Bedford - Monday 24.05.10

Bedford - Monday 24.05.10

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oxam

309 posts

174 months

Monday 24th May 2010
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will be there with a black supercharged z3m coupe...passengers are welcome

Porkie

2,378 posts

242 months

Monday 24th May 2010
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oxam said:
will be there with a black supercharged z3m coupe...passengers are welcome
Is that you Mr Popov?


oxam

309 posts

174 months

Monday 24th May 2010
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you got me there smile what an awesome day, shame I had to run normal tyres tho frown

Porkie

2,378 posts

242 months

Monday 24th May 2010
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This is Lee if you hadn't guessed!

Weirdly just spoke to your brother as well!

Must meet for trackday and beers soon!

theturbs

949 posts

237 months

Monday 24th May 2010
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Great day, superb conditions and excellent to meet some other PH'ers smile

BigBen

11,653 posts

231 months

Monday 24th May 2010
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Was a fantastic day and despite being sold out not too busy also a good crowd with a decent standard of driving

Ben

type.ra

102 posts

202 months

Tuesday 25th May 2010
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great day - and nice to meet some PH'ers as well. Top bunch!

hope to see you all again soon... [ie Bedford June 28 wink]

MikeO996

2,008 posts

225 months

Tuesday 25th May 2010
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Superb day - and excellent company - both on and off track. Sadly I had to go home after lunch as it was pointed out to me that my car was spewing petrol from the filler cap, but apart from that (and the water temp sender failing and discovering an oil leak - guess it's what you call a shakedown test) the car was brilliant.

Ian_sUK

733 posts

181 months

Tuesday 25th May 2010
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MikeO996 said:
Superb day - and excellent company - both on and off track. Sadly I had to go home after lunch as it was pointed out to me that my car was spewing petrol from the filler cap, but apart from that (and the water temp sender failing and discovering an oil leak - guess it's what you call a shakedown test) the car was brilliant.
Was it you with the yellow caterham that I saw putting vasaline on the filler cap?

Was a good day but a bit hot for me! I had a small problem with a cv boot, you probably all saw me at lunch covered in grease repacking it frown

Traffic was well behaved apart from one particular 911 that didnt want to move over.

Any of you lot in the yellow vx220 with several impressive spins biglaugh

MikeO996

2,008 posts

225 months

Tuesday 25th May 2010
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Ian_sUK said:
MikeO996 said:
Superb day - and excellent company - both on and off track. Sadly I had to go home after lunch as it was pointed out to me that my car was spewing petrol from the filler cap, but apart from that (and the water temp sender failing and discovering an oil leak - guess it's what you call a shakedown test) the car was brilliant.
Was it you with the yellow caterham that I saw putting vasaline on the filler cap?

Was a good day but a bit hot for me! I had a small problem with a cv boot, you probably all saw me at lunch covered in grease repacking it frown

Traffic was well behaved apart from one particular 911 that didnt want to move over.

Any of you lot in the yellow vx220 with several impressive spins biglaugh
No mine was one of the orange ones - vaseline sounds like it might have been a good idea!

Everyone was very well behaved - maybe the weather calmed people down a bit.

type.ra

102 posts

202 months

Tuesday 25th May 2010
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my intercooler is sparkling clean... had the I/C water spray button firmly pressed whenever two hands weren't required on the wheel! also need to remember the suncream for next time. furious

Otter's pocket

386 posts

237 months

Tuesday 25th May 2010
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[quote=Ian_sUK][quote=MikeO996]

Traffic was well behaved apart from one particular 911 that didnt want to move over.

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Wasn't a black one was it ??

MikeO996

2,008 posts

225 months

Tuesday 25th May 2010
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Otter's pocket said:
Ian_sUK said:
Traffic was well behaved apart from one particular 911 that didnt want to move over.

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Wasn't a black one was it ??
I guessed it was silver? Anyway I'd rather give the benefit of the doubt more to someone not checking their mirrors often enough than someone pushing too hard and too close to the corners (not that anyone was doing that yesterday)

Ian_sUK

733 posts

181 months

Tuesday 25th May 2010
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MikeO996 said:
Otter's pocket said:
Ian_sUK said:
Traffic was well behaved apart from one particular 911 that didnt want to move over.

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Wasn't a black one was it ??
I guessed it was silver? Anyway I'd rather give the benefit of the doubt more to someone not checking their mirrors often enough than someone pushing too hard and too close to the corners (not that anyone was doing that yesterday)
It wasn't black....Anyway im not moaning, the driving standards were very high, I didn't see a flag all day.

tjdixon911

Original Poster:

1,911 posts

238 months

Tuesday 25th May 2010
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I had a great day, and met some nice people, the driving standard was first class, defo want to go back.

Just need to build some confidence and get a bit quicker through the corners.

Nicodema

259 posts

219 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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Awesome day, great company! My GF, Alex and I really enjoyed it. We both got instruction from Merrick who knows his Caterhams significantly better than the back of his hand. He showed me some of the finer details and even got Alex going proper quick.

It was even worth passing up the chance to go for a spin with Rich, just to see her beaming from ear to ear as she got out of the car!

After that day however I've just bought us both smoked visors. Could not get the Oakleys under the helmets and the brightness was huge!

oxam

309 posts

174 months

Wednesday 26th May 2010
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any idea where I can find some pics please?

MikeO996

2,008 posts

225 months

Thursday 27th May 2010
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oxam said:
any idea where I can find some pics please?
The official ones should appear here;

www.trackphoto.co.uk/

in a couple weeks. (I didn't check it was them on Monday but they're the usual Bedford/Easytrack photographers)

tjdixon911

Original Poster:

1,911 posts

238 months

Thursday 27th May 2010
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oxam said:
any idea where I can find some pics please?
I took a few but my photography skills are about as good as my driving skills so they're not great.

I will post them up either tonight / tomorrow.

Skittles_001

665 posts

264 months

Thursday 27th May 2010
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Afternoon all. Monday was a fantastic day - it's strange to see Bedford bathed in sunshine for once! I had a lot of fun - first outing in my car - and it was good to see so many different cars there - the White Evo and 3 series were unbelievably quick!

Bit of queuing in the morning but that soon worked itself out.

BTW - which cars were you all in (I was in the White 997 GT3)?



Edited by Skittles_001 on Thursday 27th May 17:15