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      04-03-2014, 10:26 AM   #10
funkle
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Drives: '06 Z4 M Coupe
Join Date: Jun 2013
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Great vids, and some really inspiring driving. After about 10 auto crosses in a mini cooper (non-s), I had finally started to turn in some decent times this year (around mid-pack with PAX, and 3rd in the more than 20 car novice group). Then I did an autocross in my new '06 Z4MC, and it was like starting from scratch. I had only had the car for 3 days so obviously far from familiar with it. Such a different animal than the Mini. On my final run, I started to manage the tail-happy power induced oversteer (mini would just plow with too much power). My times dropped as I got tighter to the cones, but I still find it very hard to gauge where the corners of the car are, sitting low and looking over that gigantic hood (tell me it get's easier). The tires (PSS) feel really low on grip compared to the RE11s on my Mini. I'm hoping a tire switch will be as big of an improvement as on the Mini, which resulted in about 1.5 second improvement over the V-12s that were on it previously.
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