Be honest...how good are you?
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When I was 17/18, I used to reeeeeeeally want to be a rally driver. Or racing driver. I mean reeeeally want it. But these days, I'm not so sure.
I don't know if it's the fact I'm now 38 and can feel certain things changing within myself, i.e. eyesight, back pain etc etc, but when I watch motorsport on the tv now, I look at the onboard stuff and think to myself "you know, I don't think I could control a car like that, and even if I could, I'm not sure I'd have the balls to do it flat out".
Back when I was in my early twenties I would have said given the chance I would have been right near the top, but now I'm not sure I ever actually would have got anywhere near.
So which is it? Is it just my ailing physical condition that's making me think like this or is it unlikely I would have made it?
How good would YOU have been?
Feel free to move this to the lounge or wherever suitable if required.
I don't know if it's the fact I'm now 38 and can feel certain things changing within myself, i.e. eyesight, back pain etc etc, but when I watch motorsport on the tv now, I look at the onboard stuff and think to myself "you know, I don't think I could control a car like that, and even if I could, I'm not sure I'd have the balls to do it flat out".
Back when I was in my early twenties I would have said given the chance I would have been right near the top, but now I'm not sure I ever actually would have got anywhere near.
So which is it? Is it just my ailing physical condition that's making me think like this or is it unlikely I would have made it?
How good would YOU have been?
Feel free to move this to the lounge or wherever suitable if required.
Edited by Centurion07 on Friday 18th May 18:25
Sorry to bump my own thread but found this in the YouTube thread and thought it illustrates my original point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paClRcT39HY
So do you, as I do, think it's purely having the balls to go right up to and over the limit rather than technical ability that seperates most of us from the professionals?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paClRcT39HY
So do you, as I do, think it's purely having the balls to go right up to and over the limit rather than technical ability that seperates most of us from the professionals?
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