Tracked My S for the first time 23rd May
05-27-2008, 07:31 AM
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Good write up and pics, thanks for sharing. I'm glad to read evo have changed the format of their trackdays, they used to run them before Dunlop Cup events at circuits - which meant running with some talented and some would be racers. They were very 'ego' based days with lots of extra special briefings needed to calm things down....
Got to agree about instruction, worth every penny especially at a new circuit. I only do a few trackdays a year and I find I need to break my road driving habits again with the help of an instructor (adding lock and shuffling hands are usually the culprits!).
Your summary of the new Scooby STi seems to match what I hear from others, it's an improved car but has lost the excitement and involvement of the older ones...progress eh!?
Got to agree about instruction, worth every penny especially at a new circuit. I only do a few trackdays a year and I find I need to break my road driving habits again with the help of an instructor (adding lock and shuffling hands are usually the culprits!).
Your summary of the new Scooby STi seems to match what I hear from others, it's an improved car but has lost the excitement and involvement of the older ones...progress eh!?
05-27-2008, 07:45 AM
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Sounds really good. Looking forward to my first trackday on 17th July at Elvington. Bought myself a crash helmet today.
Gonna make Mrs Ninjadave look at your post as she is worried about me taking it still and hopefully your write up may even pursuade her to come along and drive herself.
Gonna make Mrs Ninjadave look at your post as she is worried about me taking it still and hopefully your write up may even pursuade her to come along and drive herself.
05-27-2008, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Rojer386,May 27 2008, 03:39 PM
PMSL, has made my day reading that.
It's amazing how something so simple can brighten up an afternoon in work!!
Great write up too BTW.
It's amazing how something so simple can brighten up an afternoon in work!!
Great write up too BTW.
05-27-2008, 09:45 AM
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Hey look its taken me a year to take the Hardtop off !! (TINTOP !)
So actually I thought I was doing well to have driven round half naked for nearly two week s now and actually beginning to quite like it
What the pics dont show though is that about a hour before the track time it really P....d down really hard, and many an Exige owner got drenched , I didnt !!
So actually I thought I was doing well to have driven round half naked for nearly two week s now and actually beginning to quite like it
What the pics dont show though is that about a hour before the track time it really P....d down really hard, and many an Exige owner got drenched , I didnt !!
05-27-2008, 10:03 AM
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Glad you enjoyed it MQ.
I suspect you may well have caught trackitus.
It's a fairly common disease often caught at track days.
A known short term cure would be to come to Anglesey later in the year.
I suspect you may well have caught trackitus.
It's a fairly common disease often caught at track days.
A known short term cure would be to come to Anglesey later in the year.
05-27-2008, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by MB,May 27 2008, 07:47 PM
Exige owners getting drenched? Exige owners are men who eat live chickens and bathe in swarfega. We leave our roofs on. You must mean Elise?