mattk
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Im looking now at
Oulton Park - Full Circuit - 105db on Sat 6th of Feb
its £69
this seems far too cheap? or is it becasue Im booking it in advance and the weather might be shit?
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Ojc
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Basically, yes.
That time last year the country was under 5 inches of snow.
Just something to bare in mind when booking that far in advance.
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mattk
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whats the deal if thats the case then, do I get the dosh back or get another day to drive or is it just tough luck
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gavin18787
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who is that through matt?
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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mattk
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trackdays.co.uk Gav
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AK
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MSV trackdays are cheaper in winter months
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Ojc
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
whats the deal if thats the case then, do I get the dosh back or get another day to drive or is it just tough luck
Extreme cases like snow I would imagine you would, anything else I doubt it.
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gavin18787
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Was going to say if its through MSV they account for abnormal weather
Matt I put up a post on WR regarding a day at oulton
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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smcGSI16V
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You've also got to consider that with a low price generally it means a high amount of cars on the track or at the venue on that day.
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Graeme
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that open pit lane, full day?
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chloe16v
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my brother is going to this and has asked if i want to go 
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Chris F
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Book it matty, book a hotel up im there!
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Mike
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I can't afford a trackday but I'd be up for coming watching, maybe some passenger laps 
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antnee
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I was thinking of doing it as lots of the seat lads are doing it, but I doubt I can afford tyres and coilovers before then
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mattk
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Im not too bothered aboutthe rain, just as much fun imo, Its still nice to be off the road and push yourself, book a night Chris and come up.
Il have a look on WR Gavin, cant remember my password though lol
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by antnee
I was thinking of doing it as lots of the seat lads are doing it, but I doubt I can afford tyres and coilovers before then
So?
We took Donnas totally standard Astra on track a few times, and if you can drive right, you can run rings around a lot more better kit driven by numpties 
Price isn't bad, i'd do it if it was closer.
Tyres, as long as they arn't slicks and are legal, u'll be fine.
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Ojc
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
quote:
Originally posted by antnee
I was thinking of doing it as lots of the seat lads are doing it, but I doubt I can afford tyres and coilovers before then
So?
We took Donnas totally standard Astra on track a few times, and if you can drive right, you can run rings around a lot more better kit driven by numpties
Price isn't bad, i'd do it if it was closer.
Tyres, as long as they arn't slicks and are legal, u'll be fine.
But a VXR is slightly more designed to be on the track than a 1.6 Seat, no offence BTW. I wouldn't have taken the Polo on track without some decent suspension as it gets a bit wallowy.
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Daimo B
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I'd take a 1.2 16v Corsa out on the track.
Its how much fun you have whilst doing it. And tbh, if it IS wet, he can use the 1.6 in a much more safe and fun way than a 2.0 turbo
Standard car suspensions do hang on a lot better than people think. all about being smoooooth 
tbh, i'd be more worried about brakes overheating on a standard car than anything else, but if its wet and cold, that won't be a problem as much.
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jr
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Never overheated the nurburgendy astra brakes, which are the cheapest motorfactor pads avalible, and standard disks
saying that its also 118bhp and had so much fun in that
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Ojc
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Yep, I deffo believe that it doesn't matter what BHP you have you can still have fun
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antnee
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
quote:
Originally posted by VXR
quote:
Originally posted by antnee
I was thinking of doing it as lots of the seat lads are doing it, but I doubt I can afford tyres and coilovers before then
So?
We took Donnas totally standard Astra on track a few times, and if you can drive right, you can run rings around a lot more better kit driven by numpties
Price isn't bad, i'd do it if it was closer.
Tyres, as long as they arn't slicks and are legal, u'll be fine.
But a VXR is slightly more designed to be on the track than a 1.6 Seat, no offence BTW. I wouldn't have taken the Polo on track without some decent suspension as it gets a bit wallowy.
Got a 1.9tdi now!
I took it to cadwell the other week as a standard car. All the tyres are odd though
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