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  1. #751
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    Do you still have your old wheels?
    You need to be able to drive home legally.
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  2. #752
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Lol, unless you're suggesting Anglesey for its local scenery, daftee, your knowledge of UK geography is somewhat lacking....

    Wrexham to Tarporley (Oulton Park): 24.4 miles.

    Wrexham to Anglesey circuit (Ty Croes): 87.0 miles.

    Remember that Wrexham is right on the border with England, and so is nearer Chester than many parts of Wales!

    Marco.
    I am not talking about geographical location.
    There is less to hit at Anglesey, as the run off area is better. Oulton park is a bit tight in a few places.
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  3. #753
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    Ah I see... Not been to either, so I wouldn't know. This will be a first for me!

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  4. #754
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    How does one arrange insurance for a track day, in case of stuffing one's car (or bike)?
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

  5. #755
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    If you go to Oulton, pay attention at the briefing and take advantage of the offer of instruction. The first few laps need to ideally be with someone who knows the track. Hardly anything is flat. It is a cracking circuit, but there are a few tricky parts where you need to take the correct lines.

    Don't forget, you need to drive the car home, so keep within your limits.
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  6. #756
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    How does one arrange insurance for a track day, in case of stuffing one's car (or bike)?

    My insurance policy covered me for a certain number of trackdays a year.
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  7. #757
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    You can get a separate policy for it i think, if your own doesnt. Some cover everything including damage to the track, or others. Covers your ncb as well
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  8. #758
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    Never done a track day. I'd imagine the limits of the average road car are reached very easily, as would the limit of abilities of the average driver I reckon.
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  9. #759
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    Yup, and that's why you don't take an "average road car" on one!

    The Brabster's been tweaked quite a bit now in all the important areas, so I think she's ready for it... That doesn't mean though I still won't end up trashing her!!

    Nah, I shall follow Kevin's earlier sage advice.... One thought - once you become familiar with the track, can you race other buggers in their cars? That would be REAL FUN, even more so just haring around the track yourself

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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  10. #760
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    But are u ready for it. Dont want you trashing yourself....
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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