MS/Team O'Neil Winter Safe School-January 31, 2010

Mmmm.. that's a mighty nice stuck right there for "school". Were the banking soft and fluffy like a bunny, or angry and granite like.

 
sounds like everyone had a great time. Nigel, thanks so much for herding the cats and answering their questions. I was busy getting ready for a trip and didn't get on here much.

 
Mmmm.. that's a mighty nice stuck right there for "school". Were the banking soft and fluffy like a bunny, or angry and granite like.
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I'd call the banks "medium hard" ... damage was minimal considering some of the stuffs were are at quite the brisk pace. school grooms the banks to slow errant cars down gradually.

ask rezpunk about the bugeye wag with pink wheelZ!
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and i said to him realizing we were REALLY stuck and everyone was ok...

"now that we have a few minutes, where do you think it went wrong?"

 
hehe the moment of the weekend for me was during lunch time. we like to use the term light bulb moment, where the lessons finally click and they have that moment where the lightbulb goes on and they get what we are telling them.

we were in the class room sitting down for some quick lunch and i ask the class "so anyone have the light bulb moment this morning?" and it was kinda quiet and a few grumbles here and there. heh then this one guy speaks up and say and i quote

"well its kind of like an energy efficient bulb, its starting off dim but its getting brighter!" hahah this is the quote of the season right here!!

 
I would highly recommend this course for everyone. It is an excellent "winter drivers ed"

 
Damn... now that I see the pics it looks like I could have done it. I was woried about bumps and stuff on the course because of my broken back... Ill have to do one next time in the g35!

 
Damn... now that I see the pics it looks like I could have done it. I was woried about bumps and stuff on the course because of my broken back... Ill have to do one next time in the g35!
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Better bring some good snows incase it's as icy as it was this weekend.....

 
Thanks Team O!

Thanks for the huge discounts. This same course cost me $100 more 5 years ago. The class has indeed been refined very very nicely since I last visited Team O for instruction. Hopefully I can do it next year. Thanks Bob, Rob, Erik, Tim, Dave, and Ryan (?the other guy?). Your lessons will last a life time. Thanks Mr. Moody for the tour of Team O's new stuff. Awesome!

 
Hey all, it was nice to meet some of you yesterday. This was my first time at ANY sort of car-related event. I really enjoyed it (even if I was holding back from being a hooligan). It's great to get feedback on your driving habits and fine tune them. Thank you instructors for being very approachable and patient. Oh, if only I had this kind of instruction when I first learned how to drive in snow...

I was the bum from NESC taking still photos. Here are some that I think turned out well:

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RedForester08, I should have gotten some photos of your kid doing quite well on the course.

 
nice work shutterbc!

yours are the best of many pix posted from this day on several sites

Nigel Conehead

 
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Great pics. It was nice to have met you and talk as Tyler shows his dad how it was done. You know your getting old when a 16 year old with 10hrs behind the wheel of the Fozzy and no snow time and kick my but at snow slideways control. I need to get him into some local RallyX days. Most likely this Feb 14th as it is only 4 miles up the road.

 
^ Sounds like me and my dad. Hours of racing simulations (24 hours or le mans teaches you when not to floor it, and what happens when you do
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Jim its uncanny how well he took to the lessons. he was really doing better than most of the guys with YEARS of driving under their belts. you can chalk it up to being a NEW driver that hasnt learned the BAD habits yet. keep pushing those good safe driving habits and he is going to be a great driver.

 
^ Sounds like me and my dad. Hours of racing simulations (24 hours or le mans teaches you when not to floor it, and what happens when you do
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Nate, I was really hoping you'd see the value of this course and come do it. There's a Very Big Difference between "learning" driving techniques on a sim and doing it for real. For starters, there's no Reset button -- a fact I've had to remind several students about after their 3rd or 4th off of the day.

 
I tried. Did you guys have any open spots?

I never ended up getting winter tires. Hopefully I'll have some next winter though.

If I can convince the parents that I won't pancake myself into a tree, I'd like to try out the RABT rally in two weeks. I doubt that's going to happen though.

 
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