M600 Driving Day

[NickyTwoHats]

A note of thanks to Peter, David, Adam and Kim for the day yesterday.

You've made an amazing car (Kim, your bacon sarnies were pretty good too..)

Truly amazing.

Thanks Again.

N2H

PS That Mr Hill can sitll drive can't he

[NickyTwoHats]

Yes him and Mr Hill junior (who despite his big feet is pretty good at peddaling too).

Brunters and on road, seven of us.

Seeing c. 175 on the short straight and that was with me braking way too early.

Brakes have very little movement / servo assistance and so require a good shove. Once you're used to it it's amazingly effective but it did take me some time to get used to.

I didn't do the long straight but I'm told it pulls from 40 - 200 mph and slows down for the corner ALL IN 6th GEAR!

Road handling was astonishing even on the poor surfaces around Bruntingthorpe though of course none of us found out what it was like in excess of the NSL.

One really good spinner (again not me) a tripple 360 at 120 mph was pretty exciting to watch but even then the car kept off the grass.

Great bunch of people and the two VC10's doing a couple of low passes before landing for the last time was an added bonus.

Phil/Helen any chance you could PM me some pictures?

Cheers

N2H

[NickyTwoHats]

Aye..

First day's testing and "only" running 650Bhp. So don't jump to too many conclusions if Helen posts some video showing it to be a little slower than one would hope!

N2H

[NickyTwoHats]

Nope- spoke before.....

Just being "nice" - unusual I know but I really do wish anyone starting/running a business in these times the best of luck.

N2H

[NickyTwoHats]

[quote=Daisy Duke
BTW Damon reckons Peter (Boutwood) is a quicker driver than him - well in the M600 anyway.
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Peter's astonishing in the M600 though it is "his" car and he's had a bit more practice .. never beat Damon in a single seater did he? (Sorry Peter!)

N2H

[NickyTwoHats]

Daisy Duke said:

I apologise for my lack of camera skills, but this might still give an idea of how the M600 compares to the M12.

And that's a BIG power M12 with a driver who has been around Brunters more than a couple of times....

[NickyTwoHats]

Yeah...it's quicker if you cut across that bit between the straights...