[Official] Texas spotted thread

[sexZness]

Originally Posted by gurneyeagle

Well to be honest, after seeing some of the stupid sh1t that was an excuse for driving this past weekend at Nismo Fiesta, I can't imagine for the life of me how anyone could possibly come to that conclusion.

No one that I know of who is on the Board, but there where some real dumb-arses on display, especially on the way back to the hotel Saturday. It's those kinds of stunts that reflect badly on all of us.

damm.. well i hope someone got that tish on gopro so I can see it, too...

[nepali]

PW Z...Oak Lawn Ave around 5PM.

[Compdoc777]

Did not see any 370z today, but almost destroyed a BMW who turned into my lane from the turning lane with no signal could have removed his right front end, but decided to let him go with a couple of inches to wake the **** up I was at 50 he's at 10 mph. I am at his bumper in the traffic lane and he pulls out like a 4500 lbs burnt orange headlights and fog lights running SUV is not there. I am not going to swerve or slam on the brakes if needed ill just go through them.

Makes me laugh the other day another nut in a PT cruiser decided to t-bone me because he thought he had the right of way on the circle turn at wescott. Crushed his car so bad he could not even open the door. Did not leave a scratch on my Exploder. Wiped off the paint tranfer with a little polish and it was good as new.

Crazy drivers out there why I drive the SUV in the rain. Thinking of adding a pusher bar and a roll cage.

[gurneyeagle]

Originally Posted by Compdoc777

Did not see any 370z today, but almost destroyed a BMW who turned into my lane from the turning lane with no signal could have removed his right front end, but decided to let him go with a couple of inches to wake the **** up I was at 50 he's at 10 mph. I am at his bumper in the traffic lane and he pulls out like a 4500 lbs burnt orange headlights and fog lights running SUV is not there. I am not going to swerve or slam on the brakes if needed ill just go through them.

Makes me laugh the other day another nut in a PT cruiser decided to t-bone me because he thought he had the right of way on the circle turn at wescott. Crushed his car so bad he could not even open the door. Did not leave a scratch on my Exploder. Wiped off the paint tranfer with a little polish and it was good as new.

Crazy drivers out there why I drive the SUV in the rain. Thinking of adding a pusher bar and a roll cage.

[gurneyeagle]

Originally Posted by sexZness

damm.. well i hope someone got that tish on gopro so I can see it, too...

Doubt it was captured on gopro as Lady Jenny forgot to turn hers on.

I'll give you one example though - I was going back to the hotel on TX 16 running about 70 mph in a light drizzle and was passed on the shoulder by a certain G35 (who by the way, I could name at least three stunts over the course of the weekend that would win him a nomination to the d-bag hall of fame) going at least 20mph faster than me; at least!

That's just moronic.

What would be a great event is to get a group to attend a driving school somewhere. I've taken both the beginner and advanced classes at Bondurant, and it was great. More than anything, you learn what not to do, and the extent of how really stupid some of the things others do as witnessed this weekend. It can be a real eye opener.

[jennyt71]

no GoPro video from the weekend.

[guru]

to add to what mike was saying, the roads were wet, we were falling out of line, meaning it was 2 lanes of cars all trying to pass each other, and there was traffic involved in the mix. it was crazy enough that i had to excuse myself from the group and pull up the rear.

[sexZness]

Well, Mike, you got me at "G35" sad to say but they have a bad rep for being kinda douchey so it doesn't surprise me...

Was this the one guy with the purple shirt?

[VDC_OFF]

Originally Posted by murphman

Saw him about half a mile east of 610 on the west side. he got hella lucky I tell you. Fromt he looks he either changed lane (them damn blind spot) and the black benz next to him clipped him and they spun or vise versa as PG is really hard to see in all that sprey from the tires kicking up.

Did not notice any damage though, nothing on the road but i couldnt see his rear driver side of the car.

Wow I didnt know there was an accident, thought he just spun out with no one around. I really hate the Z's side mirrors. I think they are the worst part about the car because they max out on how far out you can adjust them. I like to point mine directly to my blind spot but this car wont let me. I cant wait to save up for those craftsquare wideangle mirrors.

