Diptastic

OK, here by popular demand, an overall pic of the car with the PlastiDipped wheels. And to fulfill my Racer Boy image, I actually raced at today’s SCCA Solo II AutoCross. It was a learning and entertaining experience. My first run I forgot to turn off the VSC stability control. I realized as I was pulling away from start and could only manage to turn off the traction control. What a horribly frustrating excercise! Throw it into a corner and put the pedal down and the electromom kicks in and the gas goes limp. By contrast on my second run where I did turn all the techno dodads off, I was all over the place! Oh my, these Bridgestone Turanza tires featuring COCS (they need to get together with Easton with their CNT) are quite the squirrelmeisters! I dare say these might be worse than the Michellin “Prius” tires that all the reviewers got on their FR-S’. At least those were summer tires, these are all seasons. When I calmed down and tried to drive more whithin the bounds of the tires, things got better, and actually pretty fun!