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#1012 of 1071 DC RevItUp by ashutoshsm Jul 31, 2003 (6:18 am)
Had a tonne of fonne!   Were any other pro owners from the board there? Saw a bunch of Mazdas in the lot. I parked next to two 6'es (one I knew the owner of, the other - I wish - huge but tasteful titanium wheels, custom 2-tone interior, excellent wax/detail job). Also saw lots of Miatas and RX'es parked together. The Pros/P5's were scattered around the parking lot. The other other board ('new car' club) has some pix & discussion threads. Apparently there are some really awesome drivers in the region.   As for how I did - well, the less said the better. I ignored the oft-repeated advice to drive smoothly (lotsa hard breaking, standing on the pedal, and lots of tire squeal), and for one of my runs - forgot it in Drive (instead of 2nd gear with the Manumatic). Got 36.xxx and 35.0xx seconds (35x and 400 flat being the respective scores). Just about 45th percentile for DC, and nationwide. But considering how many people seemed to have loads of auto-xing experience - not too shabby for my first time ever   Also got thrown out (politely) of the test drive tent for being very serious about finding out just how good the Mazdaspeed Pro is (let me tell you - it kicks f&^%&^% ^%^!). If they had put that up for the runs (the actual Auto X course) - it would have kicked the 6's Y^&^! Highly entertaining, perfectly set up, and loads of fun to drive. Ride's a bit rough for a daily driver (I slowed down while returning to the tent to appease the officials, not that it helped!) - but something I might live with for the fun quoetient   The clinics were cool and fun as well - learnt a few things. I didn't do my slaloms (clinic, test course or actual course) too well, but feel like I had turn-in braking, apexing and accelerating out of turns buttoned down by the end of the day - heck, its just (like) the way I drive
#1013 of 1071 Ashu, by mazdafun Jul 31, 2003 (9:26 am)
I'm glad you had fun. You did better than I. I wasn't very smooth (better on 2nd run, but not good enough), but I forgot to keep on the gas through the slaloms (d'oh!), and didn't push in the curves nearly as hard as the car could've taken it.   I was only riding shotgun on the Mazdaspeed Protege test drive, but I could tell it would've beaten the 6 handily on the same course. The 6 is good, but the MSP is better. Of course, the ride is noticeably stiffer too.   Now, watch your tires and brakes wear down faster.
#1014 of 1071 Yeah - I've got to tone it down ... by ashutoshsm Jul 31, 2003 (10:44 am)
Now, watch your tires and brakes wear down faster.   Got a lower gas mileage on the 6 after my last fillup (which included the drive to and from the RevItUp event as well as some additional driving the next day). I did make a couple of friends in my car nervous when I made the tires squeal a few times - hey said they'd hoped I'd start taking it easier on the new car, after driving the Pro pretty hard (turns and curves - mostly!). Yeah, right!   Hey - interesting that you have inside tire wear too - I had tiny bit of extra wear on the (left front) Falkens at first rotation because I really enjoyed all the left turns my different routes into and back from work took me through Those tires never lifted or slipped, though! Not in even in surprisingly heavy rain or overly aggressive turning/cornering
#1015 of 1071 BTW - this might interest Meade ... by ashutoshsm Jul 31, 2003 (10:46 am)
... one of my friends who rode with me to the RevItUp and competed (and actually did better than I!) commented on how similar the low-end grunt on the manual 6i was to the auto 6s. of course, the top-end on the 6s is WAY better, with the extra combustion space and all, but for city/basic freeway driving - the 4-cylinder engine is a gem!   If you consider the 4-cylinder 6 or the upgraded (2,3l) Mazda3, you can't go wrong
#1016 of 1071 Yeah ... by mdaffron Jul 31, 2003 (10:51 am)
After my latest readings on the Mazda6 discussion, I can't say I'm ready to make the jump back into a vehicle with a Ford (OK, "mostly" Ford) engine in it. And I tend to get sticker shock when I'm car shopping, so -- even though I'm being WAYYYY premature here -- I'll probably be verrrrrrrrrrrry interested in a loaded Mazda3 wagon when the time comes.   Meade
#1017 of 1071 RevItUp. by mazdafun Jul 31, 2003 (12:06 pm)
The 6 equipped with Falkens had prodigious grip. But I test-drove a 6i and 6s (both AT) on the test-drive course and I thought the 6i responded faster to steering inputs, but I thought the 6s front end had more grip through a fast, tight turn. I thought the 6i's front end started slipping earlier. It's probably the heavier V6 engine providing that. I wonder if throwing a bag of cat litter under the hood would do the same for a 6i.
#1018 of 1071 Would that ... by ashutoshsm Jul 31, 2003 (7:53 pm)
... make your car have 160 HP plus 1-2 cp (catpower)? Because, dumb as cats can be, a few would jump right into the engine bay as soon as they realised there was some litter in there! The extra cp might come in handy - especially becaise the peak rpm (roars per minute) would incresae as well.   OK - I need sleep.
#1019 of 1071 Funny by dinu01 Aug 01, 2003 (4:57 am)
Nice analogy Ashu! Was that an analogy, teacher (Aka:Dale)? Oh, it's too early.   Dinu
#1020 of 1071 Hmmm.... by chicagopro Aug 03, 2003 (9:20 am)
Well, for the time being, I'll just ignore the fact that some silly person said that cats were dumb and try to answer Dinu's question.   I'm not sure that was really an analogy. More like a silly person trying to be funny.
#1021 of 1071 Holy! by dinu01 Oct 04, 2003 (1:26 pm)
2mths w.out posts!   That must be a new record.   Dinu

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