[wstar]

Originally Posted by gurneyeagle

What would be a great event is to get a group to attend a driving school somewhere. I've taken both the beginner and advanced classes at Bondurant, and it was great. More than anything, you learn what not to do, and the extent of how really stupid some of the things others do as witnessed this weekend. It can be a real eye opener.

https://www.thedriversedge.net/index.html - It's $295 for the whole weekend. They offer a 10% discount for a car club of 10+ signups. They'll put all the new guys in the green run group, you'll get 8x 30 minute track sessions (4 each day) with an instructor in your passenger seat under strict passing rules with other novice drivers on the track, interspersed with classroom time learning about high performance driving theory. It's a great deal.

If someone started organizing now, you could probably get things set up for a 370Z group at any of their events from July onwards (events tend to sell out a month or two in advance).

[gurneyeagle]

Originally Posted by sexZness

Well, Mike, you got me at "G35" sad to say but they have a bad rep for being kinda douchey so it doesn't surprise me...

Was this the one guy with the purple shirt?

I didn't see the driver Nina, and I wasn't really interested in finding out who it was.

Originally Posted by guru

to add to what mike was saying, the roads were wet, we were falling out of line, meaning it was 2 lanes of cars all trying to pass each other, and there was traffic involved in the mix. it was crazy enough that i had to excuse myself from the group and pull up the rear.

What's the old saying Chris? "Discretion is the better part of valor".

I don't mean to come off like the old man I'm slowly decaying into , but it's only going to take one really serious accident to shut the whole party down. Let's pray that never happens, and even more so that if it does, it doesn't involve innocent bystanders.

I was kind of surprised the local cops didn't have the route staked-out. The probably could have financed the State of Texas for six months from the ticket revenue.

There are plenty of tracks where we could all have fun safely, as well as learn how to do it properly.

Kudos to wstar for his suggestion about a track day. No matter our skill level, perceived or otherwise, we can all get better.

[gurneyeagle]

Originally Posted by wstar

https://www.thedriversedge.net/index.html - It's $295 for the whole weekend. They offer a 10% discount for a car club of 10+ signups. They'll put all the new guys in the green run group, you'll get 8x 30 minute track sessions (4 each day) with an instructor in your passenger seat under strict passing rules with other novice drivers on the track, interspersed with classroom time learning about high performance driving theory. It's a great deal.

If someone started organizing now, you could probably get things set up for a 370Z group at any of their events from July onwards (events tend to sell out a month or two in advance).

[Tickwomp]

I've got no time for organizing, but I would definetely like to get involved with something like this! I've been screwing around in karts for the last year and while that is really fun, it's not the same as the car.

Originally Posted by wstar

https://www.thedriversedge.net/index.html - It's $295 for the whole weekend. They offer a 10% discount for a car club of 10+ signups. They'll put all the new guys in the green run group, you'll get 8x 30 minute track sessions (4 each day) with an instructor in your passenger seat under strict passing rules with other novice drivers on the track, interspersed with classroom time learning about high performance driving theory. It's a great deal.

If someone started organizing now, you could probably get things set up for a 370Z group at any of their events from July onwards (events tend to sell out a month or two in advance).

[nabenson]

I've done a bunch of these events (also check out Apex Driving Academy) and they are well worth it.

[wstar]

Yeah I'm not much of an organizer either. Then again the whole organizing bit is just about the 10% discount. We could also just all decide to sign up at regular price on some future date and go. I tend to be at all of their events at the MSR Houston track anyways, it's sort of become my home track/event about every 2 months.

I'm going to start branching out a little more with Texas World Speedway this year as well (and a completely different program down at Grandsport Speedway - Grandsport Speedway - Houston, Texas - I haven't been down there yet).

MSR Houston is a really nice track to learn on though, because it's pretty much idiot-proof on spinouts with a generous runoff area of pavement and then grass around most of the track. Only one short straight has a wall next to it, and it's easy to just take the entry a little easy on that straight to be safe. The track surface is also a bit ripply in places, which really helps with learning to smooth your inputs and control the car, ironically.

I can't stress enough what a good experience the program has been for me overall. You think you know how to drive until you get out to a few of these events... you really don't. I still really don't. It's a constant learning process, and the results definitely apply back to everyday driving as well. Smooth inputs, proper braking and cornering, managing traction in wet conditions, training your brain and eyes to be vastly more situationally aware of what's going on way down the road in every direction, etc...