Another newie

cla5h · Post by **cla5h** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:51 am

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ninja · Post by **ninja** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:53 am

welcome to SE

do you have any pics of your car so we can all wave like idiots when we spot you out and about?

ninja

Post by **Shug** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:56 am

Welcome along mate - good call on going for training. Too many people buy one and immediately start talking about more power. A standard S1 will still overtake most things at many trackdays - just needs the right driver.

After you actually get it on track, you kind of wonder what you were ever worried about! Safer environment by far than the public road.

Get in about it and enjoy yourself

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:25 pm

I did the Hy-Performance course at Knockhill and that was a good intro to track driving (But I have not yet made it to a proper trackday

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Rich

Lazydonkey · Post by **Lazydonkey** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:27 pm

Hello,

Agree with Richard - the knockhill day is a good place to start

I'm in glasgow too, although my Lotus has a cute wee vauxhall badge

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:12 pm

Hi. I'm in Glasgow too, so will look out for you.

I've only had my Elise for just over a week . . . had some great fun on some country roads (including Duke's Pass) yesterday and would definitely like some driver training. The Knockhill thing or one of these Walshy days sounds good.

I know what you mean about taking it on a track. I'm a bit reluctant to do that too.

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:20 pm

Afternoon

come along to a trackday and get some laps shotgun - you'll see just how capable these cars are, how controlled the environment is and more importantly, how easy it is to get bitten by the bug!

Greg

Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 1:36 pm

GregR wrote: come along to a trackday and get some laps shotgun - you'll see just how capable these cars are, how controlled the environment is and more importantly, how easy it is to get bitten by the bug!

Greg

Very true...

Brian J · Post by **Brian J** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:58 pm

Agree - tracking a Lotus is the only way to go - if a staid old gent like me can do it anyone can...........

Staid passenger laps available on the 19th.

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 1:35 am

Hiya mate,

I did a quiet trackday organised by MMC as my first trackday, but if your worried about it, then airfield tuition is definately the way to go. http://www.carlimits.com is defiantely the way to go, although north welad is a bit of a hike.

cla5h · Post by **cla5h** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:51 am

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bertieduff · Post by **bertieduff** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:50 pm

Pretty new too and could do with a bit of training...if there's a few interested maybe we could organise something......might as well make fools of ourselves together....

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:27 pm

bertieduff wrote:

Pretty new too and could do with a bit of training...if there's a few interested maybe we could organise something......might as well make fools of ourselves together....

Sounds like a damn good idea. I'd be up for that. Was going to wait til I had a bit more money later in the year to invest in some training, but I guess it's a good idea to get it in before the winter and wet weather.

So, what do all you experienced guys suggest for an initial training session for us newbies? Walshy? A Knockhill training day? Any idea what these cost? Info/links would be useful if you have them.

Cheers!
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Andy G · Post by **Andy G** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:50 pm

hey Guys

Walshy days are in Essex and are genius. Long treck, but well worth it.

Might find the KH coaching will get you on track and started though in the interim.

Walshy days are about 170 per serson , if 4 share

Knockhill is about £100-ish for 25 laps of instruction.

dezzy · Post by **dezzy** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:08 pm

Andy, is the Knockhill training just focussed on track techniques? I'd like to learn things that are going to help me control the car better on the roads and also just generally get to know the car, and its limits, better.

Thanks for the info.
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