Brands Hatch 26th Nov. '09 Track Day

[mattCSLnut]

Could be quite a good laugh if the weather holds. All day event with Open Pit lane, a reasonable 105 dB (A) exhaust check and just £139. Perfect for all the Southerners :hahaha: (me included) Link below

http://www.clubmsv.com/car-home/event-details.aspx?productid=219&msvcode=bmwcar

[mole]

I was going to wait and see what the weather was doing and book up a few days before if any spaces left :hahaha: Yes I'm a tart!!

Like you say though, good price for all day open pit.

[SIEN]

Yea I saw that and thought the same! :beer:

[mattCSLnut]

I was going to wait and see what the weather was doing and book up a few days before if any spaces left :hahaha: Yes I'm a tart!!

Like you say though, good price for all day open pit.

Yes, it is very well priced. I'll be nice to have a bit of a CSL invasion (come on SIEN) :thumbs: on this BMW only day :hahaha: there is enough of us down here in the "Sauff" :hahaha: Might end up being a reasonably quiet day to enjoy the track to ourselves :whistle:

[mattCSLnut]

Yea I saw that and thought the same! :beer:
Come on then lads :hahaha: Tentative Brands Hatch plans in the making ? :whistle:

[TMAQ]

defo tentative :thumbs:

[SIEN]

OK I'll put my name down tentatively! Depends on the work situation and if it's going to be pissing down. I did a wet track day at Brands on my bike before and it was lairy to say the least!

[DuncanR]

Tankslapper, you fancy a local track day on the 26th mate?

[mole]

OK I'll put my name down tentatively! Depends on the work situation and if it's going to be pissing down. I did a wet track day at Brands on my bike before and it was lairy to say the least!

I did a wet day at Brands on R888's in my Evo and it was very good fun :thumbs:but don't trust myself in the CSL :hahaha:

[mattCSLnut]

OK I'll put my name down tentatively! Depends on the work situation and if it's going to be pissing down. I did a wet track day at Brands on my bike before and it was lairy to say the least!
Cool :smokin: Tentative Brands Hatch Track Day list below:

1) defo tentative TMAQ
2) defo tentative me mattCSLnut
3) tentative SIEN
4) tentative mole
5) maybe tentative DuncanR

Good start :thumbs:

[shane@mbtech]

I did a wet day at Brands on R888's in my Evo and it was very good fun :thumbs:but don't trust myself in the CSL :hahaha:

Having owned 3 evos and now the csl, I was much more confident in the csl, you can feel what it is actually doing, rather than numbness in the evo.:thumbs: And I was just as fast in the wet as my mate in his 500bhp evo both running a048, he can peddle as well

[SIEN]

I've decided not to do a track day until next year now. Can't trust the weather and right now don't want to track it until I can get track day insurance sorted for a reasonable amount. I can't afford to replace my car completely if I stack it, so going to wait I reckon (anyone use track day insurance here?)

[mattCSLnut]

I've decided not to do a track day until next year now. Can't trust the weather and right now don't want to track it until I can get track day insurance sorted for a reasonable amount. I can't afford to replace my car completely if I stack it, so going to wait I reckon (anyone use track day insurance here?)


GlenDog (Rob) recommended " Competition Car Insurance" , I rung for a quote and was amazed :thumbs: at what they quoted me, so mush that I took it up almost straight away as they were the cheapest by far ( £505 fully comp with £500 total excess and include 4 Track Days/year coverage, one of which can be FIA approved European one like Spa :thumbs: ) It's a 5000 mile per year limit (which can easily be extended) for a garaged CSL in a good Cambridge post code. Give them a call on: 0115 9415255 and say they were recommended by other CSL owners on this forum. It also helps if you're a member of a car club (not necessarily a BMW one either) and have a clean license :whistle:

[SIEN]

