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Originally Posted by malteseracer
Should be picking up Jeremy on Friday. I'll be tuning down the sway bar and the endlinks first thing after it gets a wash and wax. Oil will be changed within the week as well.
Overlooking the accident for the last few weeks I have come to some conclusions:
Ultimately it was my fault almost entirely (Obviously, as i have said before)
-I set up the car too stiff
-I didn't give myself time to adjust to the new rear endlinks
-I took the turn too fast
-I mis-navigated and incorrectly corrected the turn
I do not blame a lack of DSC. If I were driving anything else without DSC I should still have been able to properly take the turn, even if that meant taking it a few mph slower. I will definitely be using it more often, but it will spend a good deal of time off as well.
Was it worth not having my car for three weeks to take a turn like that? Most definitely not.
Was it worth having this accident to show that my setup and navigation of the turn was incorrect? Yes. Now I can correct this now, rather than having the same thing happen where someone could possibly be hurt.
I will be spending some time doing AutoX, driving the track (if I can ever get to one), and letting the car loose in some parking lots so I can learn it better. I will also be keeping my foot plated in turns (or at least on the accelerator) because to this day i cannot recall if i was on the brakes or gas. I'd like to say gas but I can't say that with certainty.
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malteseracer,
my offer to help you with some track work still stands, but it will have to be next year.
Have a safe winter.
