d-townhakuzo

^yes jordan

trancemission

holy fuck! :putsonlist:

MarbleGT

If you did that, I'd come to your house and stare at it like Randy Quaid's surprised look when he met Wayne Newton in Vegas Vacation.

pmptx

I can totally see this^^

And E keep the stockies for the track

trancemission

Im on the waiting list for October....

Shoofin

New addition.. 2011 SL63 AMG with about 2500 pampered miles

Shoofin

Not so much into putting bigger wheels on the Elise, but I'm not gonna lie, that looks sick!

MarbleGT

As he started the engine to the car, he was nervous about his journey. Uncharted roads, foreign people...no buildings over 4 stories tall. He was once told of such a place, but never actually thought it existed. He was taught as a young boy that if you venture to far outside of the greater Dallas area, it gets very cold and white. You lose all sense of direction and there is no hope for return.

Today, Trancemission learned the earth was not flat, and that there is civilization 10 miles from North Dallas. Everything didn't turn white like he had previously assumed. In fact, more roads appeared in front of him and more land as well. Eventually, he found the "gearhead's" fountain of youth. A place where $100k+ cars are thrashed upon.

Trancemission called this place, "Track." On "track" he drove very fast, pausing only to urinate and profess his love for "track."

Legend has it, if you drive 30 miles west of Dallas, you can still hear the words "track" echoing off canyon walls.

Cliffs:
TRANCEMISSION FINALLY TOOK HIS LOTUS TO THE TRACK!

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

I love the intro

I would like to go to this place called "track".

speedemon90

haha nice story!

Congrats trancemission! Now we need to here your part of your first track experience with the lotus!

Rick_TL-S

I learned today the Lotus is also a rally car.

But, in seriousness, he did very well today. By the end of the day, Trance was easily cutting through the pack. Won't be long til' he's up in the Intermediate.

MarbleGT

I knew I would miss something spectacular.

Everything was probably turning white.

trancemission

I spun out my last sesion.....i shit myself

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

Short and to the point. I like that.

Any video?



Preferably not of you shitting yourself.

swoosh

iTrader: (5)

^^^

trancemission

no video of the spinout....but the car did have a lot of vegetation in it after it finally came to a stop.

I do have video of a couple of sessions....Ill post them up here soon

swoosh

iTrader: (5)

btw 02cls....great intro bro....friggin awesome....

trancemission

I had a great time guys. To be honest I was really freakin nervous.
But after the first two sessions I started to loosen up. They had a slalom course and some hard braking areas set up to kinda get me used to it.

By my third session I really started getting into it. My instructor was great.
My problem was really trying to find the lines in the turns. The biggest habit you have to break is leaving the city driving at the door. I kept wanting to stay in my "lane"
But it didnt take very long to break that habit. Once I built up confidence in the car and what it could do things seemed to come a bit more naturally.

My last session I was pushing it hard. I took a turn and when I came out of it I had a bit too much speed getting set up for the next turn......I couldve probably made it....but when I hit the grass I kinda panicked which was my first mistake. I should have let the car go into the grass and settle down but I thought I needed to get it back on the track, so when I jerked the wheel to get it back it ended up kick my rear out to the right and spun me across the track the other way, so I basically went into the grass on the other side of the track backwards. My diffuser pretty much plowed through it and shot up all kinds of dirt and grass that looked as though all came into the car.....I was covered......but my instructor looked at me and said "well, at least we got that out of the way"

He said I handled it pretty good. I just need to learn more....Im not afraid to admit that I dont know the cars capabilities. But I have a much better perspective of what it can do now.

I think it will only get better from here. Ill never time myself......I just want to go out there and have fun....

speedemon90

I hope nothing got damaged

I've always wanted to spin out, seems like an enjoyable experience

trancemission

I just held on for dear life while listening to my instructor yell "CLUTCH, BRAKE, CLUTCH BRAKE"

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

His under-britches

KaMLuNg

iTrader: (5)

lulz clutch brake!!!

Shoofin

That's because you don't know how to rev-match downshift...

MarbleGT

Its his first time to the track?!?!

Its not necessary to do that going light to light where he lives.

Give him a break!

trancemission

it was more with my not hitting the apex just right and adding just bit tooooo much powa!

Shoofin

Went on a "Spirited Cruise" with a bunch of fellow Lotus owners. The experience was definitely more positive than the other cruises I've been on with other cars. The Lotus owners are more civilized and know what it means to obey the law and stay together as a group.

The morning started off a little annoying, I had a 70 mile ride to take, and the main artery to get me there was closed because of the NYC Marathon. I ended up having to go through NYC and take the Holland Tunnel to get to where I needed to go, which was Frenchtown, NJ, the border of NJ and PA. Took a video in the tunnel to hear the sounds that this car makes, love it!

And E, listen to the rev-match downshifting..

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I didn't have the chance to take many pics, but here are a few I took:







Yes, there was a Delorean there too..

ttribe

Did it have ANY chance of keeping up?

Shoofin

He was the last car of the group, assigned to communicate with the leader and mid-pack driver to insure that we were always together as a group.

ttribe

Good idea.

