stuart148

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would i be welcome in a mr2 turbo

Red Man

Hi Dave, Al et al

Deposit put in the post today - just to confirm me as a Blyton regular (tarmac and gravel!!)

Took (and passed) my BARS test at the weekend at Chris Birkbeck Rally School at Saltburn - so I now have licence to enter stage rallies. Time to cast my eye over the rally car ads - might just have a new toy to play with at Blyton - which as you might know is regularly used for testing by the rally teams.

Question for you - do you think the WYIOC guys would be interested in a full track day at Croft. Reason I ask is that for the third year in a row I am joining the Derbyshire and Durham RS Owners Club track day on the 9th July. £100 for the day, ability grouped in the morning with the possibility of open pit lane in the afternoon. £20 per extra driver, passengers £5. There are usually 4 or 5 scoobs running, and there are planty or marques as well as the fords. It is great value, very relaxed with lots of track time esp later in the afternoon as people head home.

Give it some thought - but the event gets booked up early so probably need to apply by end of Feb latest. I have entry forms if needed.

Dave

corradoboy

Cheers Dave Look forward to seeing you again, and meeting your new toy

Sorry for the delay Stuart148. Of course you're welcome. I'll add you to the non-confirmed list and promote you when I receive your deposit

corradoboy

Received

Scooby New

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you're dead right there Dave

I'll post a link to this thread on hullscoobs and see if I can drum up some interest

scoobie-shieldy

roflmao im their on the 24th of feb myself lolz throwing a scoob round their track

and the downside of it all is, also a ****ty mini cooper lolz

corradoboy

I guess you're driving Rallydrive's cars Fun day, we did it twice many years ago before getting our Scoob If you're out with Howard himself then you're in for a treat when he does the flying lap Watch his feet

Pray for rain too

scoobie-shieldy

yup it is m8 gotta it of the wife for chrimbo pressie,

i drive a scoob wife thought it may help me drive it correctly... but she pi55ed herself when the confirmation came back with the mini cooper added to the cars for the day,,, reason being thats wot she drives lolz a 04 mini cooper

corradoboy

You can learn a lot about car control in a lesser powered car, especially in the wet. When we did it he used BMW Compacts for the RWD, but I can see why the FWD Mini would be good. A very competent little chassis, and ideal to highlight the difference on the road between 4WD and 2WD. You will be aching to get into the Scoob though If he still uses the truncated lap (cutting out the section where the track entrance is) then see if you can beat my 59.8s Howard did a 58.9 on the same day and IIRC my wet lap was 1:03

scoobie-shieldy

well fingers crossed ill give it a good go at beating it, gonna b recording it for properity also, believe it or not but the wifes missus handles as good as my scoob, tested both on same corner mini handle it well at 65 scoob does it at 95 my seat started too get wiggly at 50 lolz so there ya go:P

corradoboy

Here's a video I made last year CLICKY, and how to do the hairpin, Sticky style

spufus

iTrader: (2)

Is it too late?

Tuition would be good too.

Ta.

corradoboy

Spufus, not too late whilst there's spaces in the list I'll add you as unconfirmed if you'd like to sort me a deposit (details in post #1)

As for tuition, I can heartilly recommend it, but the £150 needs to be split between a few and since the 1st trackday there hasn't been many takers, even though those whom did it were very pleased with it. I could also do with knowing a few weeks before the event so I can arrange for a pro driver to be there, otherwise we'll be babysat by a mechanic for the day.

spufus

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You have cash

I'll skip the tuition if there's only me.

Ta

Dean

corradoboy

Indeed I do Many thanks Dean, I've updated the list

spufus

iTrader: (2)

Cheers matey - just hope the car's in action then.

The Grift

Hello

Please add me to the spectators if thats ok

1 STI, 4 spectators.

Thanks

The Grift

Thankyou, ;-)

C8 DHC 04WRX

iTrader: (13)

hello.

i'm currently rebuilding my suzuki swift gti (bought it for trackdays as im not too keen on using my '04wrx on the track). Can I come along if I get it put together in time? i only live about 20mins drive from Blyton.

cheers! dan.

scoobie-shieldy

corrdaboy tried your links but wouldnt play for me

corradoboy

Dan, I'll put you on the unconfirmed list, sort out a deposit and I'll promote you to confirmed.

Speaking of deposits Are any of the WYIOC faithful gonna cross my palm

Don't know why the vid links aren't working. I'm at work at the mo' so can only try them on a crappy PC with NetNanny spoiling the fun so they don't work for me either, but they were Quicktime MP4's, so as long as you have QT they should play.

Scottk

Hi, I'm interested in this and also the tuition if we can get enough people together for it to make it cheap enough
Can I be added to the non-confirmed list please.
Thanks

corradoboy

Will do Scott. I'd appreciate a deposit at some point if possible. All details in post #1

JAKbauuer24

Please put me down for this day with an additional driver and i also want the tuiton cheers, and can anyone tell me what happened to the www.wyioc site as i cannot get on it will send deposit straight away once i know places avalible

corradoboy

JAKbauuer24, Ill add you to the unconfirmed and do a tally on those expressing interest for tuition. If there's 4 or more then the cost becomes reasonable (£150/4=£37.50 each).

I believe the wyioc.co.uk domain was left to lapse after we secured this WYIOC Events forum here on SNet. Phil (MadGrip) whom graciously hosted it for us now runs his own BBS called UK Performance, although the url change recently and I haven't updated my bookmarks so I can't point you towards it.

Alan C

I've been in touch with Maddy a few times to try and secure the address as it lapsed this month. Unfortunately his reccomendations on what to do didn't work and I've not been able to get back in touch....

I have been in touch with a SNET based hoster who's doing us a good deal.. so I will buy the URL again when it becomes available soon and get the site hosted again..

I'll be posting another thread regarding this as we'll need to have a front end to put on.... More of this later, but rest assured, work is ongoing in the back ground.

BTW.. Phil has the .com address.

corradoboy

TUITION

We now have 3 people wanting tuition on the trackday. ScottK, spufus and JAKbauuer24. With three the cost would obviously be £50 each, but if there is anyone else would like to make up a 4th it would be £37.50, and a bargain at that.

To fill in a few details, it involves the tutor passengering in your car with you (obviously) and giving direction to hopefully hone your skills and make you quicker but safer. With you permission the tutor may ask to drive your car to demonstrate what it is capable of when everything is done correctly, and believe me, this can be an eye opener. If we are lucky enough to secure Howard for the day you will benefit from over 35 years of international rally driving experience, but any of his colleagues are capable of furthering your abilities.

Before I contact Howard and book a tutor, can I ask that the 3 already interested confirm their intentions and place a deposit for the day (if you haven't already), and can I ask if there is A.N.Other to make the four.

Cheers, PM's also sent

Sticky Stuff

Not just the eyes... Sticky's new £22k evo was blatted around by this maniac who'd never sat in the car before, and he knocked loads of time off my best attempt. Thank Christ for 'Easy-wipe' leather seating.

Thoughts... " I'd be braking by now... I'd certainly be braking by NOW... Holy ****!!!"

Well worth the asking price.

corradoboy

^^^^^ See, seeeee, I told yer

Scottk

^^^ Sounds like just what I'm looking for!