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Offline jdjd

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Re: R @ Bedford trackday
« Reply #10 on: 15 January 2012, 23:39 »
I don't bother with that rforum, no good threads forum is dead, prefer here to be honest

Offline Radek

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Re: R @ Bedford trackday
« Reply #11 on: 16 January 2012, 15:42 »
That sounds like a lot of fun.. and a good write up  :cool: :cool: :cool:

I have to say I am very surprised you did it with the ESP on. Turning this little feature off is where you really get to learn about your car and its abilities.
Don't think for a second I wasn't tempted! :evil:
But in the end I decided to keep it pure. If something had gone wrong that would have spoiled the fun of first time trackday. Next time I'll try it off.

@p3eps
I was scared but I can't really see how you could do anything to your car. There was just 1 yellow flag when someone's car broke down (sorted in 2 minutes). Otherwise no incidents.
And I didnt even have the insurance! As it turned out it was a good decision.
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Offline SilverChariot

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Re: R @ Bedford trackday
« Reply #12 on: 16 January 2012, 16:04 »
Thanks for that!!!  :sad:

I wondered where you went. I thought you must have sold the R and moved on. Clearly not.

All the original guys were fine - but there were a few folk recently made moderators after having about 20 posts. 
The banter there is dire... and I hadn't read anything informative there for months.  Too many posts about 'I raced my bosses Porsche' etc.


Sad to see you're not with us anymore, p3eps... :cry:
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Offline The Danno

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Re: R @ Bedford trackday
« Reply #13 on: 16 January 2012, 17:07 »
Thanks for that!!!  :sad:

I wondered where you went. I thought you must have sold the R and moved on. Clearly not.

All the original guys were fine - but there were a few folk recently made moderators after having about 20 posts. 
The banter there is dire... and I hadn't read anything informative there for months.  Too many posts about 'I raced my bosses Porsche' etc.


Sad to see you're not with us anymore, p3eps... :cry:

+1

I remember it was your write up about your first test drive that really got me excited about getting my R. And your "How to's" were legendary....

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Re: R @ Bedford trackday
« Reply #14 on: 16 January 2012, 20:38 »
That sounds like a lot of fun.. and a good write up  :cool: :cool: :cool:

I have to say I am very surprised you did it with the ESP on. Turning this little feature off is where you really get to learn about your car and its abilities.
Don't think for a second I wasn't tempted! :evil:
But in the end I decided to keep it pure. If something had gone wrong that would have spoiled the fun of first time trackday. Next time I'll try it off.
Can always feel a little worrying first time in a new car.. but take it steady to start and you will realise your control and understanding of the car will be far greater. Might not increase your times initially.... but it will come  :smiley: :wink:

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Re: R @ Bedford trackday
« Reply #15 on: 16 January 2012, 21:42 »
[I was scared but I can't really see how you could do anything to your car. There was just 1 yellow flag when someone's car broke down (sorted in 2 minutes). Otherwise no incidents.
And I didnt even have the insurance! As it turned out it was a good decision.
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I did a track day at the autodrome, was last in a line of four cars hammering down the straight into the chicane (fastest part of the circuit) suddenly the GT3 two in front of me peeled off to the left and then the GT3 directly in front of me peeled off to the right and I was faced with a 993 turbo (lead car) which had span as it exited the chicane and was now stationary in front of me broadside on. I had a car to the left of me and right of me blocking me from any avoiding action, and I was doing well north of 100mph just hit the brakes HARD, big wide wheels, trackday rubber and good abs stopped me dead about 12 inches from the drivers door, I have never needed a new pair of underpants so badly but that was nothing compared to how scared the driver looked as I bore down on him!!!

Thank god I stopped, but I can see how you can do something to your car, or at least someone else can when they hit you, and they don't have to pay you as they don't have to be insured, there was a guy a few years back also in a GT3 at Brands who was hit by an ariel atom (or similar) and the guy that hit him just dissapeared off at lunch time! It is always well worth insurance especially with a car as valuable as an R, even though the excesses seem to have rocketed to about 25% value of car!

I would be up for a forum track day, and promise not to hit anyone!

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Re: R @ Bedford trackday
« Reply #16 on: 17 January 2012, 19:32 »

I would be up for a forum track day, and promise not to hit anyone!

Ide be up for people coming together like on other forums and booking say the SPA or ring for a day, Much better that way enough people club 2gether it shouldn't be that expensive. However i dont have time to organise this