All this sideyways action has got me thinking!

[Dominic]

Right, Who would be up for some autotest training then?

FlipFlop?
Smee?
Mass?

[Hambo]

Autotest that sounds good fun. Can anayone have a go
Do you need a speshel car or will a Lotus be anay good.
This Expert instruter will he be diskisd as an acountent and turn in to Autostig when he gets be hind the wheel of your car.

Sum say He drives a Land Rover at the week ends.

[smee]

smee,

have I missed the post on your return mate, Im assuming its the same lexus on ph form the staggers, I was really keen to hear the outcome of the journey and i know a lot of the ph guys were posting wondering how you got on, have I missed you post? if not get some stories up we need to know the end result?

cheers

sorry for going o/t, as you were

Yeah that was us Iain was posting on PH, we made it to the finish and swapped the car for a keyring and a towel.

Dom I'll train you any day you want, also that's a nice picture you have

[Dominic]

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Dom I'll train you any day you want, also that's a nice picture you have

You like it? Taken by some guy I know; bit of a fluke shot

[flip flop]

Im in for training plus hambo?
what about gary (hendeg) and his misses, they did their trackday cherries with us last week so may be up for this too?

cheers

flip

[smee]

Im in for training plus hambo?

Sorry think Hambo might have been a tad sarcastic there, nobody can autotest an elise quite like him, possibly Dominic but don't tell him that or his head will explode.

[Shug]

If we can organize for a Sunday, I might be able to convince Elaine to get involved.

[OlberJ]

Would you welcome something non lotus along too?

[Hambo]

4 Wheels and sum comen sence saftay requiements.
Tax and Mot are not requierd.
A good hand brake helps.
Wat have you got

[OlberJ]

Check on all of the above.

It's an Mr2 roadster. Not the lightest thing in the world but goes alright.

[Shug]

Im in for training plus hambo?

Sorry think Hambo might have been a tad sarcastic there, nobody can autotest an elise quite like him, possibly Dominic but don't tell him that or his head will explode.

Yeah, sarcasm was because a few Elises turned up at autotests in the past (me included) and struggled in some areas with not enough weight over the front wheels and decreed a 7 was a better tool for autotesting and lost interest. Hambo then buys an Elise, puts about 900psi in the rears and proceeds to make us all look like the idiots we were...

[jason]

It's an Mr2 roadster. Not the lightest thing in the world but goes alright.

Perfick. RWD is where the fun's at. ...and if it's one of the early LSD versions of the Roadster that'd be even more perfick

Yeah, sarcasm was because a few Elises turned up at autotests in the past (me included) and struggled in some areas with not enough weight over the front wheels and decreed a 7 was a better tool for autotesting and lost interest. Hambo then buys an Elise, puts about 900psi in the rears and proceeds to make us all look like the idiots we were...

o/t but I'm curious... what's the f:r weight distribution of an S1 with a driver sat in it? There's a common misconception that 7s are front-biased or 50:50, but in fact the bias is approx 48:52 sans-driver with 1/2 tank of fuel, and quite rearward with driver (around 45:55 f:r with an average weight driver and 1/2 tank fuel *).



* not that you'd have half a tank at a 'test!

[Shug]

o/t but I'm curious... what's the f:r weight distribution of an S1 with a driver sat in it?

F'kin horrendous IIRC... Issues with slapping a FWD powerpack in the back of a car - engine's too far back and, importantly, too tall.

[flip flop]

Cheers Shug, am glad somebody explained the Hambo thing, unfortuanetly being still quite a newbie, sarcasm in relation to people / events I havent met yet just goes over my head.

Took one piece of advice though, take a foot pump to the autotest and get the old legs pumpin

cheers

[kenny]

Dom, now that you have the perfect tow car, fancy getting together to buy an autotest shared shed. Nothing spectacular, just £500ish worth that me you Hambo and anyone else can take turns destroying and repairing at Domsport.

Or is repairing the landy a full time gig?