I like these drives. I've done a couple of them with the local chapter of the BMWCCA. They're fun when everyone plays by the rules and just enjoys themselves.

swoosh

iTrader: (5)

the exhuast just sounds like pure SEXXXXX

I miss going thro that tunnel everyday

civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

Any more pics of the Elan? Thats something you dont see everyday.

trancemission

nice.....Im gettin it down.....few more track days and Ill be a force to be reckoned with

trancemission

Little video of my first track day.

My buddy from our local AutoClub edited it for me. Its from two different sessions. Ill be doing the 3.1 here in December.

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StreetKA

iTrader: (8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPphDSc6ZEE

Shoofin

Great vid, E!

Shoofin

Doing the Exotics Rally Turkey Run tomorrow:



Partial list of the cars participating:

2008 ACR Viper - vmarrone (+ 1 passenger)
2005 Aston Martin Vanquish - UNCLESCROOGE (+ 1 passenger)
Lamborghini Gallardo (white) - GlobalLambo (+ 1 passenger)
2008 Audi S4 - APettit (+ 1 passenger)
1985 Pontiac Trans Am Lingenfelter GTA - SergioAMG55 (+ 1 passenger)
2011 BMW M3 Convertible - AKE92
2011 Cadillac CTS -V - mango (+ 1 passenger)
2007 Volkswagen Passat 36 VR6 4Mo - MJV10 (+ 1 passenger)
2011 BMW M3 Convertible - AKE92 - passenger - extract
Acura NSX - RobD
2012 Audi S4 - ImportKiller (+ 1 passenger)
2011 Mustang GT - DannyT (+ 1 passenger)
2007 Maserati Quattroporte IV Sport GT - Maserati
1999 Carrera 996 C4 - 996_c4 (+ 1 passenger)
2008 RS4 Convertible - JBRS4CAB
I am the passenger - mfi
2004 Porsche 911 turbo cabriolet - jkurtzer
2008 Chevrolet Corvette z51 - VETTEHEAD (+ 1 passenger)
2012 Mercedes-Benz CL550 AMG - marksblue911 (+ 1 passenger)
Chevrolet Chevette (blue) - jamesrosa (+ 1 passenger)
2005 Jaguar S-Type R - BlownJag (+ 1 passenger)
2007 WRX Limited - LIChuck (+ 1 passenger)
2011 Mustang GTCS - Aeons (+ 1 passenger)
Lotus Elise - chaz516
2008 Infiniti G35x - pUnJaBi (+ 1 passenger)
2000 Audi S4 - badbiturbo
LEXUS ISF - LEXUZ125th (+ 1 passenger)
2012 Ford Mustang 50 - squidzx6 (+ 1 passenger)
2003 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra - Monx
2008 BMW 1 Series M - boostingwild (+ 1 passenger)
2008 Ferrari F430 Scuderia - M3NTAL (+ 3 passengers)
2012 Nissan GT-R - 63BLACK (+ 1 passenger)
2011 BMW M3 Convertible - poleposition
2008 M5 - Cs_Bimmer
1985 Lamborghini Jalpa - jalpaesq
2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution GSR - gobigny
2007 Mercedes-Benz CLK55 - Karan
2010 Aston Martin DBS - ANDREW (+ 1 passenger)
2000 Honda S2000 - Marshall (+ 1 passenger)
2009 Nissan GT-R - Marc (+ 1 passenger)
2005 BMW M3 - Dominick
1982 Porsche 911 - Dave (+ 1 passenger)
2006 Porsche 911 - Brian
2011 Mercedes-Benz - Donald (+ 1 passenger)
2001 Audi S4 - will
2008 Dodge Charger (LX-body) - Mike (+ 1 passenger)
2005 Lotus Elise - steve
2006 Chevrolet Corvette - james (+ 1 passenger)
2009 Shelby / AC New GT500 - Johan (+ 1 passenger)
2011 Porsche Cayman - Thomas
2000 Porsche Boxster - christopher (+ 1 passenger)
2009 Porsche 911 - Neal
2012 Nissan GT-R - Tom (+ 2 passengers)

Shoofin

Changed my oil the other day, noticed one shock was leaking, sooo

I decided to change the suspension. Stock is a non adjustable coilover system, these are single adjustable coilovers, allows adjustment for rebound and compression, and ride height. Also have a few other mods in store, mostly to fix the clunky shift feel...

And a quick vid...
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civicdrivr

iTrader: (9)

The little dance at 3:57 had me

MarbleGT

Radio 6" from your hand...still uses remote.

Shoofin

Trust me, if you see how annoying the radio is to adjust, you would do the same...To change a radio station, you have to push a button, then twist and toggle a joystick-like knob, pushing in the knob square in the center of the knob otherwise nothing happens. It's much easier to push the number "2" on the remote to get to the 2nd preset. It's a Kenwood Excelon system, the previous owner put it in the car, and I'm really itching to change it because it's such an annoying radio. The only thing going for it is I have bluetooth hands free and bluetooth audio. With the hands free though, once I'm moving, there's so much cabin noise, you can't really hear me. I use it mostly for the audio.