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Bah!
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Riverside, SoCal
Posts: 442
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I never quit
![]() I found a very clean red S5 GXL in AZ for a steal. It's a complete car with black interior and the works, it was recently overheated. I'd like to get an s4, but my goal now is to build a comfortable dual-purpose car that has a/c at least for the scorching summers here. I am a bit bummed about losing the car, but I really look at this as just an obstacle to become a better driver. I was testing my limits on each lap, and unfortunately on the last one I found it. The crash revealed ALOT of bondo on the car (>1/4" thick in some places), which leads me to believe I was driving a slightly tweaked frame the whole time. Who knows how much faster I'll be with a clean car? Lastly, the brakes were in no way the cause of the crash, since it happened during a zero throttle/zero brake situation. They were instead spectacular. I was probably at the top of 4th gear at the end of the roval braking into a 20-25 mph corner. I was out-braking most of the cars out there, with no noticeable fade throughout the day. I used to stand on my brakes to slow down, now it's much more refined and linear. Before the crash happened, the car finally drove the way I wanted it to. This was also the first time all 3 test mules with the big brakes drove on the same track. Except for the crash, we all did fine ![]() I cannot release any info yet regarding the brakes until my friend decides to release it. He's still concerned about liability. If you want to talk to him, his user is frijolee on the other forum. Here are some slo-mo videos from the last Auto-x: http://blip.tv/play/AYG97AoC http://blip.tv/play/AYG9wEIC http://blip.tv/play/AYG9v2IC
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Johnson TA FC in the works! Last edited by MaczPayne; 01-28-2010 at 04:33 PM. |
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