Spa Oct 10th, Anyone going?

[uncle benz]

Was nice to catch up again Shim. I had a blast, and got some slicks on in the afternoon which really made a world of difference. I have doggedly stuck with Toyo R888's, but I have always felt the the heavy car and selection of corners at Spa overheated them. Slicks are brill!

Beautiful weather too! Just a totally awesome couple of days!,

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by uncle benz

Was nice to catch up again Shim. I had a blast, and got some slicks on in the afternoon which really made a world of difference. I have doggedly stuck with Toyo R888's, but I have always felt the the heavy car and selection of corners at Spa overheated them. Slicks are brill!

Beautiful weather too! Just a totally awesome couple of days!,

great to see you and alex, two car nuts together!

me and alex were joking about the fight that nearly broke out when the GT3 northern guy nearly punched RussF.....then i promptly went out and cut up alex going into Eau Rouge a la Kimi styleeeee

[uncle benz]

Originally Posted by shimmy

great to see you and alex, two car nuts together!

me and alex were joking about the fight that nearly broke out when the GT3 northern guy nearly punched RussF.....then i promptly went out and cut up alex going into Eau Rouge a la Kimi styleeeee

Gt3 guy was on the next table to us that evening. Actually seemed like a nice fella. I know Russ well too, and he's just a big cuddly teddy bear. (Won't take no crap tho...) Amazing how the heat of the moment gets people fired up. Bless dear Hannah, sounds like she cooled the pair off pretty quickly!

Did you blag some front pads in the end?

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by uncle benz

Did you blag some front pads in the end?

yep, i had my own spare "get me home" pads but were no good for 50 laps so ONEill gave me a tesco bag with used ones and brand new ones .......i took the new ones

need to pay him now!

[GregorJP]

Originally Posted by shimmy

Gav, good to see you there (so many times). Did you have a good trip?





GregorJP, did we meet?

Unfortunately not. Saw three SG cars there, and if I'm not mistaken yours was perhaps the one with the number plate "Shimmy" on it . Saw the car in the paddock but nobody near it when I passed, so couldn't come to say hello. Another one was parked suspiciously near the gents toilets and I think there was another one with standard brakes.

Did the 'ring on Monday and Spa on Tuesday and had an awesome couple of days, learning the tracks better. Was there with my mates - two with black GTRs and one with a black Megane RS. Had another mate there that has a yellow E30 325 race car and had a PAX in that. It was the most fun; slow on the straights but ridiculous under braking and in corners. A lot of car for £5k.

Had some disastrous issues with my brakes when there. Nobody should make my mistake, which is to buy Pagid RS5s on the basis that they have broadly the same properties as the RS29s (which I couldn't source in time). The RS5s totally ruined my discs at the ring and I had to get some PF01s and get the discs skimmed on the Monday evening.

Attached are a couple of photos. Got some good video of the 'ring which I'll put up. Sorry I didn't get to meet those of you that were there - next time. Car goes in to Elms for subframe repair tomorrow, so I guess that's my trackdays done for the year.