First off to address lol, from the pics, the car is not equipped with any "oh shit" handles and that’s my buddies dad hanging on to the roof on one run he was with me for
Car is a stock suspension TT-S with "mag ride", aka golf R/s3 but dimensionally shorter, Swapped from the rubberband 19s with summer tires (245/35/19 stock P-zeros) to 18s with all seasons (255/40/18 BFG G-Force Comp A/S)
Tail itself is MADE for small cars, miata, mr2, etc etc. I can't comment on larger sports cars, but the turns are tight and the road narrow. Not sure if my buddy I was with was gassing me up a little bit, but he said he felt more comfortable on the tail in my car than his manual 235i on coilovers and stock wheels/tires
I pushed the car HARD, turns, accel, decel, everything and it never gave me an ounce of trouble for the whole 11 miles multiple times, put the car in dynamic for all runs (all sport settings, suspension, trans, steering). First run was in sport trans mode and it kept being boggy going between 2-3, other runs I kept it in manual mode and most of the run 2nd is fine for 90% of it, but you wind it out quick on some of the long straights so would up to 3rd
Brakes did not fade on me and the tires never wavered how they responded, they got sloppy when pushed hard in some turns (can't blame the all seasons when hot), but I never felt they changed after the first few turns and were "hot". I measured pressure and only gained ~6psi over the whole run. I bring up tires because my last experience was in a rental awd Q60 sport with new cheapo nexens and they were TOAST (psi over 50 on DIC) within the first couple miles, it was insanely frustrating because the car was fun. I can't imagine how much fun this car will/would be on the 19s and summer tires.
The tail is something else and nothing even close to it in the area. We only do it a few times between the intensity of it and potential wear on the cars. The real deal is the rest of the whole area surrounding which is littered with amazing and beautiful roads through the wilderness that are just such a joy to drive at basically any speed. There are also a number of roads that don't get the same publicity as the tail, but offer up a very similar experience.
TL;DR- Small sporty cars are made for the Tail, thanks captain obvious- also tires can make or break your experience. Even if you only do the tail once and then explore the expanse of winding wilderness roads of the area, you won't be disappointed.
PS- from a ~40 roll, pretty much dead even with a manual M235i with a passenger stock vs stock, no dig races though
it was a pretty easy cut and weld of a foot long piece, less than half the cost of the 034 thingy and no labor, so i cant complain
