I figure it's also a safety issue. We live in the mountains of Maine. Her learning to control the entire car, including loading of suspension or brakes, is a good thing and it will increase her ability to drive safely. So, it's absolutely not all fun and games - there's a deadly serious value in going to learn this stuff.
Hmm...
I don't know of any rally schools in your area. They're not terribly expensive over here. There's Dirt Fish Rally School on the other coast. You might have some local rallycross events, and you could look into those.
Also, there's autocross. Autocross is absolutely something you could start doing today. Well, you could start preparing for it and looking into local events. I'm REALLY confident that you have autocross events within driving distance.
Basically, you drive a course marked out with cones while on a paved parking lot. You can't really hurt anything, except mechanical things if you push too hard. People regularly do this with the same exact car they drive to work every day. You'll only need a helmet. You won't need a roll cage, fire extinguisher, race seat, harness, HANS device, etc...
Oh I've done a metric fuck ton of autocross, its been a few years but I used to do that every weekend. I haven't had anything worth taking in a few years basically since I had kids. No more 2 doors for me. Someday I'll get back into it.
Pfffttt! Take the minivan to 'em!
As you've been to 'em, you know it's more about having a good time than it is about winning. You also know it's a great stress reliever!
Oh, who is your VPS provider? Do you have a link handy?
I'm possibly going to need one that is gonna let me have an image hosting site that supports free speech. Discoball and imgoat can't get their fucking act together. I've tendered an offer to just buy his whole site and setup - assuming the admin interface isn't completely fucking retarded and the whole thing a hot mess.
Gotta go install some headlights for my in laws, but since you are interested in that type of thing, PLEASE PM ME, I've got an idea. I'll tell you who my provider is but I think I've got a better solution if I can find someone who would be interested in helping me get it started I've even got clients who would use it already setup. PM me I won't say the hosting provider in public because I feel that could compromise the site, I'm sure people could figure it out but I don't want to facilitate that.
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