Discussion
ds2000 said:
Great vidoes, I like the splitter cam and just the number of Astons out there. Next year maybe 
Do it, it is errrrrrmmmm EPIC 
. 66 in 3 sessions, so in fact plenty of track if you timed it right. They said it was the biggest event they had done.I had another camera mount that I could have shown video out of the back also, I am now sorry that I did not put that on.
johng39 said:
These vids are from the afternoon when she had got a bit more comfortable, but the morning was just hilarious. Her eyes were on stalks and all I could hear was a nervous laugh . She has been a worthy passenger and I even gave her 2 of my sessions to go out in the car driving with an instructor.
Nice to see the other half having a go as well . She has been a worthy passenger and I even gave her 2 of my sessions to go out in the car driving with an instructor.
johng39 said:
edited slightly to cut out part of the warm up lap and the last few minutes for the cool down lap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2QJAcYNTjo - in car.
http://youtu.be/xCaw8wgzKwo - front splitter cam
Nearly 32 mins of footage.....and this is edited http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2QJAcYNTjo - in car.
http://youtu.be/xCaw8wgzKwo - front splitter cam
Will give you my considered, acknowledged and widely acclaimed opinion once I secure a spare day.
Glad you boys got home in one pice though
Jockman said:
Nearly 32 mins of footage.....and this is edited
Will give you my considered, acknowledged and widely acclaimed opinion once I secure a spare day.
Glad you boys got home in one pice though
3 minute lap my fine blue friend Will give you my considered, acknowledged and widely acclaimed opinion once I secure a spare day.
Glad you boys got home in one pice though
or 3min 45s with Tracy driving 
We did not get back unscathed, Richard got a puncture with 80 miles to go to the tunnel. The repair kit got him back to Chester though
johng39 said:
We did not get back unscathed, Richard got a puncture with 80 miles to go to the tunnel. The repair kit got him back to Chester though
Let's hear it for the repair kit 
- amazing the size of hole the gunk will bung. My BMW on (non 
) run flats (so no spare or gunk) finished the last 200 miles of my journey back from Lille last weekend on the back of a low loader. Great for fuel economy though. 
Spa was my first AM track day - what a fantastic experience - if I could go back tomorrow, I would be there like a shot. Tried to locate Johng39, TonyV12V etc., without success - maybe you were at the far end of the very long pit lane. The hiring of an AM works team for the event by the One - 77 owner could possibly be viewed as slightly OTT? My rental V12 Vantage came with an instructor for all seven sessions. What a bargain that was - I can't quite believe how much I learned about driving round a formula one circuit, and just how much confidence I gained during the day in pushing the car further than I would have imagined at the outset.
Bring on the next track day!!
Bring on the next track day!!
V12V Vancouver said:
Spa was my first AM track day - what a fantastic experience - if I could go back tomorrow, I would be there like a shot. Tried to locate Johng39, TonyV12V etc., without success - maybe you were at the far end of the very long pit lane. The hiring of an AM works team for the event by the One - 77 owner could possibly be viewed as slightly OTT? My rental V12 Vantage came with an instructor for all seven sessions. What a bargain that was - I can't quite believe how much I learned about driving round a formula one circuit, and just how much confidence I gained during the day in pushing the car further than I would have imagined at the outset.
Bring on the next track day!!
Sorry we missed you. we were more than half way down the pit lane, I was in a Quantum V12V with a Reg No, JON ??Y and was in session A. Hope to meet up next time. We met up with a number of people during the day, it was errrrrmmmm EPIC.Bring on the next track day!!
V12V Vancouver said:
Spa was my first AM track day - what a fantastic experience - if I could go back tomorrow, I would be there like a shot. Tried to locate Johng39, TonyV12V etc., without success - maybe you were at the far end of the very long pit lane. The hiring of an AM works team for the event by the One - 77 owner could possibly be viewed as slightly OTT? My rental V12 Vantage came with an instructor for all seven sessions. What a bargain that was - I can't quite believe how much I learned about driving round a formula one circuit, and just how much confidence I gained during the day in pushing the car further than I would have imagined at the outset.
