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Yep - appreciate the honesty in the 'cringe' comment. I'm in my late 50s and have a personal lifelong ethic against any vehicle racing on a public roadway, and a long automotive development career with GM, and Lexus. I routinely drove prototypes home, and carried papers in my wallet allowing me to operate vehicles that did not conform to DOT/NHTSA and other rules. Many of them were hyperfast. So it came with the territory - respect for the road.
I like the fast flowing comment - captures part of the feel of it. I think you're right about track driving and its impact on street driving. Something about human nature there. You wring out a machine on a track a few times and it makes you keenly aware of the danger and folly of doing the same on the road where there are oil patches, manhole covers, children and too many other variables to count. Makes the track feel safe, and the road feel dangerous. Which is how it should be, eh?
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84 944, 87 Vanagon, 88 Mitsubishi Van Wagon, 88 Supra Targa, 1990 Audi 90 20V Quattro sedan, 1992 Lexus LS400, 1993 LandCruiser, 1997 LandCruiser, 2017 Subaru Outback.
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