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why are you coasting around? cooling off or track etiquette? (are they strict @ bedford?)
I got told off for having my headlights on as it apparently intimidates other drivers as I come up behind them! I was trying to make my dark car as visible as possible.
I always drive with my headlights on
Improves visibility and isnt ****y like folk driving around with sidelights and fogs.
If folk get intimidated then thats their issue not mine
I always drive with mine on too but apparently it's intimidating the the Marshall told me to turn them off
Were you rocking the aviators? Perhaps he thought you were the terminator.
Was taking it easy Bill, the car has to get my gf to work too lol.
They are quite strict at Bedford though. I got told off for having my headlights on as it apparently intimidates other drivers as I come up behind them! I was trying to make my dark car as visible as possible.
I also got 2 noise warnings and told to spread out from other cars as the 2 cars together were close to the 100db limit. They have really strict sound limits as it's not a proper race track and they have loads of restrictions due to the local residents
I always drive with mine on too but apparently it's intimidating the the Marshall told me to turn them off
I would be banned in seconds then.........
years ago I did a howfast day there and it was strict then... that was in me jetta... many moons ago.
Badgerwagen would freak the other track users out as the closing speeds would be significant.
Shame, as its a flowing open place to exploit the handling in as relatively safe environment as possible.
Not likely they would tolerate my car if thats what they told you.
Electric cars maybe the future.. lol
reminds me of donington where I was removed off track for being "too fast" - Have you ever heard of anything so stupid in your life!
rich boys in their toys often moan the loudest... and behave like its their "personal trackday"
Kinda a moot point given all modern cars run uber bright DRLs
daft rule imho - any old excuse to maon to you..
"hello!!! this is a track day is'nt it?"
reminds me of donington where I was removed off track for being "too fast" - Have you ever heard of anything so stupid in your life!
There was a guy there in an E36 M3 and he had 3 complaints against him for his driving!
Prawn did i see right a few weeks ago you mention somewhere that you MUST have a cage fitted if you`re running slicks? Because there was an old 5 series there running slicks with no cage, no buckets, no harness. Then at the end of the day he swapped his slicks over for nice road friendly 888`s lol!
An old 5 series? What a winner, must have been a handful
Westy: that pic is from Dan's build thread for the M3, I've met him a few times at various trackdays, he's seriously fast, was lapping Bedford in 2:46 last week.
Didn't realise he was being a naughty boy though
Yeah Paul spoke to him as Paul's building an M3 race car. He was driving as I'd expect for the Nurburgring or any other race track but apparently 3 people complained about him. One of those people was probably the same person that complained about my headlights
I'd love to come and do Bedford soon, I didn't realise the track was SO long!
sounds like bedford is a waste of time if you are quick in a quick car
dissapointing
Shame isn't it?
I know Goodwood is particularly sensitive, but despite passing the static 100dBa limit at just 86dBa in the A3, I was still tripping the track side noise monitoring stations at 100dBa at full chat exiting the chicane.
Sounds like anything remotely noisey or quick gets into trouble!
Disappointing to see you had to back off on the straight, I'm sure I hit 120odd in my S3, and 140 in a Merc SLK AMG32 when I went there in the past! Is this like a novice day or something? I was allowed to go full throttle maximum attack all the way round!!
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strip back the old wiring then solder most of it in...