Bring on the next track day!!
Mine was the UK registered Carbon Black V12V in session B. What session were you in? I guess you were in car No 1,2,or 3 (can't remember which one was the german regd V12V) then at the top of the pit lane?Bring on the next track day!!
Sounds like you day was...EPIC?
Tony V12V said:
Mine was the UK registered Carbon Black V12V in session B. What session were you in? I guess you were in car No 1,2,or 3 (can't remember which one was the german regd V12V) then at the top of the pit lane?
Sounds like you day was...EPIC?
EPIC indeed..........I was driving a GB registered V12V, titanium colour, with BCE as the last three characters of the licence plate - parked just by the pit that was used as the route to refuelling. I was also in the first session - yours must have been the car with the camera mounts at front and rear? I seem to remember seeing you fly past me on more than one occasion.Sounds like you day was...EPIC?
V12V Vancouver said:
EPIC indeed..........I was driving a GB registered V12V, titanium colour, with BCE as the last three characters of the licence plate - parked just by the pit that was used as the route to refuelling. I was also in the first session - yours must have been the car with the camera mounts at front and rear? I seem to remember seeing you fly past me on more than one occasion.
I did have a camera mounted on the roll bar and on the front splitter I may have passed 1 or 2 cars
Although in the last session my Mrs was driving, so you probably returned the favour.V12V Vancouver said:
EPIC indeed..........I was driving a GB registered V12V, titanium colour, with BCE as the last three characters of the licence plate - parked just by the pit that was used as the route to refuelling. I was also in the first session - yours must have been the car with the camera mounts at front and rear? I seem to remember seeing you fly past me on more than one occasion.
The one with the two external camera mounts was the AM Luxembourg car I think. Cockernees mounts were, like him, a bit more subtle 
and understated johng39 said:
Don't take tips from me, I could have been much quicker than I was. It is funny how different a race car that someone else owns and the car you are hoping to drive home in makes the flat out corner a slight lift on the way in
You should have said John...I would have happily lent you...
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Tony V12V said:
V12V Vancouver said:
EPIC indeed..........I was driving a GB registered V12V, titanium colour, with BCE as the last three characters of the licence plate - parked just by the pit that was used as the route to refuelling. I was also in the first session - yours must have been the car with the camera mounts at front and rear? I seem to remember seeing you fly past me on more than one occasion.
The one with the two external camera mounts was the AM Luxembourg car I think. Cockernees mounts were, like him, a bit more subtle and understated . I am mortally wounded by that Tony .......I resemble that remark....... subtle and understated is an apt description............ just not one that applies to me Alwin said:
Here's my pictures of the day:
http://www.aston-martin.com/2012/09/20/aston-marti...
Nice report Alwinhttp://www.aston-martin.com/2012/09/20/aston-marti...
Jockman said:
johng39 said:
...Richard got a puncture with 80 miles to go to the tunnel. The repair kit got him back to Chester though
He has been conspicuous by his absence 
As has already been reported we had an absolutely EPIC day and hopefully I'll be lucky enough to return next year.
So on to the puncture incident, first of all lets hear it for the tyre pressures sensors which alerted me to the problem before I'd left the service area.. Fixing a flat near-side rear while on a Belgian motorway would have been a nightmare.
It was with some trepidation that I pumped in the latex solution, but to my great surprise and pleasure the hissing stopped and pressure was restored... The manual says not to exceed 50 mph. I stuck to this and made it safely to the tunnel.
Having arrived in Folkestone the next step was 120 miles back to my parents near Cambridge. Picked the speed up to 60 mph and kept my fingers crossed. I arrived mightily relieved and exhausted at 12:30 am.
On Tuesday morning a quick call to AM Cambridge established that there were no tyres to be had until Thursday, so I decided push my luck a bit further and do the final 180 to Chester.
