5th June Kames

[Kayfur]

Think I'll skip the EK traffic and head down the M74.

See you there

Kevin

[philthy]

anyone going from the city centre?

Il prob just head down the m74 for ease

I will head over to your office for 4.20ish

nice one, see you in 20

[jj]

Me and Philthy left early, and I am glad we did- we had to sit at 40mph all the way back to Glasgow, the motorway was so waterlogged - someone in a Volvo passed us, then binned it into the central reservation and stopped in the outside lane, so it was a bit dodgy.

Was reasonably fun until the thunder and lightning, and steam / rubbish wipers / leaks started

[craigs135s]

I left early to with Rob following me. Loads of water on the road and the windows steeming up lead to misssing a sheep on the road by centimetres

Cheers
C

[woody]

Me and Philthy left early, and I am glad we did- we had to sit at 40mph all the way back to Glasgow, the motorway was so waterlogged - someone in a Volvo passed us, then binned it into the central reservation and stopped in the outside lane, so it was a bit dodgy.

Was reasonably fun until the thunder and lightning, and steam / rubbish wipers / leaks started

Was much better at Kames once you'd left (weather wise, not because you'd left ) and the track fairly dried out again. Another good fun night, despite Martin's best attempts, and despite the rain; once the on track rivers had cleared, there was still plenty of grip.

Glad I wasn't going to Glasgow in the 7 though

[Lazydonkey]

Yes a good night - only in the gravel once and thankfully woody's car - sorry woody but i still maintain it was brakes 90% and lack of talent 10%.

Run home wasn't too bad until we got into glasgow at which point jon and cathy started to slow somewhat as the road became more like a river.

It also highlighted that i need a new wiper

[r055]

I left early to with Rob following me. Loads of water on the road and the windows steeming up because i a sheep on the road

Cheers
C

[Digital]

Another great event at Kames, hadn't planned on going on track but a space appeared (better luck next time Dave ) and John coerced me into going on! Conditions were "interesting" at times, with rivers on the track and a huge puddle right in the braking zone for the hairpin, but good fun all the same.

Glad I had a car with a roof and a heater for the return journey

Jamie

[kenny]

Yep pishin' doon, thunder and lightning provided an intersesting background, track had plenty of grip in the wet apart from the bits that were flooded Top banter as always, lmao at the converstion between Woody and Martin following Woody driving Martins car.

Mr Donkey: What did you rev it to?

Woody: Till it stop revving.

Mr Donkey;

[Lazydonkey]

I'm sure he did that as payback cos i had a tiny wee "off"

[woody]

I'm sure he did that as payback cos i had a tiny wee "off"

No, I did that because your car has the rev limit of a tractor.





BTW Martin, the 160 peaks at 7000 revs

[Lazydonkey]

Vx doesn't need to rev that high as, like a tractor, it has a thing called torque

Oh and peaks at 7,000 RPM and explodes at 7,001 RPM

[woody]

Vx doesn't need to rev that high as, like a tractor, it has a thing called torque

Oh and peaks at 7,000 RPM and explodes at 7,001 RPM

The 135R felt as torquey

and the 160 seems to have a dynamic limit 7200 - 7400ish usually.... unless it knows your driving and then its 6000.

[woody]

As I’ve not figured out a way to make the next booking for Kames on June 21st fair and people have been throwing fistfuls of money at me to get a place, I’ll be taking bookings at Knockhill tomorrow (Friday 6th June) and later at Andy’s place. The day costs £30 a head for EACC members, non members will be an additional £20 for membership (payable on the day). After Kames tonight, there are about 10 places left; once these are full I will take names for reserves. It’ll be first come first served; I don’t imagine the places will last long.


Woody

[dezzy]

Had a great time at Kames again Weather was interesting! But didn't dampen the spirits. Good banter and great driving fun.

Thought tonight was quite educational and let me test the grip limits of the car a bit in a controlled environment. Only wandered across the outside kerb of the hairpin a couple of times! The track was surprisingly grippy even when wet - only thing that scared me was the puddle on approach to the hairpin.

Thanks for the pax lap Jon That's a great wee car and I enjoyed our extended trip around the track due to going straight on at the hairpin

Harnesses made some difference tonight! So glad I got them. And, no, before you ask, we were not timing, so I don't know which one of us two was the fastest!

D