[Turk]

I spent the first 6 months making sure that I was not getting on the car unless it was absolutely pointed straight. I do not have first hand experience with the car swapping ends, but I heavily relied on the experiences of others.

Take it easy with the car, treat it as if it was a motorcyle. capable of quick acceleration on starightaways.

Until you are very proficient with a bike, you probably don't enter the curves with a 30 degree lean. Do the same in your new Cobra. Enter and exit turns with caution rather than the pedal on the right.
Test your brakes occasionaly in a empty parking lot and see what the car does during hard panic stops.
Does it pull to one side or the other?

Build experience and confidence together, preferably confidence trailing comfortably behind the experience.

TURK