicle and one I can see keeping for years to come.
Couldn't be happier with this car. I think I'll be signing up for Chuckwalla later this year to give her more room to run.
So I started using the road above with motorcycles then moved on to cars and over the years, I've driven it regularly with an Evo X, E90 M3, E36 M3, and now my Mabel. Yesterday was the first time I've driven her aggressively in the twisties and came away surprised at how well balanced and competent she was on such a tight road. Managed to keep my buddy in his E36 M3 in sight - amazing since 1) he isn't slow, 2) he had 255/40/17 RS-3 V2s, and 3) race pads. Mable was running the stock P-Zeros and didn't even roll the sidewalls on the front!
She couldn't hide her weight, carbon brakes would have helped immensely on the 7+ mile downhill runs, and the manual shifting could have been much much more responsive. Other than those, she's a truly phenomenal vehicle and one I can see keeping for years to come.
Couldn't be happier with this car. I think I'll be signing up for Chuckwalla later this year to give her more room to run.
04-19-2015, 11:00 PM
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