Steve
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nothing wrong with finding your limits on a public road IMO in the right place and at the right time, a nice roundabout in the country when its dead nothing around is a good place to start
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Ben J
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Originally posted by Steve
nothing wrong with finding your limits on a public road IMO in the right place and at the right time, a nice roundabout in the country when its dead nothing around is a good place to start
Theres a fairly big, but very quiet roundabout near me that i've used to find the limits of the VXR after mods etc. 
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sc0ott
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you selling the turinis  ?
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sc0ott
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nothing wrong with finding your limits on a public road IMO in the right place and at the right time, a nice roundabout in the country when its dead nothing around is a good place to start
you better re-word that. there will be one doyle on here who will think driving across rather than around the roundabout is what you are saying
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Daimo B
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Track Days
Google.com then search Car Track Days
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3CorsaMeal
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"Got the cup home "
Great, just need to find 2 girls now 
vid's 
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FlamingCorsa
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There is a track day at rockingham 2nd week of june i think. Head over to Cliosport and have a look on there. Im thinking of going to that one myself!
yea come to rockingham, best track to watch from! brother will be there in his 172 cup and i will be there with the van if weather is good, or the clio 197 if its raining :-)
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Ian
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Bedford 24th may booked, will Goodyear eagle f1s be up to the job ?
Of course they are, if they're suitable for road driving then they're not going to suddenly overheat or let go on a track.
The major factor is you and how hard you drive.
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johnny86
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becareful i had a 172 cup and thought after a few months i was the nuts driving then i got a bit too cocky and well writeoff!! and my drivers drive shaft always f***ed up!! much quicker thanold corsa redtop
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antnee
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The first time I drove my current car hard was on my first trackday! On odd tyres 
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Ojc
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www.openpitlane.co.uk lists all track days in the UK
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antnee
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Originally posted by johnny86
becareful i had a 172 cup and thought after a few months i was the nuts driving then i got a bit too cocky and well writeoff!! and my drivers drive shaft always f***ed up!! much quicker thanold corsa redtop
People who tend to go through lots of driveshafts/CV joints usually drive like nobs
[Edited on 13-05-2010 by antnee]
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Graham88
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Or they are french and made of cheese
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Butler
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First time I ever drove our mazda was on a race track, its no big deal, I soon got used to it.
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Butler
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Originally posted by Steve
nothing wrong with finding your limits on a public road IMO in the right place and at the right time, a nice roundabout in the country when its dead nothing around is a good place to start
Awful advice. Did you read the PH thread about the guy that hit the biker. If you want to find your limits, a track day is a perfect idea - go for it! The Cups have fantastic handling. Id recommend going to the ring, wont cost that much more than a full track day.
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BarnshaW
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steve tested his puma in happy shopper car park for reverse parking.
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Steve
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Originally posted by Butler
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Originally posted by Steve
nothing wrong with finding your limits on a public road IMO in the right place and at the right time, a nice roundabout in the country when its dead nothing around is a good place to start
Awful advice. Did you read the PH thread about the guy that hit the biker. If you want to find your limits, a track day is a perfect idea - go for it! The Cups have fantastic handling. Id recommend going to the ring, wont cost that much more than a full track day.
no i didnt but if you read what i wrote, then you wouldnt be near a biker to hit!
iv always been against dangerous driving on the roads, especially if its endangering others, but anyone who says that they havent had a play about with there car on a familiar quiet bit of road with lots of space, is lying.
[Edited on 13-05-2010 by Steve]
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DAZ1985
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I find my limits on both track and road. but i will learn the car on a road first. plenty of quite country roads on my doorstep
i see your point though butler
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Ian
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Depends where the limits are. If I found my limits on a public road I would have no licence and probably some injuries on my conscience.
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Steve
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by limits i mean going round a roundabout increasing speed untl you find the point the car starts to lose the back end, or when the its likely to step out under lift off oversteer.
by nw means do i encourage tear-arsing round blind bends on the wrong side of the road, or approaching junctions finding braking limits etc etc
if i ever want a play on public roads i will always do it where there is absolutely zero chance of me harming anyone else but myself
[Edited on 13-05-2010 by Steve]
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Butler
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
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Originally posted by Butler
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Originally posted by Steve
nothing wrong with finding your limits on a public road IMO in the right place and at the right time, a nice roundabout in the country when its dead nothing around is a good place to start
Awful advice. Did you read the PH thread about the guy that hit the biker. If you want to find your limits, a track day is a perfect idea - go for it! The Cups have fantastic handling. Id recommend going to the ring, wont cost that much more than a full track day.
no i didnt but if you read what i wrote, then you wouldnt be near a biker to hit!
iv always been against dangerous driving on the roads, especially if its endangering others, but anyone who says that they havent had a play about with there car on a familiar quiet bit of road with lots of space, is lying.
[Edited on 13-05-2010 by Steve]
I agree people do it, im not saying I havent either, but its still bad advice to give. The trouble is peoples perception on the right place and right time differs.
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Steve
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its probably bad advice to give on here yes 
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johnny86
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Originally posted by antnee
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Originally posted by johnny86
becareful i had a 172 cup and thought after a few months i was the nuts driving then i got a bit too cocky and well writeoff!! and my drivers drive shaft always f***ed up!! much quicker thanold corsa redtop
People who tend to go through lots of driveshafts/CV joints usually drive like nobs
[Edited on 13-05-2010 by antnee]
yeah i did used to drive like a nob but never when there was other cars around and my mate got a 182 sport and he gone through a couple of shafts and he hasnt taken it past 100 and drives really careful
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Steve
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thinking about it the only time i drive in what could be called a dangerous manner is round roundabouts
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Ian
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Steve, that's terrible advice The limit of adhesion is not the limit of how your car feels when you come in to a bend fast under braking and turn it in snappy
There's no possible way I would have been able to learn to catch the Puma by going progressively faster around a roundabout. The weight is in the wrong place, there's no mental preparation for what you're about to do, there's no footwork, etc, etc.
Don't try this at home!
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