Part 18: The car of Theseus.
Hello friends. You might notice something different about me next time we meet, other than that my hair is even greyer. I'll have glowing skin and a bounce in my step, because, I'm now a bonefide 1:25er . Great success. That's right baybeee, I smashed my old PB and got into the much coveted (by me) 1 minute 25 second zone for times around Hampton Downs in a GT86. Avid readers of Rally Quest will know that I've been chasing this time for a wee while . Nearly two years to be exact. To refresh your memory, a pro driver once told me that in a stock Toyota GT86 any lap time in the 1:25s or faster could be considered 'good'. So, I'm 'good' now. It's just science, folks. But am I really good? You didn't think you could make it through an entire Rally Quest post without encountering some philosophy and self-doubt, did you? When I initially set the time in the first session of the day, I was over the moon. But then I got to thinking about one of my...