09-18-2008, 02:07 PM
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I don't think one lap can really prove it either. Get the STIG, do 5 laps each, then see which works out better.
Nice 'T' LB. 
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09-18-2008, 05:05 PM
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Was she actually driving and talking while she was being timed or was it just made to look that way, because she really didn't look like she was trying that hard to me.
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09-18-2008, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by LoveBunny
Was she actually driving and talking while she was being timed or was it just made to look that way, because she really didn't look like she was trying that hard to me.
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On Fifth Gear, they tend to always give commentary during parts of their "fast lap". It might just be on the easier sections, but then again, when you do something like drive fast for a living, it better not look like you're working hard when driving something as docile as a Boxster.
Another interesting video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsz8ZquK5j4
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09-18-2008, 05:18 PM
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I just know I've seen The Stig drive a Boxster and he pushed it so hard it was sort of wobbling around. I can't imagine chatting while doing that, but then I don't drive for a living. By the way, how does one get such a cool job?
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09-18-2008, 05:33 PM
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You want to see how ONE 986 takes on TWO 996 and wins?
Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-R25pGYSoI 
And I am NOT the stig 
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09-18-2008, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ChrisZang
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The way that driver was backing off the accelerator mid turn he's damn lucky he wasn't in the 911....
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09-18-2008, 06:15 PM
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it's called throttle steering. And yes that's also why I drive a 986, because it makes me feel like a better driver 
By the way: What's your best lap time at Thunderhill?
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I still wave at Boxsters, but they no longer wave back :-(
2002 Boxster S "Violet" (sold but not forgotten)
2009 Carrera 4S "Kelsey" (current ride)
2015 FIAT 500e "Nikki" my commuter car
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09-18-2008, 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by LoveBunny
I just know I've seen The Stig drive a Boxster and he pushed it so hard it was sort of wobbling around. I can't imagine chatting while doing that, but then I don't drive for a living. By the way, how does one get such a cool job?
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Become a good racer, retire, then get lucky. Or, in the case of Top Gear, I'm guessing there were sexual favors involved. 
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09-19-2008, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Samson
but then again, when you do something like drive fast for a living, it better not look like you're working hard when driving something as docile as a Boxster.
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My brother-in-law rode a couple of laps as a passenger in a stock viper with Oliver Beretta (back when he drove for Oreca). He said that he was white knuckled the entire time but Oliver was just kicked back – no seatbelt, steering with one hand for part of the time and just looking very casual.
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09-19-2008, 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Kill
My brother-in-law rode a couple of laps as a passenger in a stock viper with Oliver Beretta (back when he drove for Oreca). He said that he was white knuckled the entire time but Oliver was just kicked back – no seatbelt, steering with one hand for part of the time and just looking very casual.
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Skill means a lot, I'm quite sure even an older Mario Andretti could scare the crap outa me in my own ride...
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09-19-2008, 10:24 AM
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Yes, skill plus experience. I can probably pull some moves on a tricycle that would blow my daughter's mind.
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09-19-2008, 10:36 AM
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The number one acumen needed for going fast, consistently, is learning to be relaxed. If you are not relaxed, your reaction times increase dramatically, as your muscles are already tensed and not able to respond instantly. I taught at SCCA drivers schools quite a bit and constantly harped on my students to "concentrate on relaxing." The ones who understood it, went fast soon. The ones who just kept looking at me like I was crazy, seldom went fast. The other thing I harped on was consistency(sp?). I didn't want to see fast times at drivers school, I wanted to see lap after lap reeled off within a few tenths of a second from each other. Until you can do that, fast laps will be flukes in between slow laps and you are a danger to yourself and every other driver on the track. Until you can do almost identical times, lap after lap, you will never become consistently fast.
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