[rmackintosh]

After seeing pics of Lou's first pro car, I thought I would post a pic of my first car....the car was IMACCULATE...and won several "cleanest car" awards...this shot is in the last year, after being beat on by every damn Miata on the track....I was "going NASCAR" and using stickers to hide body damage from week to week while I chased the championship.... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

(IMG:http://www.vilipend.com/~frrax/albums/album31/Car35itc.sized.jpg)

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[rmackintosh]

...the first few times I drove the Camaro in competition, I was in HELL trying to hit ANY gear with any consistancy....

This is what I am afraid of! So far almost everyone with a 4th gen has mis-shifted from 3rd to 2nd instead of 3rd to 4th (if I remember what that common mistake is) and blown up their rear ends! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

...yeah...I don't like the way it feels to much...I have to mentally tell myself to do it "incorrectly" to do it right..

For example...coming up the hill into turn 2 a Sears Point when downshifting from 4th to 3rd....it feels like, and I have to THINK like, I am shifting back into FIRST gear to prevent going into 5th....so far, it has worked....but I DREAD the day when I actually stuff it into first all the way from 4th.... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)

Shifting from 4th to 5th and back to 4th again going into turn 1 a Thunderhill is another one that feels "IFFY" at best....and I know a couple of Corvette guys who have gone 5th to 2nd in that turn and lunched a motor or two there.... (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/nutkick.gif)