JoeW

Lifted with appreciation from F-Chat:

Youcef

Paintless repair maybe!

Cupcar#12

looks like somebody lost thier ceramic brakes.....

porter cable random will take that right out and some of that super wax - No problem

investlt

I think it depends on whether they had a good base of wax on to begin with.....

BTW Joe, Quit procrastinating and get back to work!!!

tonytaylor

What about this?

Christer

Tony....ouch.....and wtf?

JoeW

Tony, injuries to a Porsche are tragic.

John, some of us have made a career of procrastination .... speaking long term, of course

Joe

tonytaylor

Had a spin

Could have been much worse.
Only apparent damage is on the photo, although the wishbone on that side is likely.

tonytaylor

More pics

robmug

Tony - is that recent? Oulton?

JoeW

Looks like the wheel caught some too!

I just replaced the left rear bumper cover -- got it for $279 from a discount parts dealer (in US) vs. $538 from the local Porsche dealer. I assume you have discount parts folk available in UK?

tonytaylor

Tuesday, this week, at Oulton Park.

I'm about to go to work; Perhaps I'll post all the gory details tonight.

Christer

Tony, that will definitely just buff out....phew....

ian c - u.k

if it helps i have the side bumpa bit you can have for free if you pick it up , and also take me for a spin next time youre on the track ( not literally )

tonytaylor

Had a trackday at Oulton on this Tuesday at which I was joined by my partner/GF who was having some instructor sessions in an MX5. Sun was shinning, roads were dry and not too busy in the paddock. After signing on I took the GF out for a session to show her the circuit. We did about 15mins which was enough to get the tyres to temp.
We sorted Michelle out with the MX5 and I went out for another session. I had done 3 laps (2.75 miles per lap) and was working my way up to full pace, starting to set my braking points. I had been able to get on the power early at the corner before the pit straight ( Lodge corner) and was fast down the straight ( Michelle had seen 120mph in the earlier session ) and started braking at my designated point for the next corner (Old Hall). I had slowed satisfactorly and was tapering the brakes off when I downshifted..................
Up until then I had been having a good day. While I am sure over what happened next, I am not 100% sure why.
As soon as I downshifted the adrenalin started to flow and I knew I had a problem but I was on my turn in point and you have to turn in, as its at the point where the kerb bind right with the corner, or else your on the grass into the gravel and then the tyre wall. Turn in speed is about 70mph and the instant I turned in I had massive oversteer. Instinctively put on full opposite lock but still went past 90 degrees in an instant at which point I bailed out and put both feet in and let go of the wheel and ended up going backwards locked up.
I thought I had got away with it as most of the speed had been disapated but ended up on the grass where braking isn't very effective and hit the armco on the inside of the turn, which is only about 10ft in here, with a gentle thump.
Session was stopped and I drove back to the pits. Michelle came over, checked out the damage and swore at me. Instructor came over, sympathised over the damage, asked if something had broken going into the corner. I don't think so. I think I shifted to 1st instead of 3rd. Instructor says that would do it.
Later in the day another instructor who saw the event said I lost it under braking and agreed that a mis shift would be the most plausable way of spinnig in that way ( no one ever spins to the inside at this turn, - normal accident is to go straight on at turn in point)
Michelle said the car gave a loud exhaust bang before the spin ( it does pop and bang on the over run).
Only thing is I can't recall the engine screaming.
Wheel has had it but body work repair should be inexpensive. Jury is out on the wishbone until it has been aligned.