Knockhill 13th April??

alicrozier · Post by **alicrozier** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:03 pm

I can't see the rear towing eye being made compulsory - after all it's not sandard equipment. Will cars at MMC trackdays have them?
I could see this being a real issue for Mexitowers as almost none of the cars from down south will have one...

Post by **simon** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:24 pm

I can't see them being compulsory and until I see a car dragged out of the gravel by one, I'm not convinced that the undertray bolts will be strong enough.

Stu160 · Post by **Stu160** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 11:53 pm

I will be there with some,or will give David some to bring up.

I need to have a look at a few things on my car,and may not have time to sort it out.Or I could bring the mini?

Stu

Brunty · Post by **Brunty** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:30 am

Mini

Brunty

mac · Post by **mac** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:52 am

Mini

ryallm · Post by **ryallm** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:03 pm

Just put myself in as provisional booking for this - keen to make it if I can get away from work on time.

Bit of lateral thinking on the rear towing eye issue. With an S2 Exige I think it would be possible to attach some webbing to the rear support struts of the roll bar when the boot lid is open which could then be used to attach the tow rope. What do you reckon folks? Would this be a strong enought attachment point? Other potential problem I could see is that if the tow rope was not long enough it might pull down on the rear clam.

Mark

mac · Post by **mac** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:22 pm

Mark,

I thought you'd be able to give us all advice on how to remove elises from tricky situations

Mac

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:06 pm

ryallm wrote: if the tow rope was not long enough it might pull down on the rear clam.

Mark

How long do you want your tow rope to be?

Reasonable prices (ie I do them at cost!

)

HTH
Rich

ryallm · Post by **ryallm** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:56 pm

mac wrote:Mark,

I thought you'd be able to give us all advice on how to remove elises from tricky situations

Mac

No doubt tempting fate to say it, but haven't needed to be towed out the gravel so far - had the odd grassy excursion though

Mark

mac · Post by **mac** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 3:42 pm

Nope, it's normally ditches on the road up to Knockhill

Sassy · Post by **Sassy** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:14 am

It's going to rain tomorrow, isn't it?

mac · Post by **mac** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:31 am

With Knockers it's anybody's guess.

Drove through glorious sunshine to within 5 feet of the gate only for it to rain (or snow) and vise versa.

It's fun either way

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:34 am

Last monday I drove through Sun, Rain, Hail and Snow when I got there is was sunny and drying slowly. KH has it's own weather system....

ryallm · Post by **ryallm** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:25 am

BBC forcast is looking good for tomorrow http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=2371 which being KH probably means it will be wassing down

. My first TD for months and my rear tyres are very worn so hoping for dry.

Mark

Brunty · Post by **Brunty** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:34 am

ryallm wrote:My first TD for months and my rear tyres are very worn so hoping for dry.

Mark

That's ok

As I think Lawrence say's, it's the rubber touching the tarmac that gives you the grip, not the gaps

I still have my semi slicks on so don't mind what the weather does!

Brunty