Last Sunday of the Month Santa Monica Mtns run.
12-18-2011, 11:49 PM
#161
Thread Starter
Driving schools and track days are definitely well worth the money. Time on a skid pad is not only a great learning experience, but gobs of fun as well. But I'm preaching to the choir again. :-D
A very large, very empty, wet parking lot is a good place to practice too. Hard to find them with no light posts in the middle though.
12-19-2011, 08:32 AM
#163
Thread Starter
We do start later in the winter. We roll out at about 9:30am. In the summer we meet at 8 and roll at 8:30.
The road was still wet from the previous day's rain. We drove through the Snake later the same day (after lunch) heading the other way and we were all a bit more cautious because it was still damp-looking in the areas under the trees or around shaded corners that don't get sunlight.
It was just one of those things and starting later would not have changed the false sense of security we got from the sections that were fully dry when we came into the areas that were damp. Standing water is not so much an issue because we all see that in advance and adjust accordingly. It's the damp spots that sneak up on you because they are simply a slightly darker color and sometimes hidden by a shaddow .
The thing about starting later is traffic on the roads increases as you get later and that traffic includes Mom and Pop tourist. Earlier is actually safer for everyone.
And if we had been out later, we would have missed Jay Leno.
The road was still wet from the previous day's rain. We drove through the Snake later the same day (after lunch) heading the other way and we were all a bit more cautious because it was still damp-looking in the areas under the trees or around shaded corners that don't get sunlight.
It was just one of those things and starting later would not have changed the false sense of security we got from the sections that were fully dry when we came into the areas that were damp. Standing water is not so much an issue because we all see that in advance and adjust accordingly. It's the damp spots that sneak up on you because they are simply a slightly darker color and sometimes hidden by a shaddow .
The thing about starting later is traffic on the roads increases as you get later and that traffic includes Mom and Pop tourist. Earlier is actually safer for everyone.
And if we had been out later, we would have missed Jay Leno.
12-19-2011, 09:45 AM
#164
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 471
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
12-19-2011, 05:13 PM
#165
Originally Posted by stupkid' timestamp='1324281123' post='21247286
I don't think I'll make it to anymore gloomy weather runs 
Looks like it's time to start saving up for driving schools
Looks like it's time to start saving up for driving schools
Driving schools and track days are definitely well worth the money. Time on a skid pad is not only a great learning experience, but gobs of fun as well. But I'm preaching to the choir again. :-D
A very large, very empty, wet parking lot is a good place to practice too. Hard to find them with no light posts in the middle though.
Originally Posted by stupkid' timestamp='1324273814' post='21247157
12-22-2011, 08:39 PM
#166
Thread Starter
My first attempt at video editing. Footage from the November EOM drive up the Snake (Mulholland Highway from the Rock Store up to the overlook). Sound was rather muted and a little boring so I added some mood appropriate music.
http://youtu.be/QQyHAKgfV20
http://youtu.be/QQyHAKgfV20
01-17-2012, 10:04 PM
#168
01-18-2012, 11:49 AM
#170