Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras - View Single Post - Sept 12-13 Cheap Track days at Reno-Fernley Raceway. Drivers & Volunteers wanted!!!

sperry · 2009-09-15, 03:12 PM

The other thing to note... you're only going to wear out the car as much as you want to. You can still have tons of fun around the track w/o pushing the engine, tires, and brakes. Hitting all your markers around the track at a 70% pace is still satisfying. You don't have to be sliding around at 10/10ths with your hair on fire.

Hell, at the previous to last event, I drove the SVX for a session. Sure, the brakes sucked so bad I had to coast down all the straights to make sure I'd be able to stop when I got to the braking zone, but it was still fun and still useful to my student. In fact, I think it was more useful to bring the student out in the SVX than in the WRX because my SVX drove much more like his stock C4 Vette in terms of power and handling than the race car would have.

Point is, you can still come out and get your money's worth on your all-seasons and stock brake pads as long as you know going into the day that you're not going to be pushing hard.

2009-09-15, 03:12 PM	#19
sperry The Doink Real Name: Scott Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 20,335 Car: '09 OBXT, '02 WRX, '96 Miata Class: PDX/TT-6 The way out is through	The other thing to note... you're only going to wear out the car as much as you want to. You can still have tons of fun around the track w/o pushing the engine, tires, and brakes. Hitting all your markers around the track at a 70% pace is still satisfying. You don't have to be sliding around at 10/10ths with your hair on fire. Hell, at the previous to last event, I drove the SVX for a session. Sure, the brakes sucked so bad I had to coast down all the straights to make sure I'd be able to stop when I got to the braking zone, but it was still fun and still useful to my student. In fact, I think it was more useful to bring the student out in the SVX than in the WRX because my SVX drove much more like his stock C4 Vette in terms of power and handling than the race car would have. Point is, you can still come out and get your money's worth on your all-seasons and stock brake pads as long as you know going into the day that you're not going to be pushing hard. __________________ Is you is, or is you ain't, my con-stit-u-ints?