Ando

A Mate txt me to see if I was watching it, flick over for 5 mins until the guy was waxing it in the middle of the night!!!

Only in America!!!!

Still have my doubts about weather it was real or not, the programe, I mean, not the guy wacking one off!!!

Ando

I love growing my own stuff in the garden, no better feeling than coming home from work and have a scout round getting a load of stuff and cooking up something with it, I guess I'm a real foodie at heart and love the old River Cottage thing, we've got loads of veg growing in our garden, chickens and a hot tub!! Also make my own Sausages, Hams, Bacon, Gammon, Chorizo and Salarmi's. Started shooting now but only at clays while I get my aim!!

I think its important to know where your food comes from.

Ando

I did an 1100 mile round trip to the ring a few weeks back did 7 laps while i was there, cruised around 95 average, 120 in places, and averaged just under 23.84mpg for the whole trip. well chuffed with that, used 210 liters of fuel all super as well.

Ando.

ill meet you ando, should be coming past about 6.40 ill be leaving mine about 6 which which is 10mins of junction 29 of the M1

Shire, That sounds good, do you want to meet in the services at Leicester Forrest East?

I'll pm you my number.

H5, what time do you expect to get to the gate?

Cheers

Ando.

I was aiming to get there for 7.30- 8am, silverstone can be a nightmare to get in to at big car shows, have been to a lot of ford shows over the years, I don't mind helping out setting or up the stand, etc.

I'll be heading down the M1 from Junc 21 if anyones going down that way?

Ando.

:lol:

What a great Final that game was, I really thought Ronaldo had thrown it away with his pen, but what a stroke of luck with Terry missing and when Anelka came to take his I really wanted Van De Sar to save it!! Brilliant, even though I'm not a Man U fan.

Ando.

Can't wait for this show!! How much space have they given us for a stand? Looking like a right good turn out!!

Ando

Looks

Did the kit come with everything to make it a twin inlet system? or is the more to it than that.

Hope its not too much of a daft noobie Q's.

Ando

Cheers Guys, still trying to find 5 mins to sort the vid out

Did you follow a silver m3 for a spirited drive down the m20 to the tunnel on the Saturday morning.

Yes as per the other pic thread, were you in a Z? When we got checked in we just drove straight round to the train even though it wasn't our Letter being called, we got on an earlier train than we booked

I did park up on the Saturday next to a blade Z at the ring, plate ended in STE, briefly spoke to the owners misses, well she told me to park next to it!!

Cheers

Ando

Got emailed this today, thought it was pretty funny

Ando

I went Blade Sliver YT55 NSZ. Did most of my laps on sunday, 1 early monday morning.

Any pics would be great.

Cheers

Ando.

Great piccies

 

 

certainly a different way to paint the rays

Yeah I quite like them in black, I may do my spare set like this for track wheels, they always look clean as you can't see the brake dust all over them!!

Sound advice - it sounds obvious, but if you can remember the bends where you can go flat out and those where you have to be careful (ie. those with plenty of spectators) then you will be sweet! It's better to take the bend over the hill too slowly and then curse cos ya could've gone faster, rather than the other way!!

 

:-)

lol I find that even now I think, damn could have gone a bit quicker there, but thats where ring experience comes in....Oo Er!!

Ando

So jealous - i'd love to go there.

 

Did you get additional insurance for tracking it, or did you risk it?

It is a great place, everytime I insure the car for euro travel I ask them about Germany and 'one way unrestricted toll roads' they don;t know what Im on about and say I'm insured on all German roads.

I guess this means I'm not insured but IF I ever needed to use it then I really hope they have recorded that phone call for training purposes!! lol

I guess its about not trying to hard and enjoying it more than worrying about times, I've driven over 40 laps now and am getting use to the track, really there's about 6 bends out the 170+ to worry about and the accidents are normally in the same places, so as long as you know where you need to be extra careful then generally you'll be ok.

Cheers

Ando

Hi and Welcome.

Ando

HI

As some of you know I went to the ring the other week, thought I'd post up some pics from the weekend.

It was the first time I'd really driven the car hard, but I was being well conservative driving it to be honest, after writing of my m3 on track with no insurance and only having owned the 350Z a week. Didn't have to many moments other than the tires going off after 2 consecutive laps and it got a bit slippy.

