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Would you like me to give her some pursuit driving classes?Those flatlanders, being scared of curves, can ruin your day. A bit off the subject of bad drivers, but last Sunday, I took my 15 year old great granddaughter out in the 300C for her first driving lessons with me and that car. She had very little seat time prior to this, which is good, because my goal here is to make a driver out of her and not a car mover.
First thing was seat and wheel adjustment and body posture. Then side mirror adjustment so none of the car is seen in them. Then we did some parking maneuvers, backing into spaces using only the mirrors. Yeah, I'm a tough (but very gentle) teacher. That was followed by full lock circles going gradually faster to let her feel the strong adhesion tires have to the road.
We were at a huge electronics firm's gigantic parking lot, Sunday empty. Lots of curvy roads, various intersection situations and "islands" of various shapes and sizes. I had her do slaloms weaving through a series of them and she aced it, eventually doing it quite fast.
She began this saying how scared she was of this and that and three hours later, she was very confident, and proud of her newly learned skills, skills that many experienced "drivers" can not execute.
I attached two videos; the first shows the her and the car slaloming the islands and the second show her action on the wheel - note how she passes the wheel - mostly (as I taught her) for better control. She learns quickly and will be good driver. She doesn't know it yet, but I intend to take her to Portland International Raceway for a track day after she and I think she's up to it. Next...Daytona!
https://www.facebook.com/ric.zittenfield/videos/1824222760945185/
https://www.facebook.com/ric.zittenfield/videos/1824235720943889/
My wife loves my pursuit driving.:devil
I swear she'd pass out in a real car chase.