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  1. Yalferd

    FNG from Virginia

    And then drive the car, figure out where it's lacking, where you're lacking, and go from there
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    Did you do or are doing V academy

    I'm always self conscious about my Pilotis when i'm around car people. I like them because they actually fit my feet well. Oddly enough they are the most comfortable shoes I've found for my weird feet.
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    Did you do or are doing V academy

    I learned about it on Cadillac's web page, then the dealer mentioned it, but didn't give any real help, so I called SM and started talking to them and got someone to help with the scheduling for me to attend. I always watch for things like this when going for a "high end" product like this
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    What do you do for a living?

    Principal threat analyst for a large cyber security company.
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    Did you do or are doing V academy

    I drove 8 hours each way from central california. I've done car control before, HPDEs, experienced in car coaching from people that know what they're doing. Was still fun, but I tend to read manuals, test the car myself, so the best bit that I experienced was running in the wet and getting to...
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    Cargo organizer

    @DCV the trunk floor mat is good if they begin to ooze
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    Did you do or are doing V academy

    always been a car and motorcycle guy but my son was the one that got me into auto-x and track days. I found Spring Mountain to be be a reasonable value for the time and money I put into it but wouldn't call it a must do. I've had some really good expperiences at HPDE events with the coach in...
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    The Blackwing Spotting Thread

    Spotted new a White CT4-V Blackwing in traffic on 101 in San Jose today. Exchanged waves (hopefully he saw mine).
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    Best mode for moderate to heavy rain?

    Forget PTM, drop down to Drive Mode for Snow/Ice. We had torrential rain during my Spring Mountain experience and it worked great to keep the car going straight
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    First time V-car owner

    Meatball is a reference to one of the parts of the optical landing system that they use on ships, kinda like the red and green threshold lights on a real runway
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    The German Tank Problem

    i thought it was about 1500 of each 4 and 5 per year. Not sure why this would be important to me
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    Spring Mountain Impressions

    guy was out there when I was doing day 2 in the rain, he was all hunkered down in his foul weather gear and shooting shot after shot and laughing at the faces we made at him when going by
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    CT4-V Disappointed after lengthy Test drive

    I like my car, but agree on the engine. It's not necessarily underwhelming, but I expected more. I came from a slower car, but i'm never blown away. I'm waiting for my next track day to do some experimentation with different modes. Oh, and i've got an automatic, so that's part of the issue...
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    Spring Mountain Impressions

    I was there in April of this year, rained like a son of a gun on day 2
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    PDR Add-On

    Nice run!
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    Spring Mountain Impressions

    There are a lot of YouTube videos of people at Spring Mountain, you can check some of those too. When you're in the car and following an instructor, they're talking to you and giving you guidance. Listen and follow and watch tail lights, etc. You'll be great.
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    Settings for track days

    thanks. I'll double check next drive. really annoying coming up to someone in the braking zone and the car freaks out
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    Settings for track days

    Something I hadn't thought about last time I was at the track. What settings do you disable for HPDE days on track with ptr set to either sport or track 1, Is there a config that will disable the lane keeping and collision avoidance, or do you disable those yourselves before the track day?
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    Check engine light at 900 miles

    Might be just an issue of having a lot of work and insufficient staff. I don't know about Southern California, but up in Central California there is a definite shortage of auto techs. Combine that with difficulty in moving from brand to brand due to having to learn all of the ins and outs of...
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