Our Factory Five 818 was finally finished, so we signed up for a Central Florida Region autocross in Brooksville, Florida. The plan? Find out what our 818 is really like to drive–this was our first outing with proper tires.
So, how was it? In a nutshell, twitchy. We haven’t spent any time at all tuning the suspension or determining proper tire pressures, and a car like this would usually autocross on race slicks, anyway. We’re already planning suspension changes in preparation for the next event, as well as more laps on the test track–we need to spend some quality time learning how to drive a car like this.
Here’s what our fastest run of the day looked like:
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