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720puggti

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Hi Guys,

I need some advice.

Me and a group of guys; probably around 7 of us, are thinking of buying a car and taking it on a track day.

I've read the a couple of sites and it seems pretty straight forward. You turn up with your car and you can drive it round the track but you can't race or time yourself.

What I want to know about are the practicalities. I mean there are 7 of us, if we went for a whole day would we each get a chance on the track? Can you trailer a car to the track; cos we're not planning on making the car road legal, although it may have an MOT - depending on what we end up buying.

Is there anything else I should consider?

Any help and suggestions would be great.

Cheers,
Deepak

P.S Don't worry, I'm angling everyone toward a 6 as the car...

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Posted 14th Mar 2012 at 16:45
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When you pay for a trackday, you have to pay for each additional driver. Not sure if there are any limits on how many you can have.

I would look at the trackday sites such as Javelin etc, and shoot them an email. They will be happy to help Smile

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Posted 14th Mar 2012 at 16:49
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footah212

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You might get one session each depending on how many accidents there are.

7 is too many people imo

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Posted 14th Mar 2012 at 16:50
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720puggti

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Thanks for that site Chris, I just gave them a call and they were very helpful. But they did agree with you Jon, 7 is too many!

Just going to have to come up with something to get around that problem, as everything else seems straight forward enough...

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Posted 14th Mar 2012 at 17:05
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owain

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Seven is absolutely too many, I get bored sharing with one other person. It also puts a lot more load on the car - if it's just you driving you take a break, and the car gets a break too; if you're driving one after the other you'll destroy your tyres and cook your brakes and engine.

Bear in mind you'll get on track about nine or so, lunch will be an hour. Normally winds up about four, so you're talking about six hours of actual track time - only about an hour or so each with no rest for the car.

You can absolutely trailer the car there, many people do. Your car doesn't need insurance or an MOT, it just needs to be roadworthy.

I seem to remember someone before on here had trouble with Javelin as they (correctly) wouldn't let them have six drivers or something.

For the price of a '6 these days, just buy three of them. Job done.

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Posted 14th Mar 2012 at 17:20
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owain wrote:
you'll destroy your tyres and cook your brakes and engine.


Totally agree. My mate and i did a 4 hour track session at the weekend. The car maybe got about 30mins rest tops. Killed the 888's we were running.

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Posted 14th Mar 2012 at 17:25
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7?? Laugh my ass off

2 per car is all you'd want, trust me Thumbs up

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Posted 14th Mar 2012 at 18:06
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You will enjoy it at first sharing but when the car needs time and money spent your mates shy away
Posted 14th Mar 2012 at 18:08
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Footah212

is this you at the weekend?

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Posted 14th Mar 2012 at 18:28
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chrisd306 wrote:
Footah212

is this you at the weekend?


Yes that my car. The white wheels are off my mates china.

Looks like my mate is driving in that shot.

Where did you find that pic??

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Posted 14th Mar 2012 at 21:04
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Insurance database, insurers have photographers attend trackdays for insurance purposes.





www.trackscotland.co.uk/forums I put a link in the meet thread on here to the thread for pictures.

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Posted 14th Mar 2012 at 22:51
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Well I spoke with my mates and a track day is out the window. Reckon we'll go go-karting instead!

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Posted 15th Mar 2012 at 03:13
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720puggti wrote:
Well I spoke with my mates and a track day is out the window. Reckon we'll go go-karting instead!


Sounds like everyone was really keen on the idea LOL

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Posted 15th Mar 2012 at 08:18
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7? Laugh Yeah pair up and things stay interesting Smile

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Posted 15th Mar 2012 at 09:30
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owain wrote:
720puggti wrote:
Well I spoke with my mates and a track day is out the window. Reckon we'll go go-karting instead!


Sounds like everyone was really keen on the idea LOL


That comment has made my morning! Laugh my ass off

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Posted 15th Mar 2012 at 11:15
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It's so true what Scrane said - everyone's all keen when it's putting in £200 each to buy a car, just wait until you need to change the subframe and wait for people to volunteer to get outside in the rain and replace it on their driveway.

You'd be better off buying the track car yourself and just getting your mates to rent it off you every now and again.

Or go paintballing.

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Posted 15th Mar 2012 at 11:17
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Trackday car sharing is only good for a maximum of two people IMO. Gives the drivers a rest, the car a rest and there are only two of you involved in the finance side of things.

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Posted 15th Mar 2012 at 11:20
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I couldn't share mine, don't mind my mates doing the odd session in it but I hate being a passenger especially in my own car. So much so I'm taking the passenger seat out!

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Posted 15th Mar 2012 at 17:14
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I wouldn't share my car, but I would happily buy a dedicated track car and share that. After all, with buying a cheap track car it doesn't matter too much if one of you bins it. Wink

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Posted 15th Mar 2012 at 23:49
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I'd never share a track car, if you work on twenty to twenty five minute sessions and half an hour to forty mins resting the car it doesn't leave that much track time for your money! As owain said its all well and good buyin the car but a bit of maintenance in the wind and rain soon puts people off plus buying brakes and tyres on top of trackday costs most will run a mile!

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Posted 15th Mar 2012 at 23:58
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Oh yes, if you're going to do it then it has to be with someone of similar mind and who doesn't mind putting some money in and time and effort to prep the car. I wouldn't consider doing it with just anyone as like you say Lee once time, effort and more importantly money starts getting mentioned most will shy away...

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Posted 16th Mar 2012 at 00:02
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stan_306gti6 wrote:
Oh yes, if you're going to do it then it has to be with someone of similar mind and who doesn't mind putting some money in and time and effort to prep the car. I wouldn't consider doing it with just anyone as like you say Lee once time, effort and more importantly money starts getting mentioned most will shy away...

Most of my mate are petrolheads and love coming to trackdays, but stick the maintenance and cost of upgraded parts in the equation and they think I'm nuts! But as most regular trackday goers will tell you, you don't just buy a cheap car and batter it round you soon want to be faster.... And that's where the problems start in some ways because it's like an addiction.... After each time out on a trackday you want to get better... And it costs serious time and money! Roll eyes And I'm the perfect example. Big grin

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Posted 16th Mar 2012 at 00:32
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Yes, I see your point.

Myself and Lee_gti6 from here did attempt a track day car share, we bought a cheap 6 with the intention of keeping it standard and trailering it to the track.

However, we ended up selling it because when we thought about it, we wanted a car that we could hammer round a track without the worry of binning our own pride and joys. However, given that we'd spent so much money on our own '6's with all the suspension/brake/supercharged upgrades we felt we wouldn't find a standard '6' exciting enough on the track, so decided against it. Wink

You're right it is like an addiction, and having all the mods on our own cars, we felt the standard track car wouldn't quite give the kick needed.

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Posted 16th Mar 2012 at 07:21
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jeffers wrote:
stan_306gti6 wrote:
Oh yes, if you're going to do it then it has to be with someone of similar mind and who doesn't mind putting some money in and time and effort to prep the car. I wouldn't consider doing it with just anyone as like you say Lee once time, effort and more importantly money starts getting mentioned most will shy away...

Most of my mate are petrolheads and love coming to trackdays, but stick the maintenance and cost of upgraded parts in the equation and they think I'm nuts! But as most regular trackday goers will tell you, you don't just buy a cheap car and batter it round you soon want to be faster.... And that's where the problems start in some ways because it's like an addiction.... After each time out on a trackday you want to get better... And it costs serious time and money! Roll eyes And I'm the perfect example. Big grin


Especially when your mates start going faster than you Razz

Luckily upgrades for the Astra are pretty cheap, just needs a bit of tinkering. Upgrades for the Type R however..... Mellow

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Posted 16th Mar 2012 at 11:10
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