toddrhodes
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- First Name
- Todd
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- May 21, 2018
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- Indiana
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- '18 CTR #16979, '18 Odyssey
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- #16
haha. What you said here is the reason why I always tell my friends to do a track day BEFORE modding their car.
I've been fortunate enough to have been a part of some epic platforms and I always see people blowing their paycheck to mod their cars. But they never stop to think about ... for what? lol. Is it going to make you faster? If so, by how much? Oftentimes, people are just modding just so that they can go on some weird dick measuring contest.
Also, I always hear about people being scared to track. This is something I actually don't try to change. It's GOOD to be scared bc being scared means you're being more careful. I once had a track instructor that told me, "learning how to drive on a track is like learning how to get to the edge of a cliff without falling off. You want to run and then WALK SLOWLY up to the edge." That really resonated with me and over time I've realized a lot of fast guys weren't just fast from the get go. It took a lot of time, effort, and experience to get to where they are.
Anyways. It sounds like you've got a good head on shoulders. Just remember the fundamentals of being a "good" track driver and you'll be fine.
Well said. And while part of me thinks man, I wasted money buying mods - I didn't. It's a hobby, just like collecting trains, or vinyl, or what have you. Sometimes the journey, the modding, the tweaking - pointless as it may be in the grand scheme of things - is still a huge part of being engaged within it. Now, that titanium intake pipe that looks incredibly rad? I want it less now because I want to invest a little in better brakes (just pads, lines, fluid - nothing crazy) so it's still modding, but I mean there's nothing wrong with upping brake capacity
And you're absolutely right about being "scared." It's a good thing. I didn't think it was going in or coming out but thinking back - I'd much, much rather go into it scared than overconfident. Now I was overconfident that I would be able to pick it up more quickly than I did but that's no big deal, that's just learning.
And now i"m watching videos of people who ran yesterday and it's all so fresh in my head. Now I want to go back sooner, lol!
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