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A wee half day off blast!

Post by dezzy » Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:41 pm

Had a half day off this afternoon. Noticed the big yellow ball in the sky and the nice blue background behind it and thought I'd make use of the afternoon off and go a wee blast to blow the cobwebs off. 8) :drive

First time I've had the roof off since xmas day I think . . . was great fun! :D Went up past Balloch and turned off onto the MOD road we did on that last fish&chips run last year. Drove back over the MOD road, through Balloch, out towards Drymen, over to Fintry. Stopped for a quick (soft)drinky then headed back over the campsies road and into Lennoxtoun, then back into Glasgow via Strathblane and Milngavie. Loved every minute of it. Forgot how much of a smile the second cam puts on my face!! 8) :D :drive Also forgot how amazing that MOD road was . . . those big sweeping dips and corners are fantastic!

After safely returning to drop my friend off in Paisley tonight without a single mishap during the country roads blast, I did the most stoopid thing on the way back from Paisley to Elderslie :oops: Going round a corner, someone wouldn't let me into outside lane to avoid some parked cars, so instead of being sensible and holding back to drop in behind, I stuck the foot down, foolishly hit 2nd cam on the corner, roads have started to ice up a wee bit (that's my crap excuse!) and . . . .woops . . . :shock: back end out to the right . . . corrected it . . . a little too much . .. back end out to the left . . . thankfully missed parked cars . . . wobbled a couple more times and let the steering correct itself . . . car straight again! :shock: :oops: Car behind had dropped right back in shock! :lol: Was kinda fun, and not as scary as expected since it was only at low speeds (thankfully!). I quite enjoy these wee "moments" now! :D :drive Just glad I arrived home in one piece!! Looking forward to Mr. Walshy teaching me how to handle these things properly. Must keep reminding myself not to switch cam on a fecking corner!!! :roll:

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Post by mac » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:39 am

Dezzy,

One of the first things that Andy will teach you is rotational steering which should put an end to your fishtailing.

He'll explain it in much more detail but it's to do with the elise steering wheel being offset (middle isn't in the middle if you know what I mean)



Good stuff though - I was stuck watching the sun from college yesterday thinking it would be great to be out in the cat or elise.


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Post by simon » Sat Feb 03, 2007 8:21 pm

mac wrote:One of the first things that Andy will teach you is rotational steering which should put an end to your fishtailing.
I disagree, he'll teach you how to use the throttle as an analogue input instead of an on/off switch, which should help stop the back end going out ;) :thumbsup

The rotational steering then helps you to catch the slides but ideally you don't want them happening on the road anyway. Unless of course you deliberately provoke it :)
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Post by bertieduff » Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:25 pm

Dezzy, worth getting the walshy video if you ain't already seen it.

Btw, big yellow ball in the sky....what the hell is that? :scratch Never seen that down my way... :D
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Post by Victor Meldrew » Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:51 am

bertieduff wrote:Dezzy, worth getting the walshy video if you ain't already seen it.

Btw, big yellow ball in the sky....what the hell is that? :scratch Never seen that down my way... :D
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Post by kenny » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:46 am

bertieduff wrote:Dezzy, worth getting the walshy video if you ain't already seen it.
Anyone got a Walshy DVD/vid they could loan me?

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Post by Stewart » Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:02 pm

kenny wrote:Anyone got a Walshy DVD/vid they could loan me?
Click me and buy one!
£13. Why not just buy one? You should have it within 2-3 days and costs less than half a tank of fuel. Help support an ageing welshman! :D
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Post by mac » Sun Feb 04, 2007 12:03 pm

simon wrote:
mac wrote:One of the first things that Andy will teach you is rotational steering which should put an end to your fishtailing.
I disagree, he'll teach you how to use the throttle as an analogue input instead of an on/off switch, which should help stop the back end going out ;) :thumbsup

The rotational steering then helps you to catch the slides but ideally you don't want them happening on the road anyway. Unless of course you deliberately provoke it :)


Ahem - one of the FIRST things :wink: that's not to say that throttle responses aren't cover later in the day :D

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Post by simon » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:08 pm

I wasn't meaning when in the day you did it :roll:

What I meant was, steering only helps you stop the fishtailing once you've got it wrong. Andy will teach him not to get it fishtailing in the first place!

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Post by dezzy » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:31 pm

Cheers for the tips guys! I'm looking forward to learning both of those things! :thumbsup

I've already got the car limits DVD. Well worth the cashola! :D
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Post by r055 » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:33 pm

desmond - check your mail! :lol:
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