Spring Tease

We had a decent day for the first autocross.  It was raining as I drove there but it let up and by the time I drove the course was dry.  The Falkens felt good, the car didn't go anywhere I didn't want it to, but I was tentative and didn't post very good times for the first session.  I resolved to really hit it hard in the second session.  But the second session was cut short because of an accident.  Yesterday I had to scrape a couple inches of very fluffy snow off of the car before I went to work and it had all disappeared by lunchtime.

So what's it going to be this Sunday?  I'm just hoping it's appropriate weather for summer tires.

Tires

I probably look at the Tire Rack site as much as I do Fetlife.  I love looking at the tires and thinking about what kind I want on my car.  I am fulfilling all my tire dreams this year.  I have Nitto NT01's for track and non-SCCA autocrosses that I mounted on gorgeous American Racing Torque Thrust rims.  I have a set of Falken Azenis RT615-K's mounted on sexy black Kazera KZ-K's for SCCA autocrosses and Nitto INVO's for every day driving.  The Falkens can go in the dry or the wet but the Nitto NT01's are only for dry.

And sometimes I think I'll get rid of the Focus and just drive the Mustang year round.  Maybe with winter tires it wouldn't be so bad.  Tire Rack has nice deals on winter tires.

One set of tires is sitting in the kitchen now and I love that smell of virgin rubber.  I can't wait to start wearing them out.