I gotta tell you, you haven't lived until you've experienced full ABS but no braking power at 60ish mph while pointed the wrong direction on a race track...And the worst part is that the camera guy missed the spin!

The front rotors on the Exige are shot after only two and a half days of track time. For reference, I made it three and a half YEARS on the first set. We changed pads to Hawk HPS+ at the same time and the pads have already scored a 2mm deep groove in both rotors. Nice grinding sound, all the time. Nice grinding feel at low speed. They worked fine while the car was pointed the correct direction; I had to make a panic stop on 80 driving home. Stopped to the tune of .9g, per my nav system.

I discovered this after spinning in turn 3 today at Thunderhill. I went in too hot - I'm blaming myself, not lack of braking force - and managed a 540 degree spin. No big drama, there was no traffic and plenty of track except, yeah, no stopping power once I finished up pointing the wrong way and I had traction again. It stopped, eventually, and I stayed on the track without stalling and didn't hit anything. I got right back on it and finished the lap at speed and exited the track.

Huzzah! My first experience with ice mode!