Went to this today:

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by IWatkins:
<B>Amazing what you can get a FWD V6 Mondeo to do[/quote]

Other than blow up?



[This message has been edited by Stuart H (edited 10 December 2000).]

 

Stuart,

V6 Mondeo's a couple of years old for around £6K now, if they blow up it would be as cheap to scrap it and buy another

Lee

 

Traded my V6 mondeo in for the RB5 'cos I couldn't find anyone to buy it privately.

And it blew up last year: cost 4 grand for the engine rebuild and I got under 3 grand on the trade in

 

This particular V6 had done 46k airfield stage miles, and still going strong. This car was used to teach LFB in FWD cars. Very impressed with its ability.

RWD Cossie scared the sh*t out of me on the mud/grass sections, especially as the boost would come in with a thump just as you were trying to negotiate a cone slalom on this surface at speed.

Another eye-opener was the difference between a car with ABS switched on and with it switched off. Truely scary

Being in the 4WD Cossie (~300bhp) as Pennti does a Scandi flick on the loose wet stuff was awesome, this guy can drive some

Cheers

Ian

 

That 4wd sierra didn't feel like 300 bhp to me... are you sure that's what they claimed for it?

 

Moray,

Yeah, well Pentti said "I think it is supposed to be 300bhp with the chip etc.". I.e. he wasn't sure. But did feel quick, especially during the overtaking demonstration.

I thought most of it *was* applicable to 4WD users too. Well, after each different part of the course, I would ask how exactly or how differently this would affect 4WD etc. and got all the answers I wanted.

Moray, very disappointed in your little trip around the course in your car, 1 out of 10.

Cheers

Ian

 

Having now done this day and don palmer's the wetter the better day, I would recommend the wetter the better day as a first priority for new scooby drivers... you learn a lot about 4wd in your own car. This lfb day isn't as applicable to 4wd as the mira day.

I would say the day is worth it if you don't already know LFBraking and want to find out from a guy who really knows it.

 

Finally got my pictures back for this. See: