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rjk said:
donny in the wet looks zero fun. im guessing you were on the AD08s? much aquaplaning?

were there many other cars there? seems the track was dead.
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Yes on AD08R's. No aquaplaning except one lap where the heavens opened. I was with the instructor going in the Craner curves, I went to turn left as it gets steep and it just went forward. A lotus in front of us did the same. I was only half way into the tuition and I told the instructor I was coming in as it felt too dangerous. He agreed and said he's going to red flag it.

I actually enjoyed being out in the wet. As you can see I wasn't playing silly buggers but it taught me a lot about car control and driving it in pretty poor conditions.

I've got another vid here, dry lap and a little bit more on it. Day was open pit lane so quiet at places, especially in the rain. 70% plus of the participants were RWD, mostly Lotus.

 
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IC3 said:
Thanks, its not in perfect condition. But finding a fully stock EP2 without any scratches is hard, well you can spend 2x the amount I spent. But would you really do that when you could buy an EP3 for that amount?
First test drive on my own, didn't rev it to the red line. Last time I did that coming off from a roundabout I had wheelspin. :p
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What engine/Bhp is it? Not bad insurance only being 1k for a first car!
 
Why drive so slow in the wet? I saw Donington very wet and S2000, expected to see a Honda permanently sideways, actually saw OAP driving to the shops. Disappointing.
 
The track was like an ice rink, apparently covered in aviation fuel. You can't see it but the back was breaking away in most corners, would you have me drive faster and risk spinning or ending up off the track?
 
I know exactly what it's like there in cold and wet conditions, very slippery and you would expect the car to have some slip angle going on the entire time.
Yes I would drive much faster, could do better in a 2CV ;)
 
I drove to my ability behind the wheel, sorry for not hanging the arse end out of a car I've spent a fortune on to please people online.

Next time I'll push harder and send you the bill when the inevitable happens.
 
Fortunately you only need to explore the grass once and then you know the limit :p

I just don't see the point in having a fancy car and tracking it to drive like miss daisy, where's the thrill, where's the adrenaline? Staying (very) comfortably within your limits is no fun in any walk of life, kills any progression dead.
 
I push it when I feel safe to do so, like when it was dry, I wasn't exactly going slow. I've never driven RWD in such poor conditions before, it was a learning experience more than anything. There were faster laps later on in the day but I didn't have the GoPro on all the time.
 
Clarkey said:
Fortunately you only need to explore the grass once and then you know the limit :p

I just don't see the point in having a fancy car and tracking it to drive like miss daisy, where's the thrill, where's the adrenaline? Staying (very) comfortably within your limits is no fun in any walk of life, kills any progression dead.
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Where are your videos Clarkey? :confused:

Hanging the arse end out is a demonstration of lack of talent unless you are in a drift competition or intentionality trying to keep the back end out.
 
Clarkey said:
Wow, I remember now why I don't hang with Honda people.
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See you then. Quite how you think criticising those who are actually contributing to the thread is acceptable is beyond me.

It's attitudes like yours which are toxic, luckily those you are aiming them at have a sensible head on them.

Fortunately you only need to explore the grass once and then you know the limit
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Any fool can drive fast and stuff it into the grass/gravel on the first entry. What's learnt from that? Nothing.
 
[TW]Fox;28756118 said:
This seems bizarre, why would they run a trackday on a track covered in aviation fuel?
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I don't know about the aviation fuel thing, but it is right next to an airport and it is extremely slippery in the wet, like only one step away from driving on ice.

The car will be faster and nicely controllable driven with oversteer in conditions of such little friction, you will be able to point the front tyres where you want to go, and get some traction out of the rear tyres. It's either that, drive very slow without any slip, or drive badly and plough on with understeer where you will go off line and lose speed.

Apparently, wanting to drive fast on a track day is a toxic thing to do, so you'd be better driving like a grandma and holding everybody up who wants to pay to drive fast for the day.
 
[TW]Fox;28756118 said:
This seems bizarre, why would they run a trackday on a track covered in aviation fuel?
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I don't know, just what was written on another forum. It was however almost like driving on a skid pan.
 
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