Autocross Season Again!

"LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com" (limitedtimeonly) 02/28/2019 at 09:49 • Filed to: Autocross, Charlotte, Gti, GTIMk7, VW GTI

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No more wistfully looking at C5 Z06s, it’s time this Saturday to drive the GTI to it s limit! However . . .

I just looked at the advance registration, and all of the drivers that gave me a good challenge (and almost always beat me) have moved to different cars and classes for this first race. I won my class (G-Street) for the year overall last year by being fast enough and showing up more often, but I had hoped to continue to improve this year and really feel that I earned it, while also approaching it as a fun exercise since these folks generally were faster than me.

That said, the other two currently signed up may still show how slow I can be. One is driving a 2006 GTI, and one is driving a 2017 Honda Civic Si, which I haven’t been up against yet, and should be a competitive car if the driver has some skill.

We’ll see! I’m putting miles on my wife’s car this week, so I put the race wheels on the GTI on Tuesday night (usually wait until Friday) and I’m going to leave work at lunchtime to help set up the course tomorrow, so I am much excite.

Also, I put on a new, bigger rear sway bar over the winter, and hopefully I’ll get the rotation that I’m looking for on course now. And maybe my tripod/lift-of-inside-rear-wheel will be more dramatic.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 02/28/2019 at 09:58

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For some reason, every time I see the word “autocross” I hear Leeloo from The Fifth Element saying “Au-to-cross?”

There may be something wrong with me.

LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/28/2019 at 10:01

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Well, “ wrong” wouldn’t be the word I would use . . . you know that you are quirky . . .

“Mul-ti-pass?”

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com 02/28/2019 at 10:03

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Now I want to know what a Mondoshiwan car looks like. Or possibly a Mangalore car.