Comments on: Advanced Driving Skills School

By: Ian Cull

Ian Cull — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:29:47 +0000

Bill,
I tested this morning and unfortunately the MCS auto *does* shift even in full manual – and it shifts quite early too, between 6200 & 6500 on my tests this morning!

By: LePew

LePew — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:25:43 +0000

Ian, great to see you there with the new car. I watched you a bit and you did seem to be getting the idea of letting up on the throttle to recover in the corners.

By the way, my instructor taught me another trick for breaking the rear end loose on the wet skid pad. Let up on the throttle slightly, right before the “puddle”. Then, with a little left foot brake while still holding in the throttle with your right foot, the back end will come right around. I guess the effect is similar to yanking on the e-brake, but a little more natural to do. I did have the rear tire pressures higher than the front (39 rear, 34 front).

By: COOPR SS

COOPR SS — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 01:04:44 +0000

One thing I’ve been wanting to ask an MCSA owner is, when you are in the manual mode and run the engine up to the red line, does the transmission shift up to the next gear even without hitting the paddles. The 3 series cars I’ve driven couldn’t be held in gear at the red line they would shift up automatically.

Bill

By: tontobird

tontobird — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 05:35:18 +0000

Nice write-up! It was great to meet you and thanks again for the help with my auto-up/track day DSC circuit!

By: db

db — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:07:35 +0000

if you enjoyed the autoX, then I highly recommend that you stay off of a real track.

It can be very very addicting!

By: Al on cape

Al on cape — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 17:50:08 +0000

Thanks for the automatic drive update.
We really count on you for it too.
Al.