track days when you have been banned

track days when you have been banned

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bacchus180

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779 posts

285 months

Thursday 3rd July 2003
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can you still do track days when you have been banned from driving?... does anyone know?

m-five

11,246 posts

285 months

Thursday 3rd July 2003
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Depends on the cirtcuit and organiser!

Most Octogon/BHLG circuits want to see your driving licence.

Most airfields don't care!

gary judd

2,675 posts

266 months

Thursday 3rd July 2003
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hi
I was banned last year and i did four track days if you go to bookatrack.com they have a list of forth coming events. hope this is of help.
gary judd

bacchus180

Original Poster:

779 posts

285 months

Thursday 3rd July 2003
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thanks i will do that... looking at a few months....

gary judd

2,675 posts

266 months

Thursday 3rd July 2003
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hi
let me know how you get on with bookatrack they are really nice people and organise great track days . what car are you driving and what did you do to lose your license , mine was failing to give a breath test only had two pints honest really.
gary judd

bacchus180

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779 posts

285 months

Friday 4th July 2003
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i'm away for a few weeks so i will wait umntil my return, i have a black cerbera, i put it up for sale just in case.. its in the classified... the one with a spare gearbox, my hearing is on tuesday morning... advised it could be anywhere up to 3 years... unfortunatly i managed to provide a speciman....

gary judd

2,675 posts

266 months

Saturday 5th July 2003
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oh dear , how much was you over was it your first time and what reason was you stopped for all could have an impact on how long you will get banned for . if you get a good judge you might only get a year plus you can do a drive wise course that will get you a third off your ban the course tells you of the evils of drink driving total of sixteen hours over 4 saturdays or 8 evenings very boring but worth it. let me know how you get on . i did the same thing and put my cerb up for sale but could not sell it in the end

good luck

gary and cerb

bacchus180

Original Poster:

779 posts

285 months

Saturday 5th July 2003
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3 times... and i destroyed my golf conv bt rolling it end to end then barrelled it a cpl of times into someones garden...., i caught a taxi back from london, alll the way home but stopped at the station to pick up my car... only had one mile of country roads to do... had been asleep for one hour thought i was fine, next thing i was in the back of the car with it on its roof... plod picked me up whilst i was walking home, case is on tues... got a brief.. but no much hope. don't really wanna sell the car.. but it will rot if its not driven for 3 years... whats insurance like after... could be a bit tricky, after all my cars quite modified, so it was hard in the first place....

gary judd

2,675 posts

266 months

Saturday 5th July 2003
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let,s just hope you get a good judge , I think you need to plead that you was silly to drive but did not mean to .
plus you never drink and drive ,i suppose the insurance will not pay out because you was over the limit ,you cuold explain the cost,s that you have already incurred due to your stupid mistake put on thick , they might take it into consideration.
my insurance went up from £750 to £1050.
what mods have you had done mine has got a brand new engine ,clutch and bell housing , new radiator new starter motor and ecu unit all due to blow up in folembray last september plus new nitrons and sports exhaust

gary judd

bacchus180

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779 posts

285 months

Saturday 5th July 2003
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my insurance covers me, no clause for being pissed,

the cerbera has redline adjustables, different chip, air filters etc, runs 18 inchs with toyos, sports exhaust with no cats, has a gearbox from nick cresswell who builds the ones in the tuscan racers, first four gears are close ratio, straight cut with dog clutches.. so you don't use a clutch, infact you don't really lift off just pull it back a notch and keep flying, same on the way down, left foot hard on the brakes.. blip the throttle and bang bang bang down through the box..... best thing i ever did to the car.. cuts your a to b time down incredibly and the acceleration is awesome!

gary judd

2,675 posts

266 months

Monday 7th July 2003
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that gear box sounds the dogs bits.i had redlines but they failed and i had a battle with the surplier and have just got them back if you want a spare set let me know. hope you get on okay tomorrow let me know

good luck

gary and cerb

GCerbera

5,161 posts

252 months

Monday 7th July 2003
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bacchus180 said:
.. has a gearbox from nick cresswell who builds the ones in the tuscan racers, first four gears are close ratio, straight cut with dog clutches.. so you don't use a clutch, infact you don't really lift off just pull it back a notch and keep flying, same on the way down, left foot hard on the brakes.. blip the throttle and bang bang bang down through the box..... best thing i ever did to the car.. cuts your a to b time down incredibly and the acceleration is awesome!
Sounds great, did you have this done, what sort of cost? Any issues with it?

Good luck for tomorrow.

Graham
TCR The Cerbera Register

www.aauk.biz/Cerbera/index.htm

bacchus180

Original Poster:

779 posts

285 months

Monday 7th July 2003
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thanks for the thought guys.. and i don't need any redlines... as the car won't be moving much for a while...lol.

the gearbox is a pure racebox in the first four gears, so after a full season of trackdays it will need a hasty rebuild, or a years use etc... but inspite of this it is awesome, i leave it in all the time, once you get used to it you wouldn't want anything else.. its a little rough till u get usd to the timing and boom you are away, you can use a clutch on it if you want, its just better without, i remember it cost somewhere around 3 grand, but its worth any penny, if you want speak to nick cresswell on 01782 594101