Budget group track days.
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Hi. Anyone out there who wants to do some track days but is strapped for cash like me? Fancy meeting up in a group and sharing the costs?
Had something like this in mind:
One or two people buy car/s. Cheap models with fairly good 0-60, handling and that give a decent mpg at cruising speed, for those journeys to a race track.
Another person/s buy second sets of wheels, high performance/track day tyres, fuel, provide tools.
Others pay for track use, hotel, ferries, food etc.
I'm sure there are a lot of people like me who despite earning an average wage, have families etc and are finding it hard to save in today's economy.
If you're interested leave some posts. I'm based in Gloucestershire. Thanks.
Had something like this in mind:
One or two people buy car/s. Cheap models with fairly good 0-60, handling and that give a decent mpg at cruising speed, for those journeys to a race track.
Another person/s buy second sets of wheels, high performance/track day tyres, fuel, provide tools.
Others pay for track use, hotel, ferries, food etc.
I'm sure there are a lot of people like me who despite earning an average wage, have families etc and are finding it hard to save in today's economy.
If you're interested leave some posts. I'm based in Gloucestershire. Thanks.
I did a similar thing with two mates. Opened up a joint account, all paid in a set amount (£25 initially, now £50 a month). Waited until there was enough cash in the pot and bought a car. We occasionally supplement it to go on a trackday or buy parts/running costs etc. The biggest overall spend is tax, MOT and insurance to allow it to be driven to trackdays. We now hire a trailer each time we go, as we don't do more than 8 events a year and it worked out cheaper overall. Works well, but you need an agreement that if someone is driving and crashes, you all pay for repairs together.
Powerful director here. 
Good luck if it you can make it happen.
However, track days are not as expensive as they are made to be.
Car: Mx5 (others apply, Clio 182 etc). £2k gets you a good one. I know not everyone has £2k, but save up. You can could even start off at a £1k car and add on what you need with time.
Track entry: £150-£200. IF you want to be out once every 8 weeks - save £25 a week. Obviously knock that number down for less outings (you wont be out for example in the winter months etc).
Running: A set of track tyres for a year (OR TWO!): Federal 595 rsr at £55 a corner 195/50/15.
Brakes: A set of yellow stuff are £70 for the front, £60 for the back. They last the full year.
Oil/fluids: 5w/50w Comma is £30 for 5 litres, change every 3 events.
Obviously you have fuel on the day, but how much you use is up to you.
Hotels etc, just drive in the AM and go home in the PM. Stay local. This country has lots of great circuits all over - make use of your local one!
Make it happen for not that much on your own.
HF
Good luck if it you can make it happen.
However, track days are not as expensive as they are made to be.
Car: Mx5 (others apply, Clio 182 etc). £2k gets you a good one. I know not everyone has £2k, but save up. You can could even start off at a £1k car and add on what you need with time.
Track entry: £150-£200. IF you want to be out once every 8 weeks - save £25 a week. Obviously knock that number down for less outings (you wont be out for example in the winter months etc).
Running: A set of track tyres for a year (OR TWO!): Federal 595 rsr at £55 a corner 195/50/15.
Brakes: A set of yellow stuff are £70 for the front, £60 for the back. They last the full year.
Oil/fluids: 5w/50w Comma is £30 for 5 litres, change every 3 events.
Obviously you have fuel on the day, but how much you use is up to you.
Hotels etc, just drive in the AM and go home in the PM. Stay local. This country has lots of great circuits all over - make use of your local one!
Make it happen for not that much on your own.
HF
Did something like it one day when I used to own a racing kart. Me, my brother and his mate went to llandow kart circuit. We shared the cost of fuel and track costs and I talked to them on the way down there, I had the same idea and said that all i ask is that if one of us wrecks the kart we all chip in for the repair costs. It's finding like minded trustworthy people, that is the difficult part. I go fishing sometimes now as it's affordable. There's one mate who I always go with, but then there's other people who I work with who don't turn up when you organise something together or make excuses. Talked to a lad I used to go to college with. We'd both posted on Facebook about our visits to the Nurburgring. He too suggested a Clio. Are Audi A3 diesels any good? They seem to have a good mpg but also good 0-60. Can pick those up for about £1000 with well over 100,000 miles on them. Suppose the engines May last to 200k but the rest of the car maybe worn out?
ED1982 said:
Are Audi A3 diesels any good? They seem to have a good mpg but also good 0-60. Can pick those up for about £1000 with well over 100,000 miles on them. Suppose the engines May last to 200k but the rest of the car maybe worn out?
Is very little I can think of that would be worse, sure mapped up it would have grunt, but a foul inert fwd base, a rev range small it needs a microscope to see, a dumper truck soundtrack, other than higher mpg than something interesting & that you could run it on red & save more £ there is very little to recommend.Are far more fun options for little £
Without wanting to sound belittling, if you are struggling to afford it, don't do it. Go and do some arrive and drive karting championship rounds instead. It's cheaper, no car to buy/fix and it has the competition aspect.
Wait until you can afford it before taking a big step. Everything's so much easier when you're not worried about the bills.
Wait until you can afford it before taking a big step. Everything's so much easier when you're not worried about the bills.
Had a look at the arrive and drive karting. Things like club 100 etc, when I was karting. May try that at some point. Was thinking about the Nurburgring etc though. I'll go back there one day when I have time to do overtime and save up for it. Bit busy doing body repairs on our Bmw at the moment. There's a lot to it and it can't be learnt overnight. So audits are fwd. Our 1 series is rear wheel drive. More fun in that, especially when the stability control forgets what it's doing and the back flies out before you know about it. Happened to Jeremy Clarkson on top gear at 120mph. Ended up on the grass. Never seen him look so worried. Lol.
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