tin-man needs some advice.......

[Tom Wells]

If you try and road race a light, short wheel base, high horsepower Cobra with an automatic, I think you're going to end up in the trees... or a casket.

Shucks, patrickt,

Since you're obviously a really knowledgeable prime speculator I guess I'd better quit doing it

I've spent quite a few whole track days at Sebring, Roebling Road, Daytona, Gainesville to name a few. How many tracks have you run while you were at the wheel of such a car with an automatic?

Get real.....

tin-man,

It's still a thrill after more than 26,000 miles! I wouldn't trade this car for any other that I've seen or heard of.

Just treat the car with respect which is waaaay easier said than done. I call it "right foot restraint." Especially when someone surges behind you repeatedly trying to goad you into "goosing it" or pulls along side yelling and doing burnouts repeatedly like a guy in a drag-racing style Chevy kept doing the other night - all the while yelling stuff I couldn't really hear ( LOL ).

Some Cobra drivers have been guilty of a momentary loss of caution, and have been injured or killed. Leaving a church parking lot (!) and blipping the throttle while turning onto the road, resulting in a meeting with a roadside telephone pole. Or a swerve to avoid an animal resulting in a spin and a meeting with a tree and so on.

patrickt's right about one thing - we're all going to end up in a casket - eventually. You can enjoy the ride much more without hastening that eventuality
with some discipline of the right foot.

Tom

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Tom Wells

Since you're obviously a really knowledgeable prime speculator I guess I'd better quit doing it

Tom, I think you and Tin-Man are two entirely different breeds of cat....

[tin-man]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Tom, I think you and Tin-Man are two entirely different breeds of cat....

partrickt, you are right and I am doing whatever it takes to learn respect for the Cobra by seeking advice from my peers. tin-man