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> I'm BAAAAAACCCCKKKK.....or something like that, Can you re-teach an autocrosser old tricks?
GCrites80s
post Jul 2 2021, 02:47 AM
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Got the new tires on today! Went with Conti ECS since I will need to drive in the rain; no getting around it here. And oh boy was it hairy getting there to have them put on. Torrential rains overnight that lingered into the morning then the car wouldn't start due to an amp draw that I didn't know about (checked the easy stuff tonight, more to check). So I'm on these horribly worn NT05s that are 7 years old trying to just get to the shop where I had the new tires shipped. Left 1.5 hours late and had to use city streets instead of the freeway due to the old tires and still-falling rain. Giant puddles everywhere until I get downtown where the roads are good. Peeling out all the time and vague steering. Getting tailgated. Nobody wants to acknowledge that the weather is horrible until forced to. "It's just rain!" Yeah 4 inches in 6 hours. They back off if you get sideways in front of them, though! Then they would hit some huge pool of water that I dodged and lose all their momentum. Ah, now the new ones are on and I got more toe-out to boot!
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post Jul 2 2021, 02:51 AM
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QUOTE (trackbird @ Jul 1 2021, 09:22 PM) *
QUOTE (Eredin @ Jul 1 2021, 09:06 PM) *
QUOTE (trackbird @ Jun 29 2021, 09:11 PM) *
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Awesome to hear that you're back at it. Coming to UMI next month?



I've been registered the last two years and didn't make it for one reason or another (last year I found the battery hold down was broken a few days before I was scheduled to leave to come to the event and I couldn't get parts in time). This year, I have the time off, but I didn't register to come. Now I have a fresh helmet, some semi appropriate tires (though I think UMI does 200 treadwear limits) and all that....and I'm not set to come. I'm even on vacation that week....


Bummer! It's worth coming to hang out; it's a fantastic event and amazing people all around.


I agree. I LOVE team UMI and the people. I've had a chance to become friends with the UMI crew and I always say they are the best bunch of gearheads and genuinely awesome people that you'll ever meet.

I'd love to get to come to the event. I am all setup and ready to go...if I only registered this year. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)



If the UMI guys and Strano are at Columbus Goodguys again this year like they were last time we were there that will be cool. It was nice meeting them at the 2017 event.
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post Jul 3 2021, 11:44 PM
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QUOTE (GCrites80s @ Jul 1 2021, 10:47 PM) *
Got the new tires on today! Went with Conti ECS since I will need to drive in the rain; no getting around it here.



New tires are always good!!!
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