Originally Posted by Bat

Okay, Skyshadow, I have to respond...

I watched your video and reserved my opinion until I did so. After viewing it, I think your own description of "failure" is apt in every way.

Several things I'd like to say and I am begging you to put your ego and your testosterone on the back burner long enough to just consider my words.

First, you and your "crew" are damn lucky. And it is most definitely luck not skill or courage. And luck like that doesn't last forever. You and your friends need to get yourselves to a track and learn how to drive because I have to tell you, that was some of the worst canyon driving I have seen in my life and I'm talking well before the crash.

I have the good fortune to live within minutes of some of the best driving roads in the States. I have spent the last 20 years driving the canyons in all kinds of cars and on several different motorcycles. I am definitely a spirited driver and I perfectly understand the thrill it brings. But here's the rub, you need to drive the road, not careen out of control down it. All I saw in that video was someone who has no idea what cornering actually is. Seriously now, there was not even the barest attempt to keep it in the lines which means most of the time you are going down a curvy road as straight as you can. I am telling you from first hand experience, learning how to properly take a curve is INFINITELY more thrilling then just pointing your vehicle downhill and basically crossing your fingers to make it to the bottom in one piece (which, um, you didn't even accomplish that as you have shown us).

Now, don't get pissed off over the bare facts that you yourself provided. Instead, take the incentive and get your butt to the track and learn what you can really do with these cars. Quit relying on luck and truly develop skill. I absolutely guarantee you will enjoy driving more then you ever thought possible. And you won't have to rely on so much luck.

My daughter is in her first year of driving with her own car. I've taken her down some twisties and the first thing I explained to her was that if she couldn't corner within the lane, then she was going way too fast for her skill level. Because that is the fact, pure and simple. Ask any racer, it's all about the line. With the perfect line comes the perfect speed and the satisfaction of knowing you are ripping a curve with true skill not dumb luck.

Back to the luck again...someone with an attitude much like the one you are displaying in this thread crossed paths with me two years ago on a mountain road. He was going way too fast and couldn't keep it in the lines. He crossed over into my lane on a curve and in less than a second, I was eating pavement due to the fact that my open lane was now occupied by some selfish ******* who couldn't care less who his lack of skills hurt. I was on a motorcycle and was damn lucky not to have been killed. Btw, he ran, not even taking the time to see if I survived. My life forever changed due to one guy crossing over the double yellows.

I'm not just asking, I am begging you to find the true courage of this encounter - admitting you need to improve your skills and take it from the street to the track. And take your friends with you. Do it for yourselves and do it for us - the ones who know how to drive and deserve the joy of canyon driving just as much as you. I dare say more. Because I know it's about not only driving fast but about driving well. I forever strive to be the kind of driver and rider that my cars and bikes deserve.

Originally Posted by BlazingSaddle

"Let's get Mikey. Mikey will eat anything."

Originally Posted by Mike-in-Orange

Just out of curiosity, Skyshadow, what road was that? You're in Oceanside and I'm in Trabuco Canyon so I'm figuring it wasn't too terribly far from me.

Originally Posted by +fireamx

Probably the most mis-quoted commercial in the ***** of advertising history.

YouTube - 70's Life Cereal Commercial (with Mikey!)

Sorry, I just wanted to set the record straight.
Mike

Originally Posted by +fireamx

Probably the most mis-quoted commercial in the ***** of advertising history.

YouTube - 70's Life Cereal Commercial (with Mikey!)

Sorry, I just wanted to set the record straight.
Mike

Originally Posted by Skyshadow

I guess one good thing about my post that everyone wants to bash on is that the site isn't so stagnant...