To me AX and road course have a close analogy in adolescence. You find out about your sexuality and play with yourself (AX), it is great and you think you really found something! Then you meet your first girlfriends and start playing with them ... (Track). :eek: Whoa, now we are talking! You aren't going back to AX, unless you have to. :)

That's my view. Even a free seat in a GT3 at AX, I'd rather pay to go to the big track in my own car.

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I dont know regular non-racing track driving seems a bit boring compared to AX to me. AX is one of the few venues where you can consistently go over the limit without much recourse. You spin off a track regularly and sooner or later you are going to bend metal.

The problem with AX is more quantity than quality for me

Things come at you much faster in ax. Lots of fast track guys can’t do ax and vice versa.
The camaraderie thing is great, I love car guys. I fell out once I had kids, so many folks in our local PCA that were active didn’t. It wasn’t just time it was attitude and priorities.
Hillclimbs were different, much more down to earth and motorheady. And what a mix, everything from ex campcars to vintage Tigers on slicks.


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I've done both. AX is not as appealing to me. I don't do track days anymore either since I moved up here, but I still get the appeal of track days.

AX? Not so much. I'd rather go karting.

GT3 is a pussycat
it'll be the most fun you can have with your pants on

I'd take it to a real race track. ;)

Asked earlier.. What year GT 3? and is it a PDK? Those two questions are big variables to me on if I would want to do it or not.

If I was offered a chance to drive a GT3, I think I'd pee a little, then assuming there was no visible wetspot, I'd probably jump in and go.

I would not drive a friends car further than around the block. Assuming you want to remain friends.

I can see not wanting to drive someone's car on the street, but autocross? Anything you might hit would buff out. I was late to an autocross deal at Sears Point, so I did not get to walk the course. Trekkor was the starter, so I had him hop in and drive my car to show me the course. I would totally autocross someone else's car.

Steve, you need some astronaut underpants.

Fred, hell to the yeah you ought to try it out.

Since I'm not expecting anyone to offer me a drive in anything that cool, I should be fine.

2007 No PDK. I get huge grins every time I drive it . It is a pussy cat, but is also blindlingly fast and capable . I could see how one could get in trouble with it .
He came into the finish way to hot last season, spun through the timers, and ended up into the guardrails .
Priced a GT3 fascia and fender lately ?

Too bad it's not a PDK for two reasons... Less to tear up if you miss a shift, and much harder to drive fast!