thanks for all the positive comments guys
car performed brilliantly, despite me doing all most continuous laps all day .......
I took instruction £25 after my sighting laps as feel it was required.
Oulton was wet (but dried later on) and its much higher speed than I expected (I recall around 115mph on the speedo before braking for the chicane
)
ESP was left on all day (prudent), and auto corrected the car on 2 occasions when the back end stepped out
(very slick this VW software)
my recently upgraded front brakes (crossdrilled S3 OE kit from DaveB) performed faultlessly
Im only just back from a day trip to Northampton way, but needless to say Im still buzzing from the day.
I can thoroughly recommend Oulton park and trackdays.co.uk for a amazing day out. my entire body aches today from the sheer amount of physical excertion reqd yesterday
full review in progress.