TJ74

“When you look in your mirror and there’s a car, God didn’t put him there”

Mike Roblin

“Never lose hope that the situation will deteriorate”

TXE36

Sometimes upon introduction I'll use this one I stole when I sense that 'tude: "Don't try to impress me, you can't. Don't try to scare me, I already am."

When giving a student a check ride: "There are several ways you can impress me - they are all bad".

"Bend the car into the turn"

and of course "Eyes up!"

mrbill_fl

-not as catchy as some others,
but Skippy use to talk about brake pedal pressure on 1-10 scale. 1 =pads just touching the rotors, 10 =complete lockup.
talking about a braking, start at 3, work up to 8 or 9 before the apex, and slowly come off the pedal.

I have squeezed the right arm of a driver when sitting right seat, to convey the pressure, and that they aren't getting close to 7 or 8 pedal , by squeezing the bicep more and more.
I have also said try to break the pedal with your foot.

Veloce Raptor

This

jdistefa

I'm still traumatized by the kissing your grandmother comment.

Otherwise I would stick to naming, shaming, and blaming.

In my experience, negative judgmental feedback tends to work best. Avoid being task-specific and keep it broadly personal. Crying validates the approach.

GPA951s

Two things I can think of.. ask if they have track insurance.. and then kindly ask them to remove the lap timer..

dgrobs

Lemme guess, 944 Turbo?

Mahler9th

I learned about angstroms in HS.

I learned about apexes in 1987 from Going Faster!

The first apex I hit was the first one in big bend. The second one was a bit harder.

That was 1988.

"Go, go, go" is another phrase I use.

Veloce Raptor

jsabatini

When they are pinching off their exits and not tracking all the way out I ask them if they paid full price for the DE, if they did then I tell them they get to use all of the track.

Told that to my 16-year old son recently and yesterday we went to a new to us go-kart track. As we were discussing the track last night and how it is so much fun when you can go around corners flat out he said he was thinking about me telling him if we pay full price, we get to use the whole track.

dgrobs

On a very similar note, I remember a lot of years ago when I was a newbie, my instructor said “ You paid for the whole fukin track, USE the whole fukin track!!!!”

Yes, he used those exact words and yes, he was shouting. For some reason, that one stuck with me all these years and I can still here him screaming it in my head every once in a while.

IIRC, it was at a CVR event at The Glen.

GPA951s

Mustang...

roadie13

'No coasting!'

'Your car is like a dog: happy to follow orders, but only ask for one thing at a time!'

Also, especially with rank novices I follow a tip from Ross Bentley and noticeably exhale and fold my hands when we are lining up; relaxes me and them.

dgrobs

Really, wow. My 2nd guess was Camaro.