Houston Chat Thread

[VDC_OFF]

Yup, thats when I did Just saw your intro thread.

[phohman]

Hey guy's Good thread for meet-ups, However I will be at DriversEdge in College station this weekend (Texas Speedway) for an event. I have wanted to get a car cruise going one weekend. has any one driven the Montgomery Trace on FM149 by Conroe Lake. Any interest, maybe in March?

[wstar]

Hey phohman, I'm gonna be up there at TWS as well . Are you the silver Nismo driver I ran into at MSR in Jan, talked about some brakes stuff?

[phohman]

That was at Harris hill. When U going? I will be leaving Sat. morning. cant wait!

[wstar]

I've never been to Harris Hill. This TWS weekend will be my first anywhere but MSR-H actually (although I've been several times there now). There was a Silver Nismo parked near the track fence at MSR-H at the TDE event there in late Jan, which I thought might've been you.

Anyways, I'm heading out sometime Friday afternoon. See you at the track Sat .

[Gixxer-370Z]

Originally Posted by wstar

I've never been to Harris Hill. This TWS weekend will be my first anywhere but MSR-H actually (although I've been several times there now). There was a Silver Nismo parked near the track fence at MSR-H at the TDE event there in late Jan, which I thought might've been you.

Anyways, I'm heading out sometime Friday afternoon. See you at the track Sat .

What is the TDE event? I was at msrh a few weeks back.

[phohman]

Wstar I will look for you at around 7:00 Sat morn. I may sign up for the next MSRH in Apr. I want to experience that track too.

[wstar]

Originally Posted by Gixxer-370Z

What is the TDE event? I was at msrh a few weeks back.

TDE is The Driver's Edge. It's basically a NASA-style HPDE program, but they're a little bit less anal about some things*. It's pretty cheap ($300 for the weekend - 8 runs total over two days + classroom time), and you get an instructor in your passenger seat on every run in the first two rungroup levels, with headset comms. They mostly run at MSR-Houston, MSR-Cresson, and TWS. I'm really enjoying it so far.

* - That's not to say they don't take safety seriously, but they don't have a giant rulebook either. Classrooms and some handouts tell you what to do and not to do, flagging/passing rules, etc, and a basic tech inspection sheet signed off by any SAE mechanic gets your car on the track for the beginner level, assuming nobody sees an obvious reason to inspect any deeper while you're there. Total asshats and/or idiots are handled on a case-by-case basis via instructor feedback heh

[jennyt71]

Originally Posted by phohman

Hey guy's Good thread for meet-ups, However I will be at DriversEdge in College station this weekend (Texas Speedway) for an event. I have wanted to get a car cruise going one weekend. has any one driven the Montgomery Trace on FM149 by Conroe Lake. Any interest, maybe in March?

Several of us took 45N > 1375 > 149 > 3090 just a couple of weeks ago. Beautiful drive. Is this the area of 149 you were talking about?
Maybe everyone can get together again soon & do it again.

[O&G]

looks fun, I'm in the Woodlands so I'm up for it!

[Zeuz]

im down !

[Robert_K]

Originally Posted by O&G

looks fun, I'm in the Woodlands so I'm up for it!

I don't know... There is a Mustang there and we know what happens when you get around Mustangs.

[O&G]

Originally Posted by Robert_K

I don't know... There is a Mustang there and we know what happens when you get around Mustangs.

I don't know what your talking about

[phohman]

Originally Posted by jennyt71

Several of us took 45N > 1375 > 149 > 3090 just a couple of weeks ago. Beautiful drive. Is this the area of 149 you were talking about?
Maybe everyone can get together again soon & do it again.

That is the Area. Not Like the Twin Sisters, but still alot of fun. Cops are a little heavy sometimes!

[Ron]

Originally Posted by O&G

I don't know what your talking about

lol