Alain, please allow me to help you remember:
Ironically though my times became much faster once he got out of the car, 9 seconds faster to be exact.
Not saying he didn’t do a good job, but there is that argument if I had an instructor that knew my GT car better from experience, then I would have been able to learn a little more.
To be sure ... for most readers of this string you are implying... suggesting... hinting, maybe... that you were "faster" ... "9 seconds faster to be exact" once I got out of the car. So, yeah... to the reader you kinda
did say that... "to be exact." And I particulary like this this one:
if I had an instructor that knew my GT car better from experience, then I would have been able to learn a little more.
Hmmm.
Now, I know the written word ... and the emotions that fly on social media... like forums.... is a tricky thing. I've found; more and more people are getting themselves in hot water due to social media (kinda like some Whitehouse workers, maybe?). So, I replied to your post where you were implying being faster after I got out of the car as kind of a reminder that ... like driving on the track ... posting on a social platform like this forum takes patience, control, and a certain undertanding of consequences when applying inputs.
A little anecdote: (OK,... maybe long)
I've been surfing since 1968. (Yes, ninteen
SIXTY eight ... I'm old.) I've been teaching people how to surf since 1976 (yes, again ... last century). Similar to Performance Driving; the first thing I cover is surfer's safety; both the rider's, and the surfers around them.
The first task I require of a new surf student: "Swim unaided out to the rest of the surfers in the lineup, wave your hand at me, and swim back to shore. No surfboard. No swimfins. No flotation devises. Just you, your hands and feet, and the waves."
I get a blank look from the student and the.... "But, I can
swim! I've been swimming in pools since I was 6 years old."
" Sure you can. Now. Just do as your told, or the lesson's done." is my reply.
Why the cryptic "Sensei" test? Because if you can't save yourself in the water, you have no business surfing. Swimming in the ocean or a river is
not swimming a pool. The dynamics of moving water are completely different than stationary water in a pool, or a pond, or a swimming hole.
Relying on your wetsuit for boyancy, your board-leash and surfboard for getting out of a bad situation, and not being able to swim twice the distance from shore to breakers and back again makes you dangerous to yourself, dangerous to me (I've rescued more wannabe's than I care to say), and dangerous to the other people in the water around you. After a student has proven to me that they can swim out to the lineup and back, I can begin working with them, with their board ... with the knowledge and the confidence that they are no longer just "swimming in the pool" but actually proficient enough in the moving waters of the ocean to be safe.
In my opinion;
Performance driving is similar. Cars with Electronic Assistance Technologies are the "pool". Cars without these assisted devices are the ocean. For many of the current drivers that rely heavily on their Electronic Aids to go fast... they need to" get out of the pool" and "swim to the lineup." Until I see them "swim to the lineup and back" ... they're not ready for any advanced instruction... like how to use Elctronic Technology as a tool rather than a safety net. And yes, I do know how to teach students in newer cars how to use their Nannies as a tool... when they are advanced enough as drivers to use them.
Alain, please don't be offended if someone implies you're not a good driver or a good enough driver. You're a bit new to the sport. There's nothing shameful in being a newer driver or a bit of a rookie. In your case,
2017 Autocross Rookie of the Year is a proud award. Wear it with pride.
Let's have some fun at CVR.