North Wales run 25th April - off road incedent...
04-28-2004, 05:34 AM
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Originally posted by Andy Roe
Rob,
Glad to hear that you & your car are OK! This is one of the things that scares me after changing from a C4 to a C2 & another reason why I must get on some track days this year!!
Andy
Rob,
Glad to hear that you & your car are OK! This is one of the things that scares me after changing from a C4 to a C2 & another reason why I must get on some track days this year!!
Andy
04-28-2004, 05:38 AM
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I had about 4 minutes to do on the 15 minutes 'spirited driving' on the DME re-set when Rob called and said "I've done a bit of off roading!!". I immediateley turned round and headed back to see what had happened. My daughter and I were trying to guess what state the car would be in. We pretty much guessed Rob would be OK as he sounded fine (ish) on the phone but imagined the car would be undriveable. We got to the 'incident point' and saw Robs car in an impossible place.
I'm still amazed that the car came out as initially it looked like a crane would be required. The Porsche pliers from the toolkit made short work of the barbed wire fence and after planning the exit route the car drove out.
Unbeleivable. These cars must made from granite. I'm certain many lesser cars would be destroyed after that.
I'm still amazed that the car came out as initially it looked like a crane would be required. The Porsche pliers from the toolkit made short work of the barbed wire fence and after planning the exit route the car drove out.
Unbeleivable. These cars must made from granite. I'm certain many lesser cars would be destroyed after that.
04-28-2004, 05:41 AM
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Originally posted by John Boggiano
Here is a picture of Dave celebrating, an hour or so later, by performing his legendary 'Plier-man' dance... [/B]
Here is a picture of Dave celebrating, an hour or so later, by performing his legendary 'Plier-man' dance... [/B]
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04-28-2004, 05:44 AM
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Originally posted by Christer
One thing you can do is to experience oversteer deliberately and safely where conditions allow so that you are more used to the feeling when it happens.
One thing you can do is to experience oversteer deliberately and safely where conditions allow so that you are more used to the feeling when it happens.
What I actually want to do is get the back out on purpose! So I am planning an advanced driving course with, probably, Don Palmer. For some reason he never answers my emails!?
04-28-2004, 05:57 AM
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Christer -I agree; that's one of the reasons why I too do track days...
Piers - I wonder if we could do a Rennlist day with Don Palmer. I've heard he's very good, and that he can handle small groups...I'd be interested...
Piers - I wonder if we could do a Rennlist day with Don Palmer. I've heard he's very good, and that he can handle small groups...I'd be interested...
04-28-2004, 10:18 AM
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John - you asked about my sharks fin - I did clip it back on; quite securely I thought...got to the office this morning and it has gone. Bugger. It was broken anyway, but cosmetically it was doing a good job. I guess it also protects the oil lines?...need to replace asap. Anyone got a midnight blue RHS sharks fin?!
04-28-2004, 10:47 AM
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I'm so glad to hear that all has ended so well!!!!
Would you mind picking my lottery numbers for me????
The driving looks superb and I would love to drive the same roads. Any chance of letting me know where they are?
I noticed the picture from inside John B's car that the power supply for your radar detector disappears behind the dash board. Where does it go from there? My detector is exactly the same & I dislike the wiring dangling down to the cigar lighter.
I too would be interested in the driving course.
Steve
Would you mind picking my lottery numbers for me????
The driving looks superb and I would love to drive the same roads. Any chance of letting me know where they are?
I noticed the picture from inside John B's car that the power supply for your radar detector disappears behind the dash board. Where does it go from there? My detector is exactly the same & I dislike the wiring dangling down to the cigar lighter.
I too would be interested in the driving course.
Steve
