now booked : Oulton Park track day : 5th December 2009 [pics link on page 3]

[RedRobin]

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john_o - Your enthusiasm and pleasure from the day really shines through your post!

Doubtless you'll be there on track at Oulton Park one day when I manage to get there. 

[Janner_Sy]

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Hey!! Oulton sounds very exciting! That's an extremely useful insight, Mike aka tony_d.

I'm afraid that airfield tracks such as Bedford don't excite me one little bit! Ask TC, he'll confirm that I won't know which way to go! I'd love to do the full GP Silverstone though.

Oulton Park, Nordschleife + Spa (combined trips) are on my list for 2010.

RR you need to add brands hatch to your track list, its awesome.  I did silverstone about 4 years ago in a xr2i and i dont think it was as good as brands.

[RedRobin]

RR you need to add brands hatch to your track list, its awesome.  I did silverstone about 4 years ago in a xr2i and i dont think it was as good as brands.

....Yes, the full circuit of Brands looks very good and it's a great environment. I've been there spectating many, many times over the years but that first Paddock Hill Bend after the start looks really scary - More so than the famous Eau Rouge at Spa. It's very fast, downhill and blind - I'd want tuition!

[Janner_Sy]

RR you need to add brands hatch to your track list, its awesome.  I did silverstone about 4 years ago in a xr2i and i dont think it was as good as brands.

....Yes, the full circuit of Brands looks very good and it's a great environment. I've been there spectating many, many times over the years but that first Paddock Hill Bend after the start looks really scary - More so than the famous Eau Rouge at Spa. It's very fast, downhill and blind - I'd want tuition!

I did exactly that on my first lap. I was on an XR and RS owners club track day, and ended up getting tuition for free somehow, and won a snap on tool set for most improved first timer

[Janner_Sy]

should have done this

[DanGB]

A load of us from seatcupra.net including me are doing oulton park on sat 6th feb for £69!

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=245727

[NB07]

nice one johno some grat pics there looks like a great day out 

A load of us from seatcupra.net including me are doing oulton park on sat 6th feb for £69!

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=245727

hmm that sounds inviting dan any chance of inluding a golf in on that bearing in mind my misses is a member of SCN ?! 

[john_o]

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. 

[DanGB]

anyone can come as its not an SCN only day :)

16 of us are booked up so far just this weekend!

nice one johno some grat pics there looks like a great day out  

A load of us from seatcupra.net including me are doing oulton park on sat 6th feb for £69!

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=245727

hmm that sounds inviting dan any chance of inluding a golf in on that bearing in mind my misses is a member of SCN ?!  

[john_o]

get it added as a seperate thread and linked 
thats an amazing price (mine was £135 for reference)