Critique my VIR vid please (be gentle)
03-27-2008, 10:39 PM
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Oh I really need to stay away from this thread. It has become a mess. A funny one but a mess none the less.
But your "flat out" is fast
Me too! Was it something I didn't say?
Oh $hi! Thats my problem. I tend to make little tweaks allmost the way around most corners. Not to the gas pedal, that sucker is planted and crampin' up my foot but I do add in or remove steering input.
But your "flat out" is fast
Me too! Was it something I didn't say?
Oh $hi! Thats my problem. I tend to make little tweaks allmost the way around most corners. Not to the gas pedal, that sucker is planted and crampin' up my foot but I do add in or remove steering input.
flat out fast to learn there is some a lot faster!!!!
03-27-2008, 10:44 PM
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Just answer me this, Mark. Is there any doubt in your mind that I have tried to bend over backwards to (1) give the original poster the benefit of the doubt; (2) to give him good helpful advice; and (3) not act like I think I am the world's best driver (which I do not)?
03-27-2008, 10:46 PM
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crap man, I just blew 30 minutes reading this waiting for the climax where drover goes ballistic and starts throwing poop or something, and this is it??? Where is this guy when you need him?
03-27-2008, 10:55 PM
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Just answer me this, Mark. Is there any doubt in your mind that I have tried to bend over backwards to (1) give the original poster the benefit of the doubt; (2) to give him good helpful advice; and (3) not act like I think I am the world's best driver (which I do not)?
This thread reminds me of some facts about this little place of ours...
1. This forum can be very forgiving to those who admit mistakes - I can attest to that personally.
2. This forum has a very long memory of those who are arrogant and will quickly stop offering assistance to those people.
3. This is the Internet and just because you are the original poster in a thread does not mean you get to dictate the rules that others post under.
4. Most people are not smart enough to stop digging themselves into an ever deeper hole.
03-27-2008, 10:57 PM
#201
TDinDC a "complete genteleman?" Man, you guys are getting soft!!
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03-27-2008, 11:02 PM
#202
Thanks Mark. I ask only because I think the original poster has doubted my intentions from the beginning, although I am not sure why.
I have come to this forum numerous times, particularly when I first started driving, to ask for critique on my driving. I was helped tremendously by it. Many, many people not only posted helpful things here, but they also sought me out off line and at the track. It was tremendous. As a result, I learned much more quickly -- and I grew to understand what it takes to drive well -- than I would have if I had learned solely through trial and error.
It took me a long time to understand some of the criticism. Indeed, if you look back at my first threads, I pushed back on valid advice because I could not begin to understand it. I do think it was clear that I was at least considering it. I still don't know it all, and I still wonder when I hear something that doesn't sound right or not whether it is ME who doesn't get it. It amazes me how many people expect to know it all as novices.
I have come to this forum numerous times, particularly when I first started driving, to ask for critique on my driving. I was helped tremendously by it. Many, many people not only posted helpful things here, but they also sought me out off line and at the track. It was tremendous. As a result, I learned much more quickly -- and I grew to understand what it takes to drive well -- than I would have if I had learned solely through trial and error.
It took me a long time to understand some of the criticism. Indeed, if you look back at my first threads, I pushed back on valid advice because I could not begin to understand it. I do think it was clear that I was at least considering it. I still don't know it all, and I still wonder when I hear something that doesn't sound right or not whether it is ME who doesn't get it. It amazes me how many people expect to know it all as novices.
03-27-2008, 11:07 PM
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I came to this forum to ask for critique on my driving. I was helped tremendously by it. Many, many people not only posted helpful things here, but they also sought me out off line and at the track. It was tremendous. As a result, I learned much more quickly -- and I grew to understand what it takes to drive well -- than I would have if I had learned solely through trial and error.
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I came to this forum to ask for critique on my driving. I was helped tremendously by it. Many, many people not only posted helpful things here, but they also sought me out off line and at the track. It was tremendous. As a result, I learned much more quickly -- and I grew to understand what it takes to drive well -- than I would have if I had learned solely through trial and error.
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03-27-2008, 11:13 PM
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Thanks Mark. I ask only because I think the original poster has doubted my intentions from the beginning, although I am not sure why.
I have come to this forum numerous times, particularly when I first started driving, to ask for critique on my driving. I was helped tremendously by it. Many, many people not only posted helpful things here, but they also sought me out off line and at the track. It was tremendous. As a result, I learned much more quickly -- and I grew to understand what it takes to drive well -- than I would have if I had learned solely through trial and error.
It took me a long time to understand some of the criticism. Indeed, if you look back at my first threads, I pushed back on valid advice because I could not begin to understand it. I do think it was clear that I was at least considering it. I still don't know it all, and I still wonder when I hear something that doesn't sound right or not whether it is ME who doesn't get it. It amazes me how many people expect to know it all as novices.
I have come to this forum numerous times, particularly when I first started driving, to ask for critique on my driving. I was helped tremendously by it. Many, many people not only posted helpful things here, but they also sought me out off line and at the track. It was tremendous. As a result, I learned much more quickly -- and I grew to understand what it takes to drive well -- than I would have if I had learned solely through trial and error.
It took me a long time to understand some of the criticism. Indeed, if you look back at my first threads, I pushed back on valid advice because I could not begin to understand it. I do think it was clear that I was at least considering it. I still don't know it all, and I still wonder when I hear something that doesn't sound right or not whether it is ME who doesn't get it. It amazes me how many people expect to know it all as novices.
Truthfully, guys with your attitude make the more experienced people want to seek you out, ride with you and offer help up the learning curve.
03-27-2008, 11:15 PM
#207
I think both aspects -- the reality and the theory -- are extremely interesting. That's why I like the data so much and trying to help others. The data is truly fascinating . . . if anything, it proves that we either lie to ourselves or misperceive a tremendous amount of information. Once you figure this out, it is a lot easer to fix the errors, because you start to learn what they really are rather than what you thought they were.
I will confess that it irks me when people think they are better than they really are and post videos expecting praise rather than criticism. This is not a shot at the orignal poster. He asked for criticism and I took him, and still take him, for his word.
I will confess that it irks me when people think they are better than they really are and post videos expecting praise rather than criticism. This is not a shot at the orignal poster. He asked for criticism and I took him, and still take him, for his word.
03-27-2008, 11:19 PM
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What do you think I am wearing right now? 
Wow, 210 posts, maybe I will read them all this weekend when I have some time.
You guys are all a bunch of amateur-hour poopypants. You forget that I am the designated GR adversary & equal opportunity offender here.
Wow, 210 posts, maybe I will read them all this weekend when I have some time.
You guys are all a bunch of amateur-hour poopypants. You forget that I am the designated GR adversary & equal opportunity offender here.
03-27-2008, 11:28 PM
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I thought this thread was missing something...