Again keeping the speed to around 60 mph I was home in three and a half hours.
So total mileage using the tyre repair solution was almost 400 miles... I think that's pretty impressive.
After a couple of phone calls and some additional info from tonyv12v ( thanks Tony) it seems that the tyre will need to be replaced. Apparently a repair, although possible, could be compromised by the latex solution. Slightly annoying, as the rears are almost new. However, i think this is a small price to pay in return for having made it all the way home and not having to be recovered from a Belgian service station!!
CatalystV12V said:
Fear not Jockers I am still here...
As has already been reported we had an absolutely EPIC day and hopefully I'll be lucky enough to return next year.
So on to the puncture incident, first of all lets hear it for the tyre pressures sensors which alerted me to the problem before I'd left the service area.. Fixing a flat near-side rear while on a Belgian motorway would have been a nightmare.
It was with some trepidation that I pumped in the latex solution, but to my great surprise and pleasure the hissing stopped and pressure was restored... The manual says not to exceed 50 mph. I stuck to this and made it safely to the tunnel.
Having arrived in Folkestone the next step was 120 miles back to my parents near Cambridge. Picked the speed up to 60 mph and kept my fingers crossed. I arrived mightily relieved and exhausted at 12:30 am.
On Tuesday morning a quick call to AM Cambridge established that there were no tyres to be had until Thursday, so I decided push my luck a bit further and do the final 180 to Chester.
Again keeping the speed to around 60 mph I was home in three and a half hours.
So total mileage using the tyre repair solution was almost 400 miles... I think that's pretty impressive.
After a couple of phone calls and some additional info from tonyv12v ( thanks Tony) it seems that the tyre will need to be replaced. Apparently a repair, although possible, could be compromised by the latex solution. Slightly annoying, as the rears are almost new. However, i think this is a small price to pay in return for having made it all the way home and not having to be recovered from a Belgian service station!!
Had a puncture last month on the motorbike, in France on a Sunday - so no chance of a replacement or repair. Had bought a new can of pressurised tyre sealant for the trip (previous one was ten years old!), so used it - got tyre inflated to 27psi. Quick trip to a petrol stastion to inflate to 42psi. All OK. Stopped after 30 mins to check, no loss of pressure. All OK for the next 2 days of high speed jinks in France. All OK up to 175MPH! I am legally obligied to point out at this stage as Aston Annie is a member on here, that it was NOT me riding at that speed and we had swapped bikes for a couple of hours. As has already been reported we had an absolutely EPIC day and hopefully I'll be lucky enough to return next year.
So on to the puncture incident, first of all lets hear it for the tyre pressures sensors which alerted me to the problem before I'd left the service area.. Fixing a flat near-side rear while on a Belgian motorway would have been a nightmare.
It was with some trepidation that I pumped in the latex solution, but to my great surprise and pleasure the hissing stopped and pressure was restored... The manual says not to exceed 50 mph. I stuck to this and made it safely to the tunnel.
Having arrived in Folkestone the next step was 120 miles back to my parents near Cambridge. Picked the speed up to 60 mph and kept my fingers crossed. I arrived mightily relieved and exhausted at 12:30 am.
On Tuesday morning a quick call to AM Cambridge established that there were no tyres to be had until Thursday, so I decided push my luck a bit further and do the final 180 to Chester.
Again keeping the speed to around 60 mph I was home in three and a half hours.
So total mileage using the tyre repair solution was almost 400 miles... I think that's pretty impressive.
After a couple of phone calls and some additional info from tonyv12v ( thanks Tony) it seems that the tyre will need to be replaced. Apparently a repair, although possible, could be compromised by the latex solution. Slightly annoying, as the rears are almost new. However, i think this is a small price to pay in return for having made it all the way home and not having to be recovered from a Belgian service station!!
Checked it this weekend and still fully inflated.
Moral of the story - can't beat tyre pressure sealant.
Yes I am going to replace the tyre.
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