Ash_EP3
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Registered: 15th May 07
Location: Melksham, Wiltshire
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Porsche Caymann (didn't realise how stupid I looked in this  )
Ferrari F430 Scuderia
Lambo Murcielago
Was a great day, only spent a couple of hours there in the end thankfully the briefing wasn't too long 
Got back in the corsa after and was like  
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spankyjames
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
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nice one ash
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BluKoo
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So how much of the car did they let you use? Foot to the floor at many points?
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Ash_EP3
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quote:
Originally posted by BluKoo
So how much of the car did they let you use? Foot to the floor at many points?
It all depended on the instructor really, the chap in the porsche was fairly old and was telling me what gear / speed I should be doing in the corners, the young chap in the scuderia was letting me floor it at some points (the long left hander) before the chicane at the end the noise when the exhaust valve opened 
The chap in the lambo was fairly cool, he told me to race one of the single seaters on my last lap
Only managed to hit about 130/140 but was taking corners between 50-90 mph I just couldn't believe the sheer grip of all of the cars there
The last part of the day was a flying lap in a Mazda RX-8 I knew he'd nail it made all of my laps look really slow I said to him when we were going around a long right-hander that they must have put race tyres on this and he was like "no no all standard road tyres"
All in all top day managed 7mpg in the lambo too 
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Ben G
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nice one mate, i'm doing the porsche cayman and f430 ones for my experience day too.
was going to do the scuderia but thought it couldn't be ''that much different''. end of the day anythings gonna feel fast compared to my poncy focus
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Ash_EP3
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
nice one mate, i'm doing the porsche cayman and f430 ones for my experience day too.
was going to do the scuderia but thought it couldn't be ''that much different''. end of the day anythings gonna feel fast compared to my poncy focus
Nice one!
Yea the Porsche Cayman is a really nice car tbh, really liked it I will say that when they mark you (you have a scorecard for your event) they mark you on the first part (the cayman in your/my case) I only got 74% and by the end of it I got 88% in the lambo
Your Focus is probably easily on par with the Porsche / Mazda's they have there (Mazda 3 MPS)
[Edited on 05-04-2009 by S214_UPP]
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