dann2707 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 I'm two minutes 22 seconds in and already 3 clios have crashed you could have warned me i'm very sensitive about my people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 And what are those block things for that they put next to the tyres before they set off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 No you nobber.Ahhhh I see. Your new car is still gay though, even if it's good value. I'm two minutes 22 seconds in and already 3 clios have crashed you could have warned me i'm very sensitive about my people.Hmmmmm. Would it be OK with everyone if I came to spectate at your track day thingy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 The blocks are so that you can make a quick exit from the timing gate by not having to hold the car on the clutch/handbrake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 golfs fixed! still in the workshop as other cars are in the way atm. And killed the astra on the way home Hole in a core plug, its pissing out water. To top it all off, its the core plug behind the injection pump..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsIsHard Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Thanks for posting that Bing- I love the sound of anti-lag! The number of clios crashed and the number of Evos breaking down was hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 No worries. I like a mental hillclimb vid, I used to do it on the motorbike. Scarborough (Oliver's mount) is f**king scary at 100mph with no run off on cold tyres. There's usually a bloke in a hayabusa turbo engined mini, he holds the class record at quite a few places 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 I genuinely laughed when one of a few evo's shat its bottom end coming into that corner. Is Clio an abbreviation for the word "understeer"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 That one dude lost a front wheel on his Evo (I think...) surprisingly easily. The amount of people trying to get all Hollywood and slide around that fairly open hairpin then having to correct and just drive out around the rest of the corner was amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsIsHard Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 (edited) No worries. I like a mental hillclimb vid, I used to do it on the motorbike. Scarborough (Oliver's mount) is f**king scary at 100mph with no run off on cold tyres. There's usually a bloke in a hayabusa turbo engined mini, he holds the class record at quite a few places <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/B_M97dTB9mc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> This guy? It looks like a truly terrifying machine- it's all over the place. Edit: complete embed fail- Edited November 26, 2014 by TrialsIsHard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Yeah that's the one. That left hander at the top of the hill where he starts to brake, just before is where my old man lost the rear on his tz250 at 120mph but got it back, and nearly went through the grass bank. He was still shaking an hour later. There was a darkie on the road about 50ft long where his rear tyre had spun. Favourite crash spot there for cars is at the hairpin where people brake far too late and go straight on through the gate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 His gear lever is almost as floppy as Alex's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 why stick to one bike engine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 That red Astra was flying! Loved seeing those little Fiat 126s getting sideways 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 That bloke in the Astra is properly trying ain't he!!!! That flat out left hand corner looks scary. Not much room for error The astra had me creaming the whole way through. Those two corners where he did it on two wheels and three wheels were incredible to watch. I'm two minutes 22 seconds in and already 3 clios have crashed you could have warned me i'm very sensitive about my people. Hahaha I was thinking "Dan's not gonna like this" when I watched it, then I was like "Weird there's no golfs or cars I like crashing" then a bright yellow golf spun out haha. Really disheartening to watch so many cars with so much time put into them crash, that one corner everyone seemed to understeer completely on haha. Wanted to be like slow down but they kept on coming haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 And back to my slightly more accepted car. The S3 has been incredibly bad this week. I don't know if it was aware of it's impending retirement, or if it was a combination of not starting it for a week and it being freezing cold. But on Monday when I went to drive it to work it wouldn't hold it's revs, and died idling. But it would bounce around all over the place first. If you drove it, flames would come out of the exhaust on over run so violently you could see them licking up past the rear window. The exhaust was blowing/buzzing and it felt flat as a pancake to drive. This upset me. So, I agreed to sell it. And agreed a deal with a lad on a Clio 182 Trophy with a chunk of money my way. The plan was to just sell the 182 ASAP. Hide the money and buy a Westfield as soon as I had a garage. Seems a bit drastic, but it's not a bad shout...So I cobbled the S3 back together, took all the boost hoses off and inspected them for cuts and tears, changed the boost hoses off the turbo, cleaned the TB and tried unplugging the MAF. It was still running funny. Tuesday morning I start it up to go to work, and it was PERFECT. What?! Tuesday night the lad's on his way down after the green light to do the deal. We've both swapped our insurance over, all good to go. I got in the car, drove it to the petrol station, flat out, wheel spin everywhere, sliding all over the road, bags full of opposite lock. I had to ring him up and tell him to turn round and go home, I paid him for the fuel he'd used and the transfer fee from his insurance. But I couldn't sell the S3. For what it's worth it's irreplaceable. So I parked it up and forgot about it, safe in the knowledge the Panda would get me to work and back so the S3 didn't matter any more and I only had to use it and work on it when I wanted to. What a fantastic feeling. Day off today, so I thought I'd make sure everything's good to go for Brands next week. Absolutely murdered it to the workshop, 20 miles of lovely A roads. First time I've seen boost in about three weeks. Loved it. Dropped the oil, gave it more front camber, lowered the back slightly because it feels VERY light under braking. Good to go I refuse to wash it now, I want it to have that abused look! The roads are sliiiiiiippppery at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Dropped the oil, gave it more front camber, lowered the back slightly because it feels VERY light under braking. Good to go Dan's going to love that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 (edited) Dan's going to love that Me lowering the back of my car to balance it under braking is about as relevant to Dan lowering the front of his car as Dan lowering his car was to solving world peace. See. Back is high. Edited November 27, 2014 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 I think you might have missed the joke slightly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Back high is good on an understeering wrong wheel drive* canal boat *Yes yes, I know it's 4wd, but it isn't really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Officially sent my spoiler to Mr Tom Booth to be sprayed Also received these today, they're headlight washer blanks that Tom's spraying too. Can't wait! But in the mean time as we all know there aren't enough pics of my car in here here is another one from my doctors visit 20141126_101857 by dann2707, on Flickr And the sexy ol' washer blanks. 20141127_110609 by dann2707, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrayvon Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 At the risk of sounding stupid, why are you blanking the washers? Have you removed them or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 (edited) At the risk of sounding stupid, why are you blanking the washers? Have you removed them or something? Nah, doesn't sound stupid at all Sam! Just tidies the front end up. I didn't understand it at first as I thought it was for poverty spec models that didn't have washer jets but in all honesty I think it looks a lot nicer. Personal preference though And then with headlight washers Edited November 27, 2014 by dann2707 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Bye bye legality. I think you might have missed the joke slightly. What joke? It just seemed like an incredibly stupid thing to say to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Heaven forbid the police pull me over to test my headlight washers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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