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VaccaRabite
post Dec 9 2009, 01:28 PM
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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.

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VaccaRabite
post Dec 9 2009, 03:39 PM
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Just thinking out loud...
Has anyone ever called local law enforcement, explained that they just finished building a car and wanted to find a safe (and legal) place to test it, and seen what they had to say?

The local big parking lot near me always has Po-po presence (its a high school) and I don't want the local kids knowing my car as street race bait...

There is a lot I know of out in Baltimore that I used to play roller tag on (back in my skater days) but its probably too small for a car test site...

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post Dec 9 2009, 03:46 PM
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QUOTE(Vacca Rabite @ Dec 9 2009, 01:39 PM) *

Has anyone ever called local law enforcement, explained that they just finished building a car and wanted to find a safe (and legal) place to test it, and seen what they had to say?

They might just know of a place. I know the local PD here uses part of the same old air-strips that are used for AX to train their drivers.

Or, find a rich friend with a round driveway in front of his house ...
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post Dec 9 2009, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Dec 9 2009, 04:46 PM) *

Or, find a rich friend with a round driveway in front of his house ...
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Hmmm. If I remember the property configuration correctly, Zach could pave an asphalt circle around his house...
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Vacca Rabite   Safe road testing   Dec 9 2009, 01:28 PM
SirAndy   A large parking lot works just fine. You can even ...   Dec 9 2009, 02:01 PM
rmital   A large parking lot works just fine. Big Corpora...   Dec 9 2009, 02:26 PM
r_towle   I will jump up on my soap box. ........blah blah ...   Dec 9 2009, 02:03 PM
SirAndy   Go to the Autox. I dis-agree ... I don't thi...   Dec 9 2009, 02:18 PM
r_towle   Go to the Autox. I dis-agree ... I don't th...   Dec 9 2009, 04:22 PM
blitZ   I agree an AX is a great and safe place to learn y...   Dec 9 2009, 02:09 PM
tat2dphreak   I dive mine down country roads a lot... I just tes...   Dec 9 2009, 02:10 PM
type11969   They held one of these out on Long Island a year o...   Dec 9 2009, 02:30 PM
flipb   One one of my first drives in my 914 (I'd prob...   Dec 9 2009, 02:31 PM
Dr Evil   Driving in the parking lots can land you with a tr...   Dec 9 2009, 02:34 PM
type11969   Follow in a support vehicle at a safe distance . ....   Dec 9 2009, 02:37 PM
Dr Evil   Ya, I thought about that, but it is his car ;) :to...   Dec 9 2009, 02:38 PM
McMark   While an AX is a bit hectic, driving fast or at th...   Dec 9 2009, 02:40 PM
ConeDodger   While an AX is a bit hectic, driving fast or at t...   Dec 9 2009, 02:51 PM
SirAndy   ... AX ...it's the only place I'd try to ...   Dec 9 2009, 02:53 PM
Dr Evil   Chris, riding with me is like riding a motorcycle,...   Dec 9 2009, 02:41 PM
type47   Potomac Region of PCA offers a High Performance Dr...   Dec 9 2009, 02:47 PM
type11969   Remember those bruises across your chest/shoulder?...   Dec 9 2009, 02:47 PM
Dr Evil   Remember those bruises across your chest/shoulder...   Dec 9 2009, 03:12 PM
6freak   local PCA skills day,,,, even better then AX see ...   Dec 9 2009, 03:01 PM
Dr Evil   local PCA skills day,,,, even better then AX see...   Dec 9 2009, 03:11 PM
6freak   local PCA skills day,,,, even better then AX se...   Dec 9 2009, 04:03 PM
Bruce Hinds   I like the large corporate parking areas. You don...   Dec 9 2009, 03:07 PM
flipb   All you PA guys... does Hersheypark chain up their...   Dec 9 2009, 03:12 PM
Dr Evil   I dont know, but it is right across from the polic...   Dec 9 2009, 03:15 PM
Vacca Rabite   Just thinking out loud... Has anyone ever called l...   Dec 9 2009, 03:39 PM
SirAndy   Has anyone ever called local law enforcement, exp...   Dec 9 2009, 03:46 PM
zymurgist   Or, find a rich friend with a round driveway in f...   Dec 9 2009, 05:52 PM
SirAndy   Or, find a rich friend with a round driveway in ...   Dec 9 2009, 05:56 PM
Vacca Rabite   I'll also look into the HPDC in the spring. T...   Dec 9 2009, 03:41 PM
Spoke   It would seem that a large parking lot is the tick...   Dec 9 2009, 04:18 PM
jsayre914   Hey Zach, we could be the parking lot bandits. Ne...   Dec 9 2009, 05:45 PM
Vacca Rabite   I called the local PD. The receptionist was very ...   Dec 9 2009, 10:28 PM
6freak   I'd be nervous as hell having never even done ...   Dec 10 2009, 09:09 AM
tat2dphreak   the local PCA might have an Auto-X class, too... t...   Dec 10 2009, 09:00 AM
6freak   SO DID YOU FIND A PLACE ????   Dec 14 2009, 09:20 PM
Vacca Rabite   SO DID YOU FIND A PLACE ???? Not as such. Poli...   Dec 15 2009, 08:07 AM
6freak   SO DID YOU FIND A PLACE ???? Not as such. Pol...   Dec 15 2009, 08:29 AM
ClayPerrine   The local PCA AX here in DFW has a driving school ...   Dec 15 2009, 07:47 AM
r_towle   Not sure the best advice. Our state troopers pract...   Dec 15 2009, 06:32 PM


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