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... im driving a GTR round silverstone tomorrow... that is all 
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 banksey
Seasoned Pro  Location: Middlesbrough / Luton Registered: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 7,039 Status: Offline |
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 Posted 30th Mar 2012 at 22:29
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mechanical_repairs
Seasoned Pro  Location: leicester Registered: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 12,122 Status: Offline |
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Enjoy it mate, I think the drive home afterwards will feel some what slow.Carl ________________________________________ C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest. Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo |
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Posted 31st Mar 2012 at 07:15
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owain
Seasoned Pro  Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
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I'd say don't crash it, but the Playstation won't let you do that.________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 31st Mar 2012 at 10:44
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sixygti2
Seasoned Pro  Location: Tunbridge Wells Registered: 21 Apr 2007 Posts: 2,778 Status: Offline |
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banksey wrote: ... im driving a GTR round silverstone tomorrow... that is all Have fun? Still alive?  ________________________________________ Still watching you... |
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Posted 31st Mar 2012 at 20:47
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banksey
Seasoned Pro Location: Middlesbrough / Luton Registered: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 7,039 Status: Offline |
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What a car. Lots of fun and still alive. Over took a Aston Martin round a corner, got it in to 6th... big smiles 4 laps, 2 miles per lap... could have one with a lap or two more but worth it. Plus I didnt pay for it!  |
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Posted 1st Apr 2012 at 15:56
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atterz
Seasoned Pro  Location: Stafford Registered: 18 Feb 2011 Posts: 1,134 Status: Offline |
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I drove one around an airfield track day thing, and was overtaking everything on there. Now im no god of a driver and i dare say neither are the people driving the other cars, however it shocked me how complementry it was to my relatively amateur driving and is true testamony to Nissans creation of a truly capable car!________________________________________ owain wrote: A GTI-6 with a good dashboard and the seats down can outsprint an E46 M3 in July. |
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Posted 1st Apr 2012 at 15:58
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owain
Seasoned Pro Location: Essex Registered: 20 May 2009 Posts: 9,185 Status: Offline |
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atterz wrote: Now im no god of a driver and i dare say neither are the people driving the other cars, however it shocked me how complementry it was to my relatively amateur driving That is absolutely spot on, and is either a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you look at it. It's an incredibly capable car and makes up for a lot of driver error, it really won't let you crash unless you really want to. On one hand that's good, as it means anyone can jump in and have a whale of a time in relative safety. On the other hand, you'll never learn to drive well in it. I did a day at Snetterton and followed a GTR round; in the relatively slow twisties he'd cane down the straights then you could actually see the computers twitching the car and adjusting things as he just threw it into the corners, it's a very weird thing and difficult to explain. Needless to say thanks to his ridiculously early braking and bad lines, I'd then catch up with him by the end of the corner, just for him to disappear off again. Very impressive cars, but I can't imagine your can particularly feel the road. I used to really want one, but I think it's one of those cars that'd get pretty boring after a while. ________________________________________ Membership expiring soon, get in contact on our new little forum project. |
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Posted 1st Apr 2012 at 16:41
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adam b
Seasoned Pro  Location: The Nam Registered: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 12,828 Status: Offline |
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owain wrote: Very impressive cars, but I can't imagine your can particularly feel the road. I used to really want one, but I think it's one of those cars that'd get pretty boring after a while. I've driven one and I have to say it felt very, very good. Just pootled about 12 miles from a customer's and back but enough to tell you how good the steering and seat feel was. It felt a lot smaller than it is when I drove it and I had the impression that it can do normal driving just as well as flat out track. Its main problem I suppose might be that you'll rarely ever use it 'properly' on the road, but then trackdays are there for that. You might get bored of the attention, but I'm not sure you'd get bored of the car very quickly - it has a lot of depth in its character. ________________________________________ Nothing to see here |
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Posted 2nd Apr 2012 at 10:11
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banksey
Seasoned Pro Location: Middlesbrough / Luton Registered: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 7,039 Status: Offline |
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Well I got the back to twitch a few times when breaking hard, but apart from that it just stuck to the road and went where I pointed it. Got told I accelerated too early coming out of the bends... I wasn't doing it by accident lol a few nice little power slides. My mate found it quite funny watching from the stand lol |
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Posted 3rd Apr 2012 at 15:34
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musclebeach
Seasoned Pro  Location: Yorkshire Registered: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 7,763 Status: Offline |
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This sounds brilliant!That last statement has totally put me off these experiences though.........accelerated too early and had a bit of a slide on? That's good and worth paying for, that's what i'd WANT to do, not get told i shouldn't do it. Funny how he thought you did it by accident ________________________________________ VW Golf GT TDI 115, 100k nooooooooooooooooooooo! |
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Posted 3rd Apr 2012 at 15:45
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banksey
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Post #11
He never said anything while I was doing it, just at the end that I was too early... think he was trying to educate me on how to go faster round the track... I was going fast and having enough fun thank you. |
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Posted 3rd Apr 2012 at 16:01
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musclebeach
Seasoned Pro Location: Yorkshire Registered: 13 Aug 2006 Posts: 7,763 Status: Offline |
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Ahh well that's good then fella, so he wasn't telling you off just advising you for next time that if you put the power down later you'd be faster  ________________________________________ VW Golf GT TDI 115, 100k nooooooooooooooooooooo! |
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Posted 3rd Apr 2012 at 19:50
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banksey
Seasoned Pro Location: Middlesbrough / Luton Registered: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 7,039 Status: Offline |
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Aye, he was telling me to put my foot down and telling me to go higher in the rev range! |
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Posted 3rd Apr 2012 at 19:57
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docwra
Regular  Location: Cambridge UK Registered: 16 Jun 2009 Posts: 217 Status: Offline |
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owain wrote: atterz wrote: On the other hand, you'll never learn to drive well in it. I did a day at Snetterton and followed a GTR round; in the relatively slow twisties he'd cane down the straights then you could actually see the computers twitching the car and adjusting things as he just threw it into the corners, it's a very weird thing and difficult to explain. I followed (and got let past) one at Bedford a couple of weeks ago in my Zed, the guy should have absolutely mullered me ........ I know this as I have taken one for an hour long test drive and given it absolute death. You are half right, its not as involved as driving a 6 hard for instance, but you are still part of it, its not like the car drives itself or anything. Get the lines and braking right and I dont think much thats road legal would touch you on a track, you can always turn the stability control off as well  I didnt buy one for two reasons: firstly, that at anything less than 90% it felt like driving an Audi A4 or something, for some people thats a good thing but I like to work with a car, and secondly, seeing as I saw 173 on the test drive I didnt think my license would remain intact for very long if I did get it in  £30K or so now though, becoming very affordable for what they are ....... ________________________________________ Lots of Nissans, two 306 GTI-6's. They are catching up! |
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Posted 4th Apr 2012 at 11:42
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adam b
Seasoned Pro Location: The Nam Registered: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 12,828 Status: Offline |
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Yeah 30k, but there are some proper dogs out there...________________________________________ Nothing to see here |
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Posted 4th Apr 2012 at 12:24
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atterz
Seasoned Pro Location: Stafford Registered: 18 Feb 2011 Posts: 1,134 Status: Offline |
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O yes, and be fecking careful because anything for GTR is not cheap. Including servicing!________________________________________ owain wrote: A GTI-6 with a good dashboard and the seats down can outsprint an E46 M3 in July. |
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Posted 4th Apr 2012 at 14:14
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