Sytner Trackday - Donington 14/7/2008 - FINAL INFO ADDED

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Post by D4 » Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:36 pm

not sure what time we're getting there Monday morning... off to London in an hour or so for tonight and Sunday night so might not be there till 10am ish.

not really planning on driving (only really there for the pictures anyway)

see you all there (hopefully the weather will be good)
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Post by KevinB10 » Sun Jul 13, 2008 4:40 pm

Finished cleaning the car this morning, gave it a coat of Zymol Carbon and it does look better. :D
Will be heading up to Melbourne near Donington in about an hour and see everyone tomorrow.
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Post by Petrolhead » Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:33 pm

We've just finished cleaning it too, checked all its vital signs and we're good to go. Bled the brakes through with some high-temp fluid as well. We're heading up to stay with a friend in Coventry tonight so we don't have to get up at a silly time tomorrow.

See you all there, we're both looking forward to it a lot!
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Post by neil » Sun Jul 13, 2008 10:01 pm

Yeah not long now - looking forward to seeing you all and of course driving :)

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Post by alpina46 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:08 pm

What a fantastic day :D :D Pet & myself really enjoyed it, great to see everyone.
Pets really chuffed she did 5 laps in her D3 :shock: Also great to see Andy driving the E30 Alpina M3 8)

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Post by D4 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:37 pm

ep another great day... will try and post up so pics later if i get a chance...gonna be busy packing for the factory tour...

took the roadster for a spin for 3 or 4 laps and had a couple of passenger laps. good fun all round.
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Post by neil » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:04 pm

Fab day eventually left c. 18.15 got some good video from in the car and a few photos which I'll post at some stage - really tired and off to bed to make sure I can get up wednesday morning !

Good to see everyone - can't wait for the next one !

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Post by Petrolhead » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:21 pm

Jezza and I both had a really good day again, was great to see everyone and get a chance to go out on track in the B10 and get rides in other cars. I was really, really impressed with the D3 Bi-Turbo, the way it coped with Craner Curves and the rest of the track.

I'll try and edit some pics and vids tomorrow, so hopefully have them up in 24 hours time.
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Post by ALPB1033 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:24 pm

Fantastic. Thanks Chris for the ride on the D3 BT especially when he made the M6 lost on the corner. Good fun. At the end of the day, I racked up more then 100miles(25-30laps in the morning section and about 10-15 laps in the afternoon) on my baby and half tank of juice. Finally like to see everybody again.

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Post by KevinB10 » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:36 am

It was a great day, the laps with Andy Bovensiepen was the highlight of the day, just a shame that my car came home on the back of a an AA relay truck. :(
Thanks to Jezza and Alex for towing me out of the circuit and James for the ALPINA escort, I finally got home at 11.45pm.
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Post by 3wheels3 » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:21 pm

I'd just like to say what a great day it was and thanks to everyone involved. A really good standard of driving too with nearly everyone using mirrors, a first in my experience! All cars looked great but made mine look dirty :) Would love to do another if there's any more.

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Post by neil » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:27 am

Here's some B5 S footage from the day


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Post by Petrolhead » Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:09 pm

Great footage Neil, it really looks like it shifts.

I liked the reverse parking beeper at the end, too :lol:
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