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Chris71 said:
pwd95 said:
Up there quite a lot, nice run for me too....
What, this road?
ETA: In a moment of spectacular stupidity I didn't realise the Griff you 'knew of' for sale was yours! Chim looks good.
Edited by Chris71 on Friday 11th September 16:03
Hi Chris, not looking for a Chim are you? I've got a massive hankering for one of these...http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1143056.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1143056.htm
pwd95 said:
Hi Chris, not looking for a Chim are you? I've got a massive hankering for one of these...http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1143056.htm
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1143056.htm
PS Did yours find the new (well, new-looking) surface at the top of the A4069 a bit uncomfortable? From the valley and uphill to a mile or two past the famous bend mine behaved well, but at the top there's a different type of tarmac which is very dark with lighter flecks in it, and it didn't feel very secure there at all, especially on the more cambered sections.
Know what you mean. I'm never brave enough to push it too hard up there. There's some scary corners on both sides. Have you done Pembrey yet? They've got the same tarmac as Silverstone, special expensive grippy stuff apparently. Only Pembrey & Silverstone have it according to them. It came to drizzle quite heavily half way through the session & I didn't feel any twitches at all so it does seem very good.
Chris71 said:
PS Did yours find the new (well, new-looking) surface at the top of the A4069 a bit uncomfortable? From the valley and uphill to a mile or two past the famous bend mine behaved well, but at the top there's a different type of tarmac which is very dark with lighter flecks in it, and it didn't feel very secure there at all, especially on the more cambered sections.
I know my Focus wasnt quite the beast that your TVRS are but I found the road on top of the A4069 to have a stange feel to it. I had Toyo proxeys on my old car and on the old tarmac it felt great but on the newer stuff it felt very vague and almost springy though the steering 
Allyc85 said:
I know my Focus wasnt quite the beast that your TVRS are but I found the road on top of the A4069 to have a stange feel to it. I had Toyo proxeys on my old car and on the old tarmac it felt great but on the newer stuff it felt very vague and almost springy though the steering
Yep, just felt slippery - like the (already significant) negative camber had been exagerated quite a lot. Just took it easy along that bit. Ironically my mate in a Fiat Panda (to be fair it was the slightly sporty one...) was lapping it up, but he had extemely expensive Michelins on there. pwd95 said:
Have you done Pembrey yet?
Not for a long time, went down there a couple of times when I lived in Swansea, but haven't been there since about 2003. On a completely random note (and without a hint of grippy tarmac) I did enjoy Llandow tremendously for what's basically a glorified oval.
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