Indoor karting is rubbish

[fido]

My cousin was over from Canada the last two weeks and the rain put him off from going out much. To cheer him up on his last weekend I took him karting in London. I’ve been several times before but this will be my last time. Firstly there are too many people - the first session appears to be to separate the slower drivers from the faster ones but this means if you’re unlucky you will get sandwiched between a slower driver (and it’s hard to overtake an unwilling blubbernaut) and someone desparately trying to ram you from behind. Then I had to wait for second session, which took ages, and had lost the will to perform. Admittedly we did have a good run with very fast drivers so some of the blame is not to do with the venue. Maybe i have outgrown indoor tracks. Shame as the last time I went i got a super quick time in the top 10.

[fido]

Chuck328 said:

This is why i only ever go midweek ( they joy of shift work helps). My neighbour and I often go, last week we had the place to ourselves.

Yeah, the last time I went they gave us extra laps for a tenner and as it was just the two of us - we did the equivalent of sprints on the opposite sides of the track! I don't want to name the place as it is pretty good as far as indoor circuits (and what else can you do in London on a rain-soaked weekend) .. it's just sometimes I think they cram too many people on the track and this takes the biscuit [<-clue]!

[fido]

said:

You sound cool and super quick, will you be my friend?

If that was intended to be sarcasm - that was a top 10 time of the year. But it was a one-off - never driven that quickly ever since. One of the supervisors came down and said to my (now-)ex how quick I was. It was just me and a friend of hers that I loathed - and I wanted to see how many times I could lap him. Thnk that might have been the motivator!

B19TOY said:

Outdoors preferred, even in November.

Is that you own kart - how do you get it to and from the track? Though having said that, I did Buckmore Park in the wet recently and to be honest the 390cc four-strokes were more than enough.

Edited by fido on Tuesday 12th November 13:45

[fido]

B19TOY said:

Yes the kart is mine, quite an old chassis/engine. The Biland engine fitted is a 250cc 4 stroke twin apparently good for 28bhp.

Take it to the circuit in a box trailer.

That's more than enough power to have fun. Ideally I would like a two-stroke 125cc with a shifter - just need to get a house with more vehcile storage space!