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Pyroettes, Grace and Ellegance - The RX8 should be a prima ballerina

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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 12:03 PM
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Talking Pyroettes, Grace and Ellegance - The RX8 should be a prima ballerina

Yesterday we had our drivers security training (Do you say so? in german it is "Fahrsicherheitstraining")... That was a lot of fun.

Watch the video: http://www.rx8fans.com/video/RX-8-Si...raining-8.html
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 05:29 PM
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looks like hella fun ...
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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Only person that did a complete 360 and kept going was the Audi TT...Step it up RX8's!! Need to take some lessons from Clarkson!
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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 05:46 PM
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^^^ cool fun
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by topgear8
Only person that did a complete 360 and kept going was the Audi TT...Step it up RX8's!! Need to take some lessons from Clarkson!
Ehm... the lesson was not to turn or to spin but to catch the car before it starts to turn So even the TT did not right

But it was a lot more fun to turn and spin around then simply driving straight ahead.
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 01:39 PM
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you can notice that rx8s stop in a much shorter distance than that audi tt. he went 3/4 down the little track.
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 03:27 PM
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Yea right. The TT needed about 80m downhill on slippery road to stop where i needed about 30m...
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Old Aug 26, 2008 | 03:28 PM
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Yea right. The TT needed about 80m downhill on slippery road to stop where i needed about 30m...
thats what he was saying
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 12:52 AM
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Since I was there I justed wanted to confirm it with some facts... Thanks for your comment :-P
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 07:38 AM
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Nobody answered if drivers security/safety ?? training is right? Is there something similar in the states?
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 05:31 PM
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sure there is.

i attended something similar by toyota. forgot what is called, toyota driving development? i also attended another event called Drivers Edge. both were free, just had to sign up.

and then there are dozens of paid schools. (i mean real schools, not the **** one has to go through to get their license.) like skip barber.
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 12:23 AM
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The training we attended took 8 hours and 165 Euro (about 240 USD) at Germany's largest automobile club.
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