ameliorated anxiety autocross
I know, more car stuff. Mostly this is all I wanted to say:
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On the left is what an autocross course looks like in theory. On the right is what it looks like in practice: a lot of cones.
I had a decent time this trip. I remembered to drive with traction control off, which will theoretically make me faster some day, but for now it makes it feel like the course is made of ice. I don't know what the deal was, but I felt like I didn't have nearly as much grip as last time. Other people said the same thing; maybe it was just that this course was so narrow, so there was no room to slide. Or it might be that I get more skittish each time I spin the car out, and eventually I'll be afraid to drive to the gas station.
Three runs in, I found a way to enjoy myself a lot more, which is that I threw away all my time slips without reading them, and I turned up the music until I couldn't hear the announcer announcing them. This new game suits me better.
If you are still having trouble imagining what autocross is exactly, maybe you can watch this little video I made of Adam's fastest run:
autox-laz-20070915.avi - 15M, mpeg4/mp3, AVI
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