eccles
08-24-2003, 07:13 PM
Just got home from my first autocross in the RX-8. In summary: the car was great; I sucked.
I managed to put down a raw time that would have had me 4th in BS or 2nd in Street Tire (behind an SE-R on Azenis), but I coned on every run!
Lots of folks asked me what I thought of the car, especially since most everyone there knew about the HP fiasco, thanks to the guy who had the microphone during the first heat.
The best answer I could give them was that it's like a large Miata - I can toss it around just as I could my 10AE, and it does everything I ask it to do. Sure, it's carrying a little more weight, but it has more rubber to keep that in line. It's eminently chuckable.
Considering this was my first time out, with the standard RE-040's, and without having touched the alignment (or anything else except tire pressures), I was pretty damned happy with the car's performance. Now I just need to work on figuring out where the corners are so I can keep it away from those damned cones!
I managed to put down a raw time that would have had me 4th in BS or 2nd in Street Tire (behind an SE-R on Azenis), but I coned on every run!
Lots of folks asked me what I thought of the car, especially since most everyone there knew about the HP fiasco, thanks to the guy who had the microphone during the first heat.
The best answer I could give them was that it's like a large Miata - I can toss it around just as I could my 10AE, and it does everything I ask it to do. Sure, it's carrying a little more weight, but it has more rubber to keep that in line. It's eminently chuckable.
Considering this was my first time out, with the standard RE-040's, and without having touched the alignment (or anything else except tire pressures), I was pretty damned happy with the car's performance. Now I just need to work on figuring out where the corners are so I can keep it away from those damned cones!