E30 Zone

Novice trackday on the new 300 circuit for £49

http://www.clubmsv.co.uk/car-home/exclu ... bmwontrack

wow, that is cheap. i'm on the wrong shift though

Mummmy!!! Very very poor upsettingly, and the Fiesta (Beamer not read) badly needs a service, so no track day shenanigans for me. If anyone with a track prepped E30 wants to go halves or some sort of deal though let me know!

Ill be there in a yellow E36 M3 showing my bosses whats what

If enough E30s are going I might come straight from work, could be there around 6, could I get on someone's passenger list? Could do with learning the circuit, and getting top tips for my tarck project!

I may bring a spare alternator, battery and some tools too, as these have been known to ruin people's day!

I dont mind taking you out but can you be a passenger without the wrist band handed out after the safety briefing?

You can always go get one after signing the waver.

I think as a passenger, I'd just have to go and pay some notes and fill out a NOK form to get my wrist band - no drama. What you got DHFiS?

milescook wrote:I think as a passenger, I'd just have to go and pay some notes and fill out a NOK form to get my wrist band - no drama. What you got DHFiS?

318iS - we met when I bought your boot carpet

Ah! have been a bit of a del boy sold loads to usernames here! Hope the boot ie nice and spangly still mines changed a bit... will pop over at snet and say hello.

Without wanting to be a killjoy if you have been on track before you'll likely find the Novice evening more frustrating than useful as people will in the main be going relatively slowly in road cars, and MSVR keep a careful look out for any intimidating driving, overtaking on the run up to corners etc to make sure the novices feel safe (and will want to spend more money to do it again). May be better value in the long run keeping an eye out for an open day.

"intimidating driving, overtaking on the run up to corners"

I think they'd be happy with that assessment - personally, having never done a track day before, the Novice one was absolutely ideal.

Watch out for a custard cream then!

Demlotcrew wrote:Watch out for a custard cream then!

Is that a standby bribe to the officials?

No this turd.

Mmm custardy

Its amazing how rain can make even the most boring tracks fun

Hope everyone got back ok! Didnt see any bad driving, a very good evening, thanks to DHFis for the heads up on the event

Photos: http://www.theimagefile.com/?skin=19627 ... d=97226tkp

Demlotcrew wrote:Ill be there in a yellow E36 M3 showing my bosses whats what

Are you going to stick the onboard footage up on YouTube?

I wasnt planning to, as its pretty boring, but I can put a few of the skidz on

What car were you in?

The E30 that wasn't DHFiS' was mine. There was a short period when I was in front of Colonel Custard and spotted the elaborate camera rig on it afterwards, and was selfishly hoping the footage might surface at some point. All the pictures on the MSV website have my wheels pointing in the same direction which is disappointingly unrepresentive of my afternoon.

Oh yeah, you over took my boss, I have footage of that Ill make sure to get it all online

That'd be much appreciated. Glad it was your boss driving, I think I'd backed off once already to make a bit of space but caught up again so came by in a typically tedious 318 style.

Demlotcrew wrote:Its amazing how rain can make even the most boring tracks fun

Hope everyone got back ok! Didnt see any bad driving, a very good evening, thanks to DHFis for the heads up on the event

No problem, I'm surprised BMW dont publicise these events more heavily.

I would have stayed longer but this was a shake down after the work I had done after Silverstone and there are still some noises I need to investigate.

What work are you up to on yours DHFis? Maybe I can come and help,by help I mean carry stuff and pick up some top tips!

milescook wrote:What work are you up to on yours DHFis? Maybe I can come and help,by help I mean carry stuff and pick up some top tips!

I get a noise on left hand bends that might be linked with my E36 rack or might be some other as yet unknown problem. Did you work out how to get your clocks refitted after the cage was installed?

Yeah I just screwed it in to the plastic where it fitted on advice! It sticks out a bit but it's fixed in palce and I can see it, and that's the main thing

Still trying to upload this Video, its quite large and its failing overnight. Will try a few more times then send it to a friend with a T1 connection.

How big is it?

1.6GB and I only have a 450k upload speed.

Well your upload speed is ~5 times faster than mine so it's not all bad. Thanks again for making the effort.

Ok its online!

Phew.



Again like I said, its very boring, but the banana sounds good and there are some nice spins.

Andrew

Demlotcrew wrote:Again like I said, its very boring, but the banana sounds good and there are some nice spins.

The spin at 1:45 wasn't exactly what I'd call boring.

I'm sure you're right about the M3 having potential, but not so sure about the driver in the middle section. A bit more practice required perhaps. A dry day would certainly be a gentler learning curve.

Thanks again for your perseverance with the upload.