Following on from a conversation with Des and Steve on the southern meet:

Anyone fancy doing a track day at the beginning of March? Open pit lane (ie as many laps as you fancy)

Llandow's just down the road from me (well, it's not [i:9c104da841]very[/i:9c104da841] far away, anyway). I'd be interested in coming along - but just as a spectator. :(

My wife would take a very dim view of me trying to take the car on track. Besides, the sight of a bog-standard 1.8T auto plodding around the track wouldn't do Skoda's image any good at all :oops:

Jon,

Could be tempted, I'll look up other diary entries....clear

Prob potter down on Friday night through deepest darkest Wales and grab a b&b nearby.

My wife would take a very dim view of me trying to take the car on track. Besides, the sight of a bog-standard 1.8T auto plodding around the track wouldn't do Skoda's image any good at all :oops:[/quote:66816f550e]

Yeah, same restriction would apply for me, but also swap the 1.8T for

a 1.6 :oops:

Would be good to see some finely tuned Skoda's being ragged

though :lol:

Rob.

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Now who'd do a thing like that?

Passenger laps available, bring your own travel rug, thermos and sarnies! :mrgreen:

Oh, and there is no charge for passengers, spectators or second drivers.

Lend us ya motor Colin!

:mrgreen:

Well i've just booked. 8)

I cant wait :!:

My first ever track day and no fear of getting nicked ,well worth the money.

Who's next?

Steve

Well i've just booked. 8)

I cant wait :!:

My first ever track day and no fear of getting nicked ,well worth the money.

Who's next?

Steve[/quote:64fce44a49]

Steve, your not taking your pregnant wife on this one are you. :shock:

Seriously though I hope everythings OK on the baby front, see ya in Wales.

Come on Mr Webmaster, do the decent thing! Sign up and lend me your car!

I'll be very gentle with her. [img:22fef3f070]http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/angel.gif[/img:22fef3f070]

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Well I'm in the bad books now .

Well not really that bad...said after tea: What are we doing on the weekend of the 8th? Short and subtle reply:

Somthing for my birthday :shock: Why?

No reason!

So Murphys law strikes me down once more.

Bad luck Colin :!: , would have liked to have gone myself , but I'm away on holiday then .

21 DAYS TO GO :mexwave:

Jon, Steve

Have you seen the weather for Saturday.

Dry with sunny spells

11 to 12 deg.

Are we still on Jon.

Exellent. As long as its dry im happy!

Ive gotta take the RS in to get the clutch checked.{biting point half to two thirds of the way up?}

Des are you going with Jon?

Steve

I think thats the plan:)

Where are you setting out from?

I might follow you down there.{save me the map reading }

Steve

Mornin' Gents,

Yep we are still on! Des, I'll PM you some directions to my house. Its going to be dry? Damn! I like it wet, but then I'm strange.

If you have your own helmets, bring them, if not let me know as I have a spare full face and a spare open face. Bike (motor not push!) helmets are acceptable.

I'll be going down the M4 Steve, need to be there for 9ish. Autoroute reckons its about 150 miles, so leaving mine at about 6:30-6:45. Bear in mind, I drive like a granny ie set cruise control at 75 and just bimble along. Could meet up along the M4 somewhere?

My mobile is 07866 727618 if you need to get hold of me.

Jon

Jon,

I'll give you a call friday to sort out meet point.

Ive found my bike lid, so im all set.

Steve

Track day at Llandow

LMFAO :rofl:

Porsche, Subaru, Caterham, TVR, Honda NXS, Lotus and more all fell foul of the weather execpt for two unknown drivers in their nondescript red and black vRS. I can confirm they all know about them now as they parked up after the first session and wondered over to the skoda's. There quite good those 4X4's Skoda,s aren't they (wrong). The way you came past me you must have about 300bhp (wrong). It's a bog standard vRS, 180bhp, front wheel drive and it cost 15 grand, F*%K off you lying B*&^%$DS. The Porsche driver needed a JCB to pick his jaw off the floor.

I think Steve is still grinning now. The marshals need a bigger black flag, that do you think Steve.

To much to mention.

Still can't stop laughing.

Has anyone got any pictures/vid clips?

Im still getting over it!

I cant believe that my little red RS held it's own amongst the so called ultimate Trackday cars.

I lost count how many times i overtook

Lotus/caterham/TVR/NSX/Porsche/ Scooby{Did i get 'em all Des-did i }in the wet.

As the track dried the only cars that gave me a run were the Focus RS and the Suburu.{I later found out the Scooby had 300bhp :eek: }

Where my RS lost out on power id gain on the brakes.

The other great thing about yesterday was i lear'nt more about my car in 8 hours than i had in 12 months of ownership.

Ok so at one point i over did it and spun the RS {hi Jon:wave:}but i didnt hit anything .

127 track miles ,10.9 mpg and 1 n/s/f tyre- EXELLENT!!!!

I hope Des and Jon enjoyed it as much as i did.

Steve

P.S In defence of my 1 handed driving style, as a cab driver i usually save my left hand for white van man {no estate owners need apply :p }

Hi guys!

Well, what more can I add? Not a lot really, I'm so glad it rained (see, I was right, its so much fun in the wet!)

Steve, I'm so glad you had a good time, no worries about the spin One thing I learnt as a (crap) rally driver is that you always hit co-driver side first, a lesson for the future perhaps? ;)Hope your neck recovers LOL, my brakes are rather good aren't they

Oh well, 4 new tyres beckon, the day was meant to kill them off and it did.

Absolutely cracking day, bit windy and damp but hey, we had fun.

Fancy doing another?

Hope your lad enjoys the video oh and congrats again on the sprog

:cheers:

Did i mention my tracking is out?

Cant think why?

Steve

Well, it wasn't the spin, so it must have been either the curb jumping or the other off

Jon

Have you had a look at the pictures on www.picman.co.uk ?

Steve