[ebg1223]

Not sure how this ended up on hackernews, but do yourself a favor, and at least once, attend a track day, drivers education day, or find some way to get your car(yes your car, it can be really any car) on a race track. If you catch the itch, Lemons is fun, but check out Lucky Dog!

[spike021]

I'd recommend a loose autox day. Basically a car handling clinic on a course with no real rules except to run the course as many times as you like for the day at various speeds and such. Great way to learn how much grip your tires have, when you'll start to spin out, and how to recover.

Some orgs do this, like SpeedSF in the Bay Area.

I'd recommend an HPDE after that if it's something someone would like to try (basically a track day with a coach who rides along with you every session to give advice and instruction).

[culopatin]

Wish I had brought my turbo Miata when I moved to SF. Even though I’m sure that it would’ve passed an emissions test (great tune, GESI cat converter, exhaust fumes give me migraines so it’s as clean as I could get it), it would fail the smog rules by not being stock. Big sad. Also would get stolen… probably.

[0xbadcafebee]

I've never been to an autox where you could run as many times as you like. Most people getting into autox should expect to be there all day, run about 5 times, and work the track for a bit.

That said, autox is a lot of fun and I highly recommend it to any driving enthusiast