GlenDog (Rob) recommended " Competition Car Insurance" , I rung for a quote and was amazed :thumbs: at what they quoted me, so mush that I took it up almost straight away as they were the cheapest by far ( £505 fully comp with £500 total excess and include 4 Track Days/year coverage, one of which can be FIA approved European one like Spa :thumbs: ) It's a 5000 mile per year limit (which can easily be extended) for a garaged CSL in a good Cambridge post code. Give them a call on: 0115 9415255 and say they were recommended by other CSL owners on this forum. It also helps if you're a member of a car club (not necessarily a BMW one either) and have a clean license :whistle:

Wow, that is cheap. I'm getting hammered on mine from Kwik Fit. Mainly because they haven't taken into account any real no claims bonus (was done while in Spain, nearly 10 years, all gone) so starting from fresh. And it's outside until I move house in a few months so probably doesn't help.

Can you change insurer during a policy? (I'm paying monthly)

[mattCSLnut]

Wow, that is cheap. I'm getting hammered on mine from Kwik Fit. Mainly because they haven't taken into account any real no claims bonus (was done while in Spain, nearly 10 years, all gone) so starting from fresh. And it's outside until I move house in a few months so probably doesn't help.

Can you change insurer during a policy? (I'm paying monthly)

Why Kwik Fit ? If you're paying monthly than it makes it easier to stop one policy and start a fresh with another :thumbs:

[mattCSLnut]

Cool :smokin: Tentative Brands Hatch Track Day list below:

1) defo tentative TMAQ
2) defo tentative me mattCSLnut
3) tentative SIEN
4) tentative mole
5) maybe tentative DuncanR

Good start :thumbs:


I'm all booked up :thumbs: for this one now... http://www.clubmsv.com/car-home/event-details.aspx?productid=219&msvcode=bmwcar ... Any one else care to join ? BMW only day, Open Pit lane, Instructors for novices and only £139 for Brands Hatch Indy.

[Nick Wright]

There is 10% off this already reasonable event if you book through the Car Club
Give Neil a shout
neil@bmwccgb.co.uk

Then when you have done that, you can all come to my Christmas Party.. there's no ice cream but we have an all day open pit lane at Cadwell Park for just £69, Friday 11th December - just 50 cars to keep it sweet! - I'll say it again £69!!
nick@bmwccgb.co.uk

[shimmy]

There is 10% off this already reasonable event if you book through the Car Club
Give Neil a shout
neil@bmwccgb.co.uk

Then when you have done that, you can all come to my Christmas Party.. there's no ice cream but we have an all day open pit lane at Cadwell Park for just £69, Friday 11th December - just 50 cars to keep it sweet! - I'll say it again £69!!
nick@bmwccgb.co.uk

its not the ice cream but the ice that i would expect Nick

Good luck with the last day of 2009 but the CSL will be tucked up in bed for the winter

[Nick Wright]

its not the ice cream but the ice that i would expect Nick

Good luck with the last day of 2009 but the CSL will be tucked up in bed for the winter

Thank you

[mattCSLnut]

its not the ice cream but the ice that i would expect Nick

Good luck with the last day of 2009 but the CSL will be tucked up in bed for the winter


Same here :thumbs: As from the beginning of December my CSL is heading indoors, SORN and into hibernation for the cold months ahead whilst I'm getting away from the UK's cold & grey season to warmer, dryer climate :thumbs:

[mattCSLnut]

There is 10% off this already reasonable event if you book through the Car Club
Give Neil a shout
neil@bmwccgb.co.uk

Then when you have done that, you can all come to my Christmas Party.. there's no ice cream but we have an all day open pit lane at Cadwell Park for just £69, Friday 11th December - just 50 cars to keep it sweet! - I'll say it again £69!!
nick@bmwccgb.co.uk
THANX for the offer :thumbs: but I've already booked & paid. Maybe sometime in the new year :whistle:

[danp]

Same here :thumbs: As from the beginning of December my CSL is heading indoors, SORN and into hibernation for the cold months ahead whilst I'm getting away from the UK's cold & grey season to warmer, dryer climate :thumbs:

Sounds like a good plan, where you off to?!

