First time on track with my Cayman VIDEO
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Very cool......rock on!
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I was in "safe mode"... new car.. I didn't want to put it into the gravel
I could have gone faster, anyway, one word: Traction
It has always traction, in any situation.
I tried to find it's limits, but I didn't.
I'm used to track my Caterham, that is like a crazy bull triyng to kill me at every corner oversteering like no tomorrow
This one is so precise, I needed some laps to understand that, once you hit the point of curve rope, you've got to flat out and she'll do the job.
Mid engine is a new world to me.
I think she needs harder braking to put her more into the curve and come out slipping on the four wheels.
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Great video! Love it! Hope to create a video of my own like it this year.
The camera mount angle and sound is very good. What did you use? How did you mount (and to what?) Any advice?
The camera mount angle and sound is very good. What did you use? How did you mount (and to what?) Any advice?
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I use a SONY 4K Action-Cam.
It's fixed with the roll-bar mount on the bar behind the seats.
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Excellent footage! Thanks for that...
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it took me a couple sessions to find the limit of traction, then a couple more to get used to it. once you do it is heaven! i have come to expect the little slip in the rear to tell me when i am at the limit and i can easily swing out the rear when i want to now.
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If it weren't for the dang license plate shape and the colored Porsche wheel centers, I could pretend that was me out there! Screw it! I'm pretending!!
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Great video. I liked watching your hands working the steering wheel.
I have to ask a question about hand technique. Back in the old days I worked corners at SCCA races, but never drove because it was beyond my upstart financial means. Back then the instructors used to tell novice drivers not to hold the wheel with your thumbs on the inside of the wheel. The reason was that if something in the suspension broke or you lost a tire or hit a rock thrown up by another car, the wheel could whip around and the spokes could break your thumbs. Of course this was back when what we call vintage cars were still new.
So I figured the two bulges on the inside of my wheel were there as a gripping surface. But I haven't been around racing for a long time and don't know if this rule is still being taught. Yes? No? Just curious.
I have to ask a question about hand technique. Back in the old days I worked corners at SCCA races, but never drove because it was beyond my upstart financial means. Back then the instructors used to tell novice drivers not to hold the wheel with your thumbs on the inside of the wheel. The reason was that if something in the suspension broke or you lost a tire or hit a rock thrown up by another car, the wheel could whip around and the spokes could break your thumbs. Of course this was back when what we call vintage cars were still new.
So I figured the two bulges on the inside of my wheel were there as a gripping surface. But I haven't been around racing for a long time and don't know if this rule is still being taught. Yes? No? Just curious.
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