will be at croft on sun with sihorton, RSOC day i believe... anyone else going?

Paul, I had no plans to but as I'm only 20mins away from Croft circuit I might pop down. Any other info on what's going on??

no idea - ian and i are leaving at 5am with the boot full of crap... ready to torment some poor RS (as opposed to vRS) boys...

meeting si horton at scotch corner...

pop down

btw ill be the one in the red octy with the black wheels

had a good day, upheld brand honour... just needed more bhp, if only i had know what was wrong with my car then ..... (see other thread in performance...)

will get them next time...

btw 240/61/17 slicks fit just right on an octy...

Those sapphire cossies don't handle as well as you'd think, do they?

got some real good footage...just need someone with a f/w card and some decent s/w to edit it all..

great shot of us up the inside of the cooper/s/works/+ at the hairpin then loosing out upthe straight....:(

Drop me the tape I'll do it...heath robinson styleee

At the pub while we drink on Thursday

will do...

Paul, Glad you had a good time. I would've popped down but SWMBO had other plans which weren't divulged to me until Sunday morning...

Memory like a sieve, we did meet one other briskodian, had a TDi.. anyone care to own up?

In the words of Shaggy, "It wasn't me!" :speaker:

Damn I wish I had some circuits down my way. I think Silverstone is about the nearest to me, and that's about 200 miles away! I guess people feel we have enough large fields to thrash around in, so we don't need proper circuits. :(

Jason,

Thruxton's closer to you (up the 303).

Don't know if they do track days, though, but there should be some regular events.

Cheers,

Howard

OK - So, when's the next Thruxton meet then?

I can picture where Thruxton is now. I remember driving past on my way to Deutschland a couple of years ago. I think its in the area of aldershot...? I'll look it up

edit: Andover / Aldershot - all the same to me mumble mumble mutter mutter...*

Originally posted by Tavia4x4 in this post

Memory like a sieve, we did meet one other briskodian, had a TDi.. anyone care to own up?

he was a geordie? thats not much help i know... as long as he was black and white not red and white...

Castle Coombes even nearer & they do track days, went to watch a car & car conversion day. NO WAY you would get me out with that lot, saw several needless accidents & one guy even admitted his Golf GTI was a MOT failure & he didnt give a **** if he bent it. Unfortunately a couple of people bent their cars against other peoples cars, not just the armco

Moral if you do a track day choose your company carefully

Originally posted by ffelan in this post

he was a geordie? thats not much help i know... as long as he was black and white not red and white...

He wouldn't be a Geordie if he wasn't black and white, he'd be a Mackem.

Haway the lads!

(And it wasn't me!!!)

sorry i`m a little slow responding to the posts but it was me you were talking to. I was there showing my other car, dont laugh, a Capri. thought it was a good day and enjoyed watching the VRS do battle.

Hi stuart...

nice to see you.. will be quicker next time as the suspension has turned up now!

Have seen the photo`s must say looking good.

FFelan

Can you do a quick write-up of how the Octy went and what 'interest' there was in it from the other drivers ?

Rob

Stuart

What kind of Capri do you own?

Originally posted by Fabpreza in this post

FFelan

Can you do a quick write-up of how the Octy went and what 'interest' there was in it from the other drivers ?

Rob

The Octavia went quite badly on the day - for engine management reasons documented elsewhere... and the fact that std suspension and slicks was causing some excess body roll.

having said that i wasnt holding anyone up round the bends... only on the straights was i losing out.... withthe remap beign perfected tomorrow and the coilovers on i expect to really annoy people next time out...

with regard to interest... it was more of a cautious peek under the bonnet than direct questions.. defo raised eyebrows

Dmac1969vRs the Capri i own is a 1987 280 model. This was the limite edition run out version.

I was @ croft to in the scooby, giving the cossy boys a really hard time :drive:

excellent track and and superb day.

I must give credit to ffelan as he was brave taking the skoda onto the track, especially on an rs owners club day!!

It did raise a few eyebrows and it most certainly suprised a lot of people with it's pace (wasn't the slowest car on the track).

si