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Lol.. yep, I was a bit in a state when I arrived at 10:30 a.m..

I had missed the briefing and I honestly thought the session.. but they gave me a cursory nod as the guy knew me from previous outtings. I Didn’t have time to drop off that stuff off at a friends stand etc… so yeah, I’m sure it was funny to watch. I was bummed I didn’t have a chance to set up my hero cams and racelogic GPS.. and tbh left a £k's worth of camera kit+racelogic under a towel (outside) next to that door you saw me shuttling to! Scary last second stuff.

 

Look guys, I didn’t come here to dish out abuse.. only to defend myself a bit and introduce to other track enthusiasts.

 

Cpt., I did let people by and you can see it in the Vid. I tried to let the Red300 through on the first straight as he was being hyper aggressive from the very start... but he slowed. He tried to undertake 2 of us at once on about the 3rd corner and the I let him through before the 4th.

 

As far as the 3 times You say I held you up... I honestly didn’t notice it on the day or I would have gladly waved you by. And I can’t really see it in the Video. I can maybe see once... but there are 4 of us in a pretty tight line there.. and these were very short straights on that part of the track . I was looking to pass as well, and on the next straight, they let me through and I was long gone from there.

Unless you were looking to undertake on a turn... (as in at minute 8:00! -I know a guy who’s pretty upset about that move)... sorry, but the thought of letting someone through on the inside of a turn never crossed my mind.

 

I take your point about waiting 10 sec’s though.. in retrospect, I should have.

 

Hey, I came on here and said “look, I apologise if I caused any griefâ€. That’s about all I can say. I’d hoped that we could share a common interest and possibly 'the track' as a group again one day. (i'll put my slicks on and keep it straight & arrow!)

 

I’ll leave that up to you guys.

 

Nice of you to reply so thoughtfully. :thumbs:

 

No probs and water under the bridge. Maybe see you on the track again some time.

 

Now let's see some more pics from everybody.

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Nice vids Mrtin.

 

mmmmmmmmmmmmm........1:25 :rant:

 

Will see how I do after my Up-Rev at Abbey on Wednesday.

 

Need them to find me 1.3 seconds.

 

Come on boys! :boxing:

you need to get a manual gearbox :lol:;)

 

that 300 wasnt standard... and he seemed to knew the lines, must have been a pain in the arse with all that traffic for him. buffering his single lap to see what lines he's doing. :drunk:

 

There is always sc or tt route available :teeth: Not sure if Abbey can do something about the autobox shifting like change it's behaviour in say sport mode to keep the gears in for longer braking... I need a trackday in mine...

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Nice vids Mrtin.

 

mmmmmmmmmmmmm........1:25 :rant:

 

Will see how I do after my Up-Rev at Abbey on Wednesday.

 

Need them to find me 1.3 seconds.

 

Come on boys! :boxing:

you need to get a manual gearbox :lol:;)

 

that 300 wasnt standard... and he seemed to knew the lines, must have been a pain in the arse with all that traffic for him. buffering his single lap to see what lines he's doing. :drunk:

 

There is always sc or tt route available :teeth: Not sure if Abbey can do something about the autobox shifting like change it's behaviour in say sport mode to keep the gears in for longer braking... I need a trackday in mine...

 

I don't drive in auto......on the track or anywhere else. I bought the Zed when I had 1 day to buy a car when my 325 blew up so the car chose me, not the other way round :lol::lol:

 

I really don't think it would make a difference if I had a manual. The tiptronic is good and I'm sure the up-rev will be a lot of fun. :thumbs:

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ah tiptronic... a bit different but still an auto :D I'd know have two! Maybe the gearing can be made a bit quicker after an uprev? find both my geattronic on the volvo wagon and the altezza's tiptronic to be a bit to slow, there is a kit you can install in the tezza to shorten the time (lifespan of the gearbox too no dought) of the up and downshifting :teeth:

 

Note: I stand corrected on having an auto box...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(still an autobox though :p )

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Best sticker of the show (if not ever)

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Bit late to the party I know... But that sticker would have been a million times better if it was spelt right :bangin:

 

Maybe it should've said, "Considerably higher than the driver's IQ" ;)

 

Unless it's something glaring, that is the right spelling (I'm pretty sure anyway...) I think it is the Americans who don't use the "ae" spelling, we do :D.

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