have you ever been a passenger in your own car?
11-21-2002, 05:34 PM
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I have been the passenger only twice, once when my 26yr old brother was driving (MAJOR FUN b/c he is an ex-rx7 owner) and the second being when I let my sister drive 
She cut it off at one of the biggest intersection in Charlotte and started laughing while I TRIED to reach the start button... She flooded it too lol.....ahhhh... the memories!
She cut it off at one of the biggest intersection in Charlotte and started laughing while I TRIED to reach the start button... She flooded it too lol.....ahhhh... the memories!
11-21-2002, 06:47 PM
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Originally posted by dhess
Yep one night when I was severly pissed I let my friend drive.
We hit an indicated 258kph with the roof down.
Yep one night when I was severly pissed I let my friend drive.
We hit an indicated 258kph with the roof down.
11-21-2002, 07:04 PM
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You must have ben going downhill
Mind you at those speeds speedo error is very significant.
Surprisingly the road was fairly level but we must have had a tail wind.
11-21-2002, 07:29 PM
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145 MPH (~232 KPH) is more or less the accepted top speed for the car with the roof down. Drag limited. Trust me 
Roof up though is good for another ~15-20 MPH.
Speedometer error, at least in my car, is about 4 MPH too high at 135 MPH according to my GPS.
Roof up though is good for another ~15-20 MPH.Speedometer error, at least in my car, is about 4 MPH too high at 135 MPH according to my GPS.
11-22-2002, 09:46 AM
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Like some others, I let a pro racing instructor and driver (Alex Krugman) at Homestead Raceway take me out to show me the line, wasn't too bad. Then I drove and got comfortable with driving the right line in the right gears, then he drove again.
After one easy lap, he asked, with a grin, "How are you as a passenger?" I just laughed and told him it's leased, go for it.
Holy crap... He drove the heck outa my car, and was probably easier on it than I was. I've had other instructors drive my car, but nothing like him. He would lay into corners so hard, we would clip the 4 inch curbs off the rumble strips full on and I would barely feel it. What a ride.
After one easy lap, he asked, with a grin, "How are you as a passenger?" I just laughed and told him it's leased, go for it.
Holy crap... He drove the heck outa my car, and was probably easier on it than I was. I've had other instructors drive my car, but nothing like him. He would lay into corners so hard, we would clip the 4 inch curbs off the rumble strips full on and I would barely feel it. What a ride.
11-22-2002, 10:09 AM
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it is AMAZING how much faster the car feels as a passenger, and how much more extreme the cornering forces are.
i've been a passenger in my S a few times, and i always have to prod the driver into driving it "properly" for high speed (i.e. everyone shifts too early), but once they get into it... yikes. lots of fun. being a passenger on the twisties is downright frightening at times.
i've been a passenger in my S a few times, and i always have to prod the driver into driving it "properly" for high speed (i.e. everyone shifts too early), but once they get into it... yikes. lots of fun. being a passenger on the twisties is downright frightening at times.
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