It'd be great if we could sort out a 350z trip out there sometime.....

Some of the journey there.

There was some VLN Racing on the Saturday afternoon when we got there.

Some of the car park.

This is My mates CSL that he leaves out at the ring now, Lucky Barstweard!!

My other Mate Tankslapper, he's only got the use of one arm and is so fast at the Ring, he's been going for well over a decade and has done 1000's of laps, it amazing how he does it, It's bit scary mind at 160mph when he put his knee on the steering wheel to put the SMG back into auto!!

We got talking to some guys in there Evo's and Skyines and they were saying how much power they had.

This one had over 600bhp, he broke down, iirc.

It was funny cuz 99% of the cars that broke down on track were evo's scoobys and the like!!

Busy Busy trying to get out on track.

Another Incident.

Recovery Truck trying to squeeze through!!

The 350 on the main straight, the track was closed for yet another crash.

The 350 getting branded after it's maiden laps of the 'Ring

Got the Video of the lap to sort out but I'll stick that on here when I get 5, plus some more pics.

Can't wait to go back.

Cheers

Ando

I was there last weekend - Ultra Yellow - just like the flags on almost every lap!

 

JohnK

I think I saw your car, does the reg end in fss? If so I saw you quite alot but never got a chance to say hi.

You also let me passed on sunday morning on track.

Cheers

Mark.

Yep I'll be up, 12.55 sounds fine to me.

Any chance you could ask them about Bullet camera's in the car and suction mounts on the out side, with an additional Safety Tether.

I'll be bringing my bullet cameras along so we could do a bit of a video.

Cheers

Ando

Voted

That time is okay really.

 

I did see a blade/GM zed following a M3 going down to the chunnel on Saturday morning (followed him for 20-30 miles down the m20 and he also pulled into the tunnel but queued up at different booth). Do not think it would be you as sure it had a nismo rear spoiler. Did not get reg as he was travelling well.

Could have been me, I was following my mate in his Silver Grey M3 CSL, his plate would be more noticeable than mine UK53 CSL.

We were on the saturday train at 7.20am.

Cheers

Ando

Went to the Nurburgring last weekend, found this pic on a ring photo website.

First time I've driven it round there as I've only owned it a week, thought it handled great. didn't really time my laps but got a 9.40 in on the first time out.

Great weekend, really busy and really hot.

Seen a few other 350's there wondered if any were off here?

Cheers

Ando

I'll be up for some track action, just got back from the Ring so need some thing to look forward to!!

Are we going to try and get out on track in the same session? If so what time do peeps fancy?

Does anyone know what track layout it'll be?

Cheers

Ando

Limits are there to be broken!!

Hi

There's a local car and bike meet near me on the 2nd Tues of every month at the Carrington Arms, in Ashby Foleville near Melton Mowbray.

Just wondered if anyone was going, I'll be going and taking the Z after I've given it a clean to get all the flies off the front from the 1200 mile euro hoon.

If anyone going let me know, hope to see you there.

Ando

Hi

Do we need to pay before the 19th or do we pay on the day.

Can you put me down for 2 tickets. One for me and a passenger.

Cheers

Ando.

Morning All

Can;t beleive how long the clock on the wall oppersite my desk is taking to get to 1 o'clock. The cars packed and all cleaned and polished ready for the 500 mile drive through France, Belgium and in to the Efiel Mountains to the Green Hell!! Can't wait!!

Got all my camera gear so will have a lap or 2 on video to show you all next week, plus a shed load of pics.

Not that I be trying to break any lap record there, to be honest I had a bit of an off on track in Wales last year, and wrote off my E36 M3 Evo that I'd owned for 2 months, with no track insurance, so I'm a tad bit Paranoid about taking the Z and spanking the hell out of it trying to beat my mates time of 8'48" in his 350Z. But if I can match or be around the 9'07" then I'll be happy with that.

I think it'll be a busy weekend, but one of my mates will be trying for a 7'50" in his CSL, and he one has 1 arm, guys amazing so I'll get that on video.

Heres a couple of pics, Hopefully one day I'll put ome of me up in mine off the floor and on 3 wheels!!

Can you tell I'm a bit excited!!

Ando