[mattCSLnut]

Sounds like a good plan, where you off to?!

West Coast USA :thumbs:

[mole]

Can't do tomorrow due to work :banghead: Have a good time all those that are going. :smokin:

[mattCSLnut]

Can't do tomorrow due to work :banghead: Have a good time all those that are going. :smokin:


That's a pity, maybe next time ;) There is a promise of good weather. Cold but clear blue sky :thumbs: Grip will be in short supply :whistle:

[mole]

Yeh defo Matt, my new years resolution is to get on track a bit more :hahaha:

[flatout]

That's a pity, maybe next time ;) There is a promise of good weather. Cold but clear blue sky :thumbs: Grip will be in short supply :whistle:

Weather did indeed hold up, abit slippery in the morning but soon dried up.

Good to meet you Matt. Managed to load the in car footage onto my laptop, will put on dvd and mail at some point.

PS - got home with zero front brakes (metal to metal..grrr) - never mind, time to stick the AP's on for 2010 :thumbs:

Rich

[mattCSLnut]

Hey m8. Awesome day has been had, great weather and really good to meat U :thumbs:. Over fifty laps in the CSL and she didn't miss a beat :thumbs:. Even my semi stock O.E. brakes held up exceptionally well without any fade. Having ATE Racing Blue brake fluid, Goodridge breaded brake lines and Performance Friction pads all round definitely paid off :thumbs: Who needs AP Racing anyway :whistle: :hahaha: Ducking for cover. I'm glad we checked your pads when we did :hahaha: could have been worst :whistle: I'll post more pix tomorrow as I'm totally beet (not after a great day @ Brands) but by the four hour drive back home :bigcry:. M25 Dartford crossing shut due to a BIG accident, took the A2 London bound, towards Blackwell Tunnel only to get stuck in that for hours as that got shut too, due to a semi truck on fire. The joys of driving :whistle:

[mattCSLnut]

Yeh defo Matt, my new years resolution is to get on track a bit more :hahaha:


Good call Mr. mole :thumbs: it'll be rude not to :hahaha:

[mole]

Good call Mr. mole :thumbs: it'll be rude not to :hahaha:

Sorry to hear about your dodgy journey home... I decided to head to Bluewater around 8pm from Docklands for a quick bit of xmas shopping, got on to the A2 and was moving fine then BAM, traffic stopped and took me 30 mins to go one exit and turn back!! Nightmare. Sod sitting in that all the way home mate :bigcry::banghead:
But glad the day went well and sorry I could not make it in the end :thumbs:

[houlbt]

M25 and A2 were killer. I gave up at Bexley what (10 miles or so in 2 and a half hours!) and left the car at with BMsport and went to the pub instead, got a taxi home at 11pm when it had cleared.

[mattCSLnut]

Sorry to hear about your dodgy journey home... I decided to head to Bluewater around 8pm from Docklands for a quick bit of xmas shopping, got on to the A2 and was moving fine then BAM, traffic stopped and took me 30 mins to go one exit and turn back!! Nightmare. Sod sitting in that all the way home mate :bigcry::banghead:
But glad the day went well and sorry I could not make it in the end :thumbs:

NO worries m8. There'll be another one along soon enough, no doubt. :thumbs:
Yeah, yesterdays SE London's traffic was just murder but great November day at Brands compensated for all that :thumbs: Roll on 2010 :beer:

[mattCSLnut]

M25 and A2 were killer. I gave up at Bexley what (10 miles or so in 2 and a half hours!) and left the car at with BMsport and went to the pub instead, got a taxi home at 11pm when it had cleared.


If I knew of your most excellent traffic avoidance plans :beer: I would have joined you, although a cab fare to Cambridge would have been hard to swallow :hahaha: