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Old 04-08-2005, 03:58 PM   #89 (permalink)
JonOrangeElise
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Too much intellectualization going on here. It's impossible for any of us to comment with any degree of real helpfulness because we have not seen or driven this turn in person (or at least have knowingly done so).

That said: I suggest you get the car first, and then do what any smart driver would do: incrementally increase your entry speed, bit-by-small-bit.

And don't drive 10/10ths on the street! (At least not on my street! )

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Originally Posted by mrluky
read it all. i wish school was this informative. give me more!.

there are two turns i frequent. one really freaks me out, but i think the one that i think i can handle(hit it 10/10) is the dangerous one. get it?

the one i think is possible to 10/10 is: 25mph righthand corkscrew , sort of a long C-shaped(35-45degree) turn. a landrover can go 50mph on it with a modderate sense of "oh ****" (i was a passenger) . and when you come out of the turn, down hill dip into a slight turn that creates an S-turn.

the one the worries me: coming into it from a mild downhill straight, id say the turn is no more than 20degree lefthand turn, and maybe 100meters in total(really..un-sharp). i dont know why, but i always feel like im gunna slide off, so before i hit it, i slow ~5-10mph below the limit then take the turn. maybe its just that fact that there is 2 yards of grass, then an old wood fence, then water, if you lose control.

anyway, how would you judge, or take these turns? *thinks of any large empty parking lots*
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