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Originally Posted by LeeH
You can safely explore the limits of your car by autocrossing, but I feel that I learned way more about car control by attending schools like Road Atlanta, and Bondurant. The skills learned at the schools can be used on the road or the track. You could autocross on your own for years and have lots of fun, but still could be doing it all wrong. Driving schools put your through drills that force you to get out of your comfort zone and really learn the limits of the car by exceeding them in a controlled environment.
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This is true....to a point. DE guys and a few racers show up & get their doors blown off at AX.......then disparage AX as armature hour and seldom show up again. Every AX pass is a "qualifying lap" (cept maybe the first one). Each course is different and must be learned in a hurry.......SCCA gives you 3 passes that count.
These are done at less that freeway speed for the most part.....no better training for what you face on the street. (unless you have a Carrera GT and abiding faith in your driving prowess)
I was never that good at driving. My young hired gun (co driver) was 2 sec per lap quicker than I.......that 914 made me look good.
Only one fella that drove the car (via careful selection) was slower than I ,head to head,....by a couple tenths.......a regular poster here, BTW. I'll leave Paul's name out of this.
The Miata is a hell of an AX car, have fun,