Silverstone - BMW Trackday - 6th Oct - £249 - Page 18

azrael · 08-10-2010, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by glendog74

Ditto - i paid her at the cafe.

And I bought you a coffee to contribute lol

Nick Wright · 08-10-2010, 12:46 PM

Masser and co will not be coming back to any of my days again.

bad circuit manners and I are not happy bed fellows - I was just about to come down and see the Masser guy and take him off, but he saved me a job - I have a good mind to bill him for the downtime - if you work it out, the circuit was costing us around £3.5k an hour and he owes me around half of that for taking away our pleasure.

It was all my fault though - everytime we have an incident it is always some tool that has just turned up on the day and I am eager for the money in the tin - not any more though, i'll not fall for that one again. It's the same with shared cars - one extra driver is fine but thats it, i'm not letting a car out that has several drivers.

Glad you all had fun

See you at Oulton maybe?

Nick Wright · 08-10-2010, 12:51 PM

Novice badges are fine in principle but no one ever takes them off - some new guys are well on the pace by lunchtime and then they end up with all the circuit because the rest of us are hanging back.

Some guys have been lots of times and still don't get the line - how do you discriminate?

Nick

Bounce · 08-10-2010, 12:52 PM

Well done Nick,it was a good day.

Trawler · 08-10-2010, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Yanto

Only because he had his name on the car ! Pete I presume ??

Correct on both accounts. Hope to see you guys again some time.

azrael · 08-10-2010, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick Wright

Novice badges are fine in principle but no one ever takes them off - some new guys are well on the pace by lunchtime and then they end up with all the circuit because the rest of us are hanging back.

Some guys have been lots of times and still don't get the line - how do you discriminate?

Nick

If they have a novice badge and are on the pace not a problem, the alternative is hanging back for everyone which is what I was doing, if they are not novices you can make a judgement call to pass based on room, position, conditions. As long as you indicate also.

Just my 2p, although everyone is different

I recently enjoyed a Pistenclub day with overtaking both sides. I used my mirrors and not a problem, everything flowed really well.

Oh and Nissan GTR's rewrote the rule book on lines

08-10-2010, 12:46 PM	#172
Nick Wright S4 - Getting the hang of it Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Yorks & Humber Posts: 231 Casino cash: $966	Masser and co will not be coming back to any of my days again. bad circuit manners and I are not happy bed fellows - I was just about to come down and see the Masser guy and take him off, but he saved me a job - I have a good mind to bill him for the downtime - if you work it out, the circuit was costing us around £3.5k an hour and he owes me around half of that for taking away our pleasure. It was all my fault though - everytime we have an incident it is always some tool that has just turned up on the day and I am eager for the money in the tin - not any more though, i'll not fall for that one again. It's the same with shared cars - one extra driver is fine but thats it, i'm not letting a car out that has several drivers. Glad you all had fun See you at Oulton maybe?

08-10-2010, 12:51 PM	#173
Nick Wright S4 - Getting the hang of it Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Yorks & Humber Posts: 231 Casino cash: $966	Novice badges are fine in principle but no one ever takes them off - some new guys are well on the pace by lunchtime and then they end up with all the circuit because the rest of us are hanging back. Some guys have been lots of times and still don't get the line - how do you discriminate? Nick

08-10-2010, 12:52 PM	#174
Bounce CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Cornwall Posts: 7,057 Casino cash: $35793	Well done Nick,it was a good day.