BV> I was talking to the boss and he told me that they have one or
 BV> two days a month (during the week) when you can take your own
 BV> car to Eastern Creek, pay $100 and drive it flat out all day.
 BV> That's just what I need to find the limits with this thing.

 BV> As I mentioned earlier, I like to know what a cars limits are
 BV> and how it will feel just before a loose and how it will
 BV> respond. The one thing that worries me a little about this
 BV> thing it's that I have a fair idea that you're going to be
 BV> going bloody fast when it lets go. Having a few hundred feet of
 BV> run-off area could be handy.

  It had occurred to me... when all that rubber finally lets go,
you'll be wound up to 3g or something, and it'll happen really fast.
You need to get used to the power steering, too.

  The Skyline lets go fairly gently into final oversteer, but the
steering is proportional, and when you move the wheel a lot, you get
added power assistance... all this when the steering is already pretty
loose. You have to stay awake and catch it early, or you end up doing
those jerky corrections with oversteer that make you look like a
dickhead (or a hoon, which is worse). If you don't correct the slide
as it happens, it is almost impossible to get it all back smoothly.

  Taking your hands off the wheel still works, though - letting the
self-centreing make the correction and then just grabbing it at the
right point.

  My guess is that the Holden will be even more vicious, but it could 
be as sweet as a nut. You won't know till you try it.

Regards,
Bob
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