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Offline RedRobin

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Re: First time on track!
« Reply #15 on: May 19, 2009, 09:17:41 pm »

C'mon Robin, it would be a waste to have all your mods and not take your car on a track to fully utilise them.  :driver:


....I don't agree about my car's mods being "a waste" - They may be a waste for you and many others, but not for me - The car doesn't have a brain that's capable of differentiating whether it's being driven on a road or on a track and so all it's suspension and brakes etc etc are still given a healthy and enjoyable workout. I prefer not to drive any vehicle at its limit in any circumstance - I keep the car's limits beyond my own driver limitations. Judging from my many passenger rides on track I think I would get bored by the repetition of laps in an often featureless landscape. I love the ever changing dynamics of a road journey.

I've been driving a new supercharged S4 Avant this week and have been having a huge amount of fun on the roads without driving dangerously, and that's obviously a car with much more power than my GTI and also with quattro+sports diff.



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Re: First time on track!
« Reply #16 on: May 19, 2009, 09:19:00 pm »
that looks like the time attack lot that were at Oulton the other week

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Re: First time on track!
« Reply #17 on: May 19, 2009, 10:54:07 pm »
S4 . NICE
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Re: First time on track!
« Reply #18 on: May 19, 2009, 11:59:07 pm »

S4 . NICE


....S for Superb! I'll be writing and posting a review. :happy2:


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Re: First time on track!
« Reply #19 on: May 20, 2009, 08:46:55 am »
^^^^
Those drift guys were at Castle Combe at this weekend's JapFest.

The track doesn't appeal to me at all - I much prefer the ever changing dynamics of the road and also the journey.

yes the main EDC guys went upto Knockhill for Round 2 of the championship. The ones who contest the 2nd tier champ (BDC) were at Combe showboating. Did you see the accident at the final corner?

Here's a in car vid of it. Watch how the passenger's helmet smashes the side window  :surprised:

Drift crash at Japfest

ps: how do you embed the damn video into the post??

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Re: First time on track!
« Reply #20 on: May 20, 2009, 08:47:59 am »
that looks like the time attack lot that were at Oulton the other week

that's cos they are, it was Round 2 @ Knockhill.  :happy2:

won't be able to do Round 3 at Silverstone tho.  :sad:

wish i could take shots like these tho!



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Re: First time on track!
« Reply #21 on: May 20, 2009, 10:49:41 pm »
^^^^
That pic with the exhaust flames is awesome! :happy2:


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Re: First time on track!
« Reply #22 on: May 21, 2009, 08:08:47 pm »
 ^^ I'd love for my GTI to do that! :evilgrin:
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