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If you can excuse the voices of my fan club here is a vid my better half caught on her camera phone Rally Day vid Just edited to add that these laps were the uninstructed ones and by far the best runs of the day from me Cheers Iain

I will be discussing the OSC day/ half day with them very soon Cheers Iain

There are a few from Oxon/Wilts and Berks going up mate. Are you camping over? Cheers Iain

Well what a day If you ever fancy a go at rally driving this is certainly the place to go, the day started out with introductions and briefings but we were quicky sized up for helmets and taken out for 2 introduction laps as passengers. The vocal feedback from the instructors is incredible every input it talked about in advance so you get an idea of what he was doing just before he did it if that makes sense. After the introduction laps were out the way it was my turn to take the wheel in what appeared to be a ver 1 or 2 RA fully rally prepared with roughly 260bhp, the first session was for me anyway a chance to learn the layout of the track and try to follow the barrage of commands coming from the instructor for example the hairpin turns at each end of the stage were approached in 3rd at speed then 2nd was selected to allow for a little scandi' flick followed by a little handbrake action and the selection of 1st gear to pull away and this all happens in about 2 seconds LOL and the whole time you are trying to listen to the instructor, drive and plan the exit, there is so much going on. After about 6 laps you start to get a feel for the car and get a bit of weight transfer going on ie lift of oversteer etc and the steering inputs become noticeably smaller and smoother resulting in a smoother faster run. At the end of your day you have a marked run without instruction, the instructor is still in the car with you but keeps his mouth shut , basically if he speaks at this point it was to either praise you or tell you off, as you can imagine I was very nervous at this point but I was amazed to find that by the second corner my nerves had completely gone and I was attacking the course harder and faster than what I was with instruction, I put this down to being able to concentrate 100% on the driving and apply what I had been instructed on during the day without having to think about what he was telling me anymore, the end results were outstanding Pics and vids to follow I will do a full writeup later once I have calmed down a little. Cheers Iain

Hi all I am off to Bill Gwynne's Rally School near Silverstone tomorrow to throw a scoob about for the day I really hope it is as good as it looks I will post pics etc when I get back. Cheers Iain

Probably its been a busy week lol and I am off for one of those rally driving days up near Silverstone tomorrow so my mind has been on other things I will see you Sunday then mate Cheers Iain

The rest of us who are camping over are aiming to get to the Pod by 8am Cheers Iain

No mate I am not, we cant set up a stand in the public camping area Cheers Iain

Small camping stove and bbq available Cheers Iain

what a joke and not a very funny one either Cheers Iain

I am taking a crate or two but will not be drinking it all as I am running both days unless it is really wet Cheers Iain

It is possible that you could have faulty coils but I could not say for certain, the temp sensor will defo cause running issues though if it is faulty which it appears to be. Cheers Iain

The 22b (lol didnt read the full post) It would have to be the R then Cheers Iain

Great will be nice to meet you Cheers Iain

Good luck then mate. Please understand this is nothing personal just my point of view. Cheers Iain

I need not remind you that this is not scoobynet and you can type freely on here, so when quoting a price you can put down anything you want, in this case I would have offered the tickets for free as you got them for free, that in my eyes is fair. Cheers Iain

look mate I am not an a*** I get complimentary tickets all the time from a friend that works at the pod all the time and I would not dream of selling on something that I got for free, I hope that you can see where I am coming from. Cheers Iain

Asking for money for something you got for free and you dont think so well, I fear that many others would disagree. Cheers Iain

You know what I think that a fair price is FREE in this case, you are asking people to pay for complimentary tickets that you got for free and that in my eyes is a bit of a piss take I am sorry. Cheers Iain

Let me rephrase this you are selling tickets that you got for free, for more than we can get tickets for anyway? Cheers Iain

So you are selling free complimentary tickets then? Cheers Iain

You are asking for £50 for tickets that have no costing and the same ticket number on them and the price for x2 Jap tickets for the weekend would be £40 anyway, I dont mean to be funny mate but it seems a bit of a rip off. Cheers Iain

Whats up with your brakes fella? Cheers Iain

That can cause running issues mate, try disconnecting the battery for 30 mins or so to clear the fault and see if that fault returns after driving the car. Out of interest are rad fans always on even when the engine is cold? Cheers Iain

You are underboosting then mate, you should see approx 0.9 to 1.0 BAR, have you looked at the ECU fault codes to see if there is anything obvious that has been flagged up, if you look in the tech section the is a 'how to' section with instructions on how to do this Cheers Iain