Spinnin around - training?

RDH · Post by **RDH** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 1:33 pm

craigs135s wrote:ROSS in spin shocker

I will be up for a walshy day as soon as i get a new car. Would be good if he came up here but dont mind going down south if we need to.

Cheers
Craig

what he says!

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:11 pm

I have had a few scary

moments myself in the wet and would be interested in some driver training.

PhilA · Post by **PhilA** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:39 pm

driver training sure helps with the unexpected - which often comes in the damp conditions. i did the lotus driver training thing.
almost span a few times in the wet - unexpected. (the expected happens on track

)

1st was off a roundabout - just taking it easy in 3rd - next thing i knew i was pointed at the verge - but got it back.

2nd one was caught on police camera! they said i did well to catch it - hurt me shoulder moving quick tho

3rd one was under trees near dunkeld - was like glass! was doing < 30 mph too.

deffo get driver training or get round a corner loads of times and keep spinning - the more i did it the more i got used to how it felt and got quicker at reacting and eventually stopped spinning

jason · Post by **jason** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:43 pm

Lawrence wrote:Mac tried to get some folk in on a similar day at KH recently that Jason did but the organiser doesn't like Elises.

I don't want to get involved in the politics

, but it would have been good to see Elises there too. Shame.

As Mac will have seen, we had a great time driving various coned courses (and if your neck hadn't been sore, I'd have loaned you my keys, Mac) - a beginners' autotest if you like. Played with my Caterham's handling in a way I probably couldn't commit to on track

If numbers were a problem, I'm sure some of the Jock7-ers would be glad to make up numbers....

No idea how much the paddock cost, but KH supplied cones, a couple marshalls and a hosepipe.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:50 pm

Drive down south. it's worth it..

craigs135s · Post by **craigs135s** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:54 pm

Will do just need to find a car first

Cheers
Craig

Stewart · Post by **Stewart** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:54 pm

If you have a steering wheel for computer games, download the demo of Grand Prix Legends (GPL).
No substitute for the real thing but it will teach you to be light on the throttle and smooth on the steering inputs.

I promise you that on your first attempt you will not complete a lap without spinning.

Download the demo here http://www.bhmotorsports.com/download/6447

Short video of ingame action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNO5dJZLNm4

Post by **simon** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:08 pm

jasonliddell wrote:
Lawrence wrote:Mac tried to get some folk in on a similar day at KH recently that Jason did but the organiser doesn't like Elises.
I don't want to get involved in the politics , but it would have been good to see Elises there too. Shame.

I must have missed this, haven't got a clue what you're on about.

mac · Post by **mac** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:14 pm

Simon,

It wasn't on this Forum - there's more to life than elises <BG>

Mac

Post by **simon** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:18 pm

Ok but Lawrence's post suggested it was or maybe on Yahoo but I didn't see it on either.

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:37 pm

Caterham forum perhaps

On topic, I'll be well up for a Walshy day in Scotland if it happens.

mac · Post by **mac** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:09 pm

Give that man a coconut

It was a thread on ScottishSevens. Borders7 had an event booked at Kh which was undersubscribed, with a day or two to go I suggested they throw it open to us elisers but the bloke organising it didn't want to.

Didn't stop an Mx5 being there though.

Cheers

Mac

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:20 am

simon wrote:
jasonliddell wrote:
Lawrence wrote:Mac tried to get some folk in on a similar day at KH recently that Jason did but the organiser doesn't like Elises.
I don't want to get involved in the politics , but it would have been good to see Elises there too. Shame.
I must have missed this, haven't got a clue what you're on about.

Was a nippy one

Anyways - I'd be up for something like this chaps (if the the price was *cough* reasonable

)