Alright so I only read like the first paragraph of the first post but the evo sounds like Alex "mikiblueeyes" and he does live in Portland. The west side I believe.

 

Very nicely written, it flows, easy to read, and entertaining that the same time... I liked it..

 

holy cow...this thread is 2 yrs old and people are still posting on it. i didnt read thru every comment. i thought prince charming rode in on a white horse not a black EVO. HAHAHa... did she ever find him??

 

I love this story...

 

No, I never did find him.

Your comment was very kind in spite of the ration of crap I got for this post being revived, even though I had nothing to do with it. Thank you!

The driving element of it is a bit shameful to me. That post was a few years ago and I've learned a lot since then. I suppose I shouldn't be ashamed since we all have to start somewhere, and most of us enter a stage of driving mentality thinking we know everything there is to know. It's a teenager frame of thinking that aplies to a stage in the learning process, and doesn't imply that anybody is of any age.

I know all of those corners now. I also know that sliding a car around them, even an underpowered car, is a waste of time. Breaking traction was something I thought would help me but now I know otherwise. The way to be fast is to make the car stick even if that involves slowing down to take a turn. If I had the opportunity to do it again I think I could have done it in a car with half the HP and not have lost anything.

I guess what I want to say is the technicallities of my worded experience were bad.
I'm curently feeeling a strong dsesire to steer away from llegal activities that previously gave me my fix.

I don't want to prove antything anymore. I just want tp be good.

 

Nice. I'm formally against street racing, (besides the occasional spanking-run on the freeway, or the once in a while stoplight-sprint to the speed limit)...
So in the back of my head I convinced myself it was a fantasy event so I coud condone myself enjoying the story. Good to see that you've matured, there's a lot of cocky young people that refuse to be responsible drivers. Did you just outgrow it, have a wreck, learn from a mentor, what caused the transition?

 

That is such a Sweet road.... i was just reading about a group of bikers that regularly travel "The Gap" (as they call it)....
the pictures were amazing...... i would love to drive that road

 

I bet this chick would talk your ear off

 

if your ever in the MD area give a shout...

 

I'm against street racing myself. Too many kids that don't know what they're doing or how to control their cars. No recovery skills whatsoever. They seem to rely on just luck if anything goes wrong. Recovering from a loss of control situation is not something they consider, even if it could mean people dieing. It seems to be all ego, and that's a big turn off for me.

I dont know how to answer your question about what caused the transition. I fell in love with twisties when I learned how to drive. Ever since then it's been my quest to get the same sensation but to do it safely. I've read some books, websites, magazines, etc. All I ever wanted to do was play in the twisties without the risk of hurting anybody, including myself.
This is why I tend to favor pre-dawn driving. Aside from the pleasentries of the sun coming up, at those hours there is no traffic and I can't hurt anybody but myself.

No, I've never wrecked a car. I've also never had the luxury of a mentor. I am self taught, and I know that leaves me very limited. I've never fished for someone to take me under their wing and teach me more. Mostly because I don't know how to ask who. And I'm shy.

I have my job and my family. If a team wants to train a driver I'm probably not worth the effort.

 

You must have a real good stash of weed cause you are way too deep thinking for me. ;-)

 

They've been driving like that for years in japan. Corner carving is fun, but really dangerous to do on public roads. Anything can happen at anytime.

 

Agreed, that's part of the thrill. The "not knowing" and the potential for something to go wrong is invigorating, and it's purely the reason many do it. However, a deer jumping in front of your car at 120mph could kill you, a passenger, or the cyclist in the other lane that you didn't see when you swerved to avoid the deer. There's too many variables. Occasionally I see some random car spun out and abandoned on the side of the road after it hit a tree. Or areas of barren wood on a tree trunk because metal was violently wrapped around it.

 

Danger is not what I get my fix from. I just plain don't like it.

I like the conquest. I feel victorious when I expand upon my own previous skill. I like to move up the scale on my own personal growth process. I'm not competing with anybody but myself, and nobody is ever watching what I do. I have nothing to prove.

Animals are always a threat which is why I never drive above an 8, unless I get some track time.

 

Is there Cliff Notes available for this post? Cliff Notes helped me in College.