Simviation Forum - Track Day....

Nov 14^th, 2005 at 2:29pm

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I've had the fortune of a so-called "Track Day" which was held at a local airstrip, which is used just for gliders these days.....

To cut a long story short, I've found that an afternoon of thrashing round the infield, has caused me some smooth patches on the edges of my tyres, I need new front brake pads and I've probably taken 10k of wear & tear off the rears, I seem to have found a new "clonk" from my front suspension and I now have a slight wheel wobble & 70MPH.

That said, I've been timed, accurately, @ 142MPH I've been doing powerslides in a safe enviroment (i.e. off the public road) and I really do now have a feel for what my car can & more to the point, cannot do.

Todays antics were soley a "spur of the moment" thing , and, I enjoyed myself immensely.

The prospect of about £400 in a couple of tyres, brake pads, and thats before I consider the 50+ ltrs of fuel I burned, isn't a happy one, but, on reflection, it was great fun and value for money! - From a safety point of view if, little else.

I'm off on holiday for the week and, enjoying myself!!!

Anybody else done anything similar?

Grin

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Reply #1 - Nov 14^th, 2005 at 2:43pm

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I've done racing (Formula Ford and the XR2i Cup) at Brands Hatch and we used to use our local old airfield at Bovingdon to prepare and test my friend and mines TR8 rally car before rallys or after fitting new parts as you could use the strips for road testing and some nice bumpy grass bits for off-road.
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Reply #2 - Nov 16^th, 2005 at 1:02am

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I've had the fortune of a so-called "Track Day" which was held at a local airstrip, which is used just for gliders these days.....

To cut a long story short, I've found that an afternoon of thrashing round the infield, has caused me some smooth patches on the edges of my tyres, I need new front brake pads and I've probably taken 10k of wear & tear off the rears, I seem to have found a new "clonk" from my front suspension and I now have a slight wheel wobble & 70MPH.

That said, I've been timed, accurately, @ 142MPH I've been doing powerslides in a safe enviroment (i.e. off the public road) and I really do now have a feel for what my car can & more to the point, cannot do.

Todays antics were soley a "spur of the moment" thing , and, I enjoyed myself immensely.

The prospect of about £400 in a couple of tyres, brake pads, and thats before I consider the 50+ ltrs of fuel I burned, isn't a happy one, but, on reflection, it was great fun and value for money! - From a safety point of view if, little else.

I'm off on holiday for the week and, enjoying myself!!!

Anybody else done anything similar?

Grin

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Reply #3 - Nov 17^th, 2005 at 8:45am

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are you talking about your 7-series here? Shocked

Yes indeed! - Its great fun sliding broadside in a 2 ton car!

That said, I'm looking for an early e30 325i or similar, just for track use, its seriously good fun & addictive, but I , with hindsight, regret taking my "7" for such abuse......

Grin

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No major damage done, I won't be doing this every week though, its way too hard on the car and tyres.

Yes, I'm a hooligan, at least off the public roads.

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Reply #4 - Nov 19^th, 2005 at 1:03am

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That said, I'm looking for an early e30 325i or similar, just for track use, its seriously good fun & addictive, but I , with hindsight, regret taking my "7" for such abuse......

Mate you should look for an old M3, they are fairly cheap these days I think and truly georgous machines.

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Reply #5 - Nov 24^th, 2005 at 1:33pm

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Mate you should look for an old M3, they are fairly cheap these days I think and truly georgous machines.

Hardly cheap my friend, a decent e30 M3 over here in the UK is around £6k - More than I paid for my 7 Series!

£500 for a battered 323i / 325i is more my bag. Wink

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Reply #6 - Nov 24^th, 2005 at 1:42pm