People that do track days

betty_swollox

Richie
Feb 15, 2011
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^^^Be careful with that^^^

I have a clip where another :w4nk: on the track not paying attention missed my car by about the width of a ball hair. Ask G - pretty sure he was in the car at the time.

That is what was worrying me. If I crash and it is totally my fault i'd obviously be gutted, but I would have no one else to blame. But if some inconsiderate/under prepared driver ploughs into me, then I would be wounded.
 
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vroomtshh

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Sep 11, 2005
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That is what was worrying me. If I crash and it is totally my fault i'd obviously be gutted, but I would have no one else to blame. But if some inconsiderate/under prepared driver ploughs into me, then I would be wounded.

Then you most definitely shouldn;t take your car on track. It can and has happened, and you have absolutely no comeback. If you're really lucky, you might get an apology :D

To be fair, track scotland days are certainly a lot safer than an average hot hatch day
 
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betty_swollox

Richie
Feb 15, 2011
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Then you most definitely shouldn;t take your car on track. It can and has happened, and you have absolutely no comeback. If you're really lucky, you might get an apology :D

To be fair, track scotland days are certainly a lot safer than an average hot hatch day

Lol wouldnt you be gutted if someone crashed into you tho?
 

vroomtshh

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Lol wouldnt you be gutted if someone crashed into you tho?

Almost certainly. But thats the risk you take. I would never take a car on track that I couldn;t afford to lose, because I know the risks.

For example, last year Knockhill reverse track, I had a brake hose fail going into the hairpin at 120ish. Luckily, I didn;t hit anything else, but if I had, would you have expected me to pay for their repairs?
I probably would have offered TBH, but I imagine I'm in the very few that would. And as much as I say I would have offered, if I'd just totalled someones £50k GTR or the likes, then I doubt I'd be in much of a position to fix it
 

vroomtshh

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Two crashes like that are in the clip I posted above - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BECharVgjk0

The silver Evo 8 that ran out of skill coming round the corner to the start finish straight crashing in to the M3 as it came out the pitlane and the Sierra Cosworth fishtailing hitting the Escort Cosworth passing it.

I never looked at the videos, but I'm sure your well aware of how much of a regular occurrence it is on hot hatch days. People turning up in £200 saxos, who just don;t give a ****
 

betty_swollox

Richie
Feb 15, 2011
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Almost certainly. But thats the risk you take. I would never take a car on track that I couldn;t afford to lose, because I know the risks.

For example, last year Knockhill reverse track, I had a brake hose fail going into the hairpin at 120ish. Luckily, I didn;t hit anything else, but if I had, would you have expected me to pay for their repairs?
I probably would have offered TBH, but I imagine I'm in the very few that would. And as much as I say I would have offered, if I'd just totalled someones £50k GTR or the likes, then I doubt I'd be in much of a position to fix it

I know what you're saying and I wasn't disagreeing with you mate.

I would offer to pay for someones repairs if I was in the wrong, but like you said, I don't know if they'd return the favour if it was the other way round!!!
 

Al

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The challenge is when you hit a £250k Aston Martin driven by an 7 foot tall American Wrestler who has an 8 foot tall minder in the passenger seat........
 

Bignod00

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The challenge is when you hit a £250k Aston Martin driven by an 7 foot tall American Wrestler who has an 8 foot tall minder in the passenger seat........
Hahahahahaha........would be like me and you in a car buddy! ;) :lol:

The last trackday I did was a private one (invitation only) and everyone had to prove track insurance before they were given access to the track.........much better! :thumbup:
 
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Al

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Hahahahahaha........would be like me and you in a car buddy! ;) :lol:

I think by the sound of it Mr Betty Swollox is bigger than both of us dude!

The last trackday I did was a private one (invitation only) and everyone had to prove track insurance before they were given access to the track.........much better! :thumbup:

That would be the best way to do it :thumbup:
 
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Al

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I just know I am not quite 6 foot 5 or 16 stone! Not far off it though and Matthew is in the same boat!

For you, track days should be about cutting off your legs from the knees to save some weight ;)
 
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Bignod00

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I just know I am not quite 6 foot 5 or 16 stone! Not far off it though and Matthew is in the same boat!

For you, track days should be about cutting off your legs from the knees to save some weight ;)
Hahahahahhahaha, thanks Al but unfortunately I am over 16 stone! :cry: :lol:
 
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