[badrich]

Over the past year and a half I have read some great posts and have learned a lot. But this thread is simply the best. I am sorry I never got to know Tom T; he added a lot of valuable insight here. I certainly agree with Randy, that all prospective Cobra owners and newbies read every bit of this invaluable information before you jump in for your first drive in any Snake.

Even before I decided to join this group of Wild Ones, I knew that driving my Beast at high speeds was something I was going to have to grow into. I'm having fun just tooling around; the twisty roads in the beautiful Santa Cruz mountains are Big Fun. But next weekend I am going to run my first autocross in this car (on my BF Goodrich T/As) and am going to learn how to drive it spiritidly. [Is that a word?] At least at lower speeds. I hope to have Hoosier A3S04s for my next event, but since I use the T/As on the street, I feel I need to find out their limits (but not on a freeway offramp). I won't be a candidate for TTOD, but I do expect to have a good time. I may have some street tires for sale the following day. Some day I may decide to do some track work, but only after I have really learned to drive this thing well under safer circumstances. I expect to have a big smile on my face after my first day of autocrossing. Wish me luck! Rich