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Happy New Year to all. I just felt like sharing this. Stop reading now if you want!
Like most of us here I have my favorite on/off ramps, roundabouts, and corners. One in particular is an off-camber left turn at a stoplight. Tramway onto Paseo Del Norte for the ABQ crowd. 1 outta 10 times the stars line up and there is no traffic, the light or arrow is green, and it can be taken at some degree of speed. The limit on Tramway is 50ish mph, and same on Paseo. I used to love a very gentle drift in the M and couldn’t imagine a more manageable rear axle. Again this is on cold tires, off-camber so please don’t imagine a Tokyo drift scene! It is low speed, and at the hours I’m able to do this there is no traffic.
Soooo. Two days before Christmas I was shuttling my wife and daughters all over town. I had the car in race, and was feeling my age. I got home and felt a bit tired. I was just a bit........frazzled maybe. I was disappointed and wondered when I got so $###$$ing old! So the next few trips I put the car in N and was again impressed with how docile it can be.
Back to my corner! Couple mornings ago I was on the road early, and came to this intersection in race mode with no traffic in sight. A gentle prodding of the throttle midcorner, and the rear tires gently let go and the entire car was SO settled. No rough transition back to grip, no tank slap...nada but pure joy. As the road was open, I ran up through 5th gear and it was glorious! Anyway, sorry to go on and on, but who else can I tell??!! I’m not frazzled anymore. :grin2:
Like most of us here I have my favorite on/off ramps, roundabouts, and corners. One in particular is an off-camber left turn at a stoplight. Tramway onto Paseo Del Norte for the ABQ crowd. 1 outta 10 times the stars line up and there is no traffic, the light or arrow is green, and it can be taken at some degree of speed. The limit on Tramway is 50ish mph, and same on Paseo. I used to love a very gentle drift in the M and couldn’t imagine a more manageable rear axle. Again this is on cold tires, off-camber so please don’t imagine a Tokyo drift scene! It is low speed, and at the hours I’m able to do this there is no traffic.
Soooo. Two days before Christmas I was shuttling my wife and daughters all over town. I had the car in race, and was feeling my age. I got home and felt a bit tired. I was just a bit........frazzled maybe. I was disappointed and wondered when I got so $###$$ing old! So the next few trips I put the car in N and was again impressed with how docile it can be.
Back to my corner! Couple mornings ago I was on the road early, and came to this intersection in race mode with no traffic in sight. A gentle prodding of the throttle midcorner, and the rear tires gently let go and the entire car was SO settled. No rough transition back to grip, no tank slap...nada but pure joy. As the road was open, I ran up through 5th gear and it was glorious! Anyway, sorry to go on and on, but who else can I tell??!! I’m not frazzled anymore. :grin2: