stubbsy05
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kZa5uDbce0s
I think this guy's driving is pretty impressive! THe tyres are screeching a fair bit!
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Paul_J
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bit hairy in a few places.
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Robbo_Corsa
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1st bend he comes to...  
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Jas
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very, fair play
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Jas
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
bit hairy in a few places.
2.50
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Graham88
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8:58, surely not? Clarkson did a minute more than that in a Jag?
I was sure that to get the 9 minute mark you had to have a quick car, or was that 8 minutes, I don't remember
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JM_16v
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Paul J got just above 9 seconds so if that vts was on TB or something along those lines it would be possible
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stubbsy05
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
8:58, surely not? Clarkson did a minute more than that in a Jag?
I was sure that to get the 9 minute mark you had to have a quick car, or was that 8 minutes, I don't remember
yeah but that woman done just over 10 mins in a transit!
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JoeyB
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Well to help put things into perspective... The new Megane R26R has an unofficial lap time of 8min.15sec which is quicker than a BMW M3 CSL
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Brett
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S'a lot different when you know the track and have had a lot of practice.
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chris_uk
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the new focus RS was lapping at 8:27 apparently.
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Graham88
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quote:
Originally posted by JM_16v
Paul J got just above 9 seconds so if that vts was on TB or something along those lines it would be possible
I didn't know Paul could drive that quick, 9 seconds
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Tom
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quote:
Originally posted by Jas
quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
bit hairy in a few places.
2.50
**NODS**
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Tom
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5.57 overtaking the golf too 
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Graham88
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom
5.57 overtaking the golf too
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xa0s
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quote:
Originally posted by Tom
5.57 overtaking the golf too
What was shocking about that? 
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Graham88
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Looked impressive because of how slow the Golf was going.
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Tom
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quote:
Originally posted by SRi Luke
quote:
Originally posted by Tom
5.57 overtaking the golf too
What was shocking about that?
Didn't say impressive, wasn't much room by the looks of it although graham may be right it might be lack of speed from the golf
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Superlite Ltd.
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fair play, maybe not the smoothest of drivers but hes got the balls to hit turns with loads of speed even with traffic
Few little miss haps but he really is pushing it. Respect
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corsa_rob
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6:16 is the scary part of the track...NEVER GO TO THE OUTSIDE!!!  end up with a porchese almost pushing u into the barriers...shit yourself time...I loved the 1st corner on that video
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
8:58, surely not? Clarkson did a minute more than that in a Jag?
I was sure that to get the 9 minute mark you had to have a quick car, or was that 8 minutes, I don't remember
10 minute lap that clarkson did is actually not that bad
If you ask most people who've been and timed themselves they won't get under 10 mins.
My first timed lap i did last year was slow time wise and i felt like i was shifting...
Then slowly you learn to keep flat out through parts etc and I got it down to a low 9 minute lap. (but that was all with a broken car, fucked rear beam, detached rear ARB, broken gearbox).
Problem is, there's a lot of sections which require a powerful car, for example the huge uphill section that actually slows the car down (i.e. you can't accelerate any more it's so steep) - a Porsche can go up it at like 160 mph, where as a 106 / saxo can only do 110 mph up it. It goes on for a good 45 secs - 1 minute. So makes a big difference on times.
The biggest problem with the nurburgring though is just having the balls to keep flat out, you have your foot flat and it's just like 120 mph, 130mph, 140 mph and you're heading down a steap hill that you know has a tight ish bend and big up hill section straight after! - you naturally feel your foot not jamming that throttle so hard any more
My car's in a good condition now (engine's not producing it's best power though), but the suspension is spot on and I've just got some new tyres all round, the gearbox aint bad either! So we'll see what I can do this weekend 
Problem is, Weather looks wet and traffic will likely be high... That saxo VTS lap had hardly any traffic. Even on my low 9 min lap I had yellow flag sections and a fair bit of traffic to slow down for.
Now just need to find somewhere I can slyly mount my video camera? I want to record a lap but need to hide it.
[Edited on 10-07-2008 by Paul_J]
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by JM_16v
Paul J got just above 9 seconds so if that vts was on TB or something along those lines it would be possible
9 seconds Yeah was a low 9 mins.
But I want to get sub 9 mins this year, but unsure if I will due to how busy the track is these days and the weather.
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N3CRO
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He looks like he knows what he's doing 
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Ste L
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is it only me, or is the crack on the windscreen anoying anyone else
it's all i kept looking at 
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Daveskater
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
Now just need to find somewhere I can slyly mount my video camera? I want to record a lap but need to hide it.
Why do you have to hide it? Guessing there's some sort of rule or something, but I'd want to film it too if I went round 
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Originally posted by Ste L
is it only me, or is the crack on the windscreen anoying anyone else
it's all i kept looking at
Yeah, same
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