Skill > Car. now tell me your driving technique.

 

*searches for witty reply...a snappy one-liner....come on, anything....gah! I got nothing*

 

"go really fast. if something gets in your way, turn!"

 

Pedal to the metal, ***** to the wall.

 

This is like saying "define your personal style and taste in 50 words or less". Can't be done with merit. There are lots of cliches that work like "Drive fast, take chances" and "Smooth is fast" but beyond that I think Nike covers is with "Just do it".

 

he who brakes the least and drives the straightest wins

 

thats a pretty impossible question to really answer, but if i had to answer i could best describe it in one word - balance. if you cant intuitively feel the balance of your car as well as control it, you will never be fast.

 

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So true. But whatever your *technique* is, it's one of those "necessary but not sufficient" scenarios. What works for one driver might not necessarily work for another. And even if you're trying to employ a particular technique, you might not be able to execute it the way you want to. Most folks here know what it's like to have a good or a great day driving, and then to have a not-so-good or crappy day behind the wheel.

I don't believe I could describe my *technique,* even with unlimited words, because to a great extent I'm not really *thinking* about my technique unless I'm trying to learn something new, like left-foot braking for example. And until something new becomes second nature, I find myself going slower than faster.

If you can call it a *technique,* my favorite one is seat time and practice. The more you can find "time on task," the better your *technique* will become (in theory anyway....). As the saying goes, "the more I practice, the luckier I become..."

Casey, who likes to "just do it" too....

 

for autox I try something like this:

- look ahead
- don't spin (meaning in my car, don't brake AND turn)
- go as wide as possible on the clamshell
- be looking at the next clamshell before I go into my current one
- slalom.....don't have a technique yet. So far I try to maintin constan throttle and don't hit things.
- sweepers....don't get ahead of myself and remember at somepoint I will have to brake, often while turning.
- offset slalom - secretly utter a prayer
- every course has a rythym, try and find it.
- identify where I am making mistakes, and visualize and rehearse the solution in my mind before I make the next run.

Cheers,
Roy

 

I like to remove my head from my *** when i post. Thats my TECHNIQUE.