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Originally Posted by LodiWino
Is there a good street driving school to attend for newbie Cobra owners?
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If you drive your car slowly and gently, you won't have any problems. It's when you drive fast, and "not gently," that you get yourself in to trouble. Take your car to a really big, open parking lot that has no cement light stands, etc. (a ball stadium early on a Sunday morning is good). Drive in a circle as fast as you can until you're just about skidding and then lift off the throttle suddenly and touch the brakes -- see what happens. Pretend you're about 3/4's done with a medium-soft curve and then stomp the throttle really hard on your "pretend exit." While sitting at a complete stop, try turning your wheels just a little bit, so they're not straight, and then pretend you're at a stop light and you want to show off with a really good burnout -- you'll see how hard it is to keep control. Go real fast and then try and mark a sharp turn while standing on the brakes hard so that all your weight is on the nose. Try and speed shift and "chirp" the tires while driving in a circle. Again, please make sure there's nothing in the parking lot that you can hit, and make sure there's plenty of room on the tangent line from your circles and curves.
