Miata Mailing List: December 1999, Message #282

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At 12/03/99 12:00 PM, Miata Racer wrote:
>I'd say we are ALL guilty of driving 10/10 on public roads when we should
>not.  I agree that's what the auto-x track is for. But....
>On really great slabs of twisty mountian asphalt, I don't see anything wrong
>with pusing your skills/car's limits to 7/10 or 8/10 of their respective
>limits.  When people say they want to "push" their car I think this is what
>they mean, not 10/10.
>I also think it's important to make the destinction between your limits and
>the cars limits.  NEVER exceed YOUR limits on any public street, 90% of
>people will reach their limits befor the car reaches it's.

Okay, there are degrees of "testing the limits".  Of course, your limits 
are tested everyday in normal driving just trying to avoid some of those 
eating/drinking/dialing/talking/dressing/shaving/etc. SUV types who only 
know where the key goes and how to operate the gas pedal.  To a varying 
degree, I agree with what you say, in that you can "push" a little harder 
than you would normally under some typical circumstances.  Heck, I find 
myself "testing the limits" under those constraints for about two weeks 
after putting on the snow shoes.  Keep forgetting they don't work like the 
tires of summertime. :)

Paul and the Splendidly Striped Screamer
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