Safe road testing Options

[VaccaRabite]

How do you folks figure out what your cars can do in a safe surrounding?

Now that my car is driving, I'd like to find out how it corners, where it can be pushed, and where it can not. I guess a big parking lot would work, I know I don't want to do this on the open street. And I'd prefer not to learn my car on an auto-X course.

I'm interested in doing things like Drivers Ed and Auto-X, but I want to get an idea of my limits w/o trees, poles, other cars or babies in prams getting in my way - and preferably in an environment where Johnny Law won't ticket me for it either.

in a factory built and balanced car, I figure they have done the basic handling testing. In my car, none of that has been done yet, and I am driving it like a pussy cause I don't know when the back end will come loose or the front end is going to push, or what will happen when the wheels lock under emergency stop conditions, etc.

Zach

[Dr Evil]

Driving in the parking lots can land you with a trespassing citation (ask me how). Drivers Ed is the only way. It is not a hectic as AX and is there for you to learn. Many have wet areas for skid control testing. I liked the skid pad at the 05 WCC. In Jim's car I never broke it loose and had to back off because I kept getting too close to the guy in front of me. I do the little by little thing, but you have dear to contend with at the least. You could always let me drive it and find the envelope (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)