Dave LaCourse wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:53:40 -0000, "Dave" <a@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> If you have a problem with your feet that prevents you from driving a
>> manual, should be be driving at all? Do you have the strength in your
feet
>> to perform a full-on emergency stop?
>>
>> I'm not having a go at you, just thinking of both yours and others
safety.
>>
>
> Put it this way:
>
> Two years ago at an Audi school at Road Atlanta, I had the fastest
> time on the Solo circuit among 30 or so students, using a TT with
> manual shift. Last October at Pocono Raceway, I had the second
> fastest time on the Solo circuit among 40 students, using a TT with an
> auto. I also did quite well at the Bondurant school driving Rousche
> prepared Ford Mustangs with manual xmsns.
>
> I used to teach this school, http://skidschool.us/,
but retired a few
> years abo because the 8 hours of fighting the Gs in a car with
> students was getting the best of me. I sponsor five kids a year at
> this school, and because I am an instructor emeritus, get lots of time
> in the cars with the kids I sponsor, both demonstrating the exercises,
> and sitting in the right-hand seat.
>
> It is not that I *can not* drive a stick, but rather that I no longer
> enjoy it. Yes, me feet and legs hurt, a result of old age, but I am
> far from giving up the ghost! d;o) Paddles on the steering wheel or
> just plain auto are fine for me. And, yes, I can make an emergency
> stop, all 210 pounds of me on the brake pedal and I can Solo as well
> as most younger folks. d;op But, ya got me beat with reaction time,
> there, young fella. But, then again, I no longer drag race.
>
> Thank you for your concern.
>
> Now, back to the original question:
>
> Do you or anyone else know anything about after market coil overs for
> an RS6 (ya know, if I can drive an RS6 ...... never mind...),
> specifically Bilstein PSS9s, or the STaSIS package.
>
> Dave
>
>
Here's a relevant thread on RS6.com:
http://rs6.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14394&highlight=coil
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