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I've got mine maxed, essential with 60 miles per day at motorway speeds with no interior and a stealth and decat droning away.

On a quiet stretch maybe, but he was passing cars in lane two whilst one handed concentrating on getting the right camera angle.

How much and where from?

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See them all parked on the trackside after the corner...very safety conscious :eek: LMAO at the Brands clip, I remember seeing the cloud as I came round. Good choice of sticker :rasp:

IIRC you don't need to take that torx bolt right out, just loosen it so the bracket can slide out from underneath?

I'm an IAM qualified "observer". I'll shut up now. Thread killed! LOL

I totally agree Paul. Which is why I've long said you're 100x safer/less at risk on a trackday compared with driving on your normal commute. At least on a trackday, people are focused on driving, not on the weather, kids, being late, deadlines, hair/make-up/stubble, drinking coffee, smoking...

I didn't. My first post in this thread pointed out how it's a lifesaver for many people. I merely tried to illustrate that driving is something that you have to learn just like any other skill out there. It's just that most people choose not to. I give up my own time voluntarily to help...

The fact that I chose to have further training is down to the fact that I, unlike so many drivers out there, accept 100% that I am not perfect, and I would/could/have benefited from training beyond the pitiful standard required to get through a normal driving test. Every single day that I drive...

OK, maybe focus was the wrong choice of word. In what I described, what did I do? I looked ahead, I was aware of my surroundings, saw the potential for a situation and slightly adjusted my approach. Then when I had to act, I was almost there already as I was looking for something to happen...

That's my thought process when driving on the road yes. Not in that level of detail in thought, but that's how I would verbalise it to illustrate when giving a demonstration drive.

I can see a bend up ahead, mirror, nothing behind, looking around the bend I can see leaves on the outside so I'll just adjust my speed slightly, looking again, vehicle approaching now, vehicle is straddling centre line, mirror, I'm easing right off now and he's obviously a f****** p**** so I...

Speaking with my IAM hat on, that video was a bit of a joke to be honest. There's not a single situation used in the clip, that an aware, observant, and focused driver would have put themselves in, in the first place. I appreciate for many it has proven to be a lifesaver, but there are other...

It's not a theory Gordon, it's fact. Given a sound known starting point (power and top speed), multiply power by the cube of the speed increment required, job done.

You're being harsh on the slippery little Clio Gordon...my calculations say 87 bhp would be enough for 110 mph ;)

I agree with Gordon. It (almost) doesn't matter what your gearing is - to get a Clio sized/shaped car to do 155 mph needs 240-250 bhp. That's based on 172 bhp getting a Clio to 138 mph as a starting point - the wind resistance that needs to be overcome going from 138 to 155 mph consumes an...

I'm lucky, my Cup has the usual low rear brake effort, so locked rears has never been a problem. It does move about on the brakes though, always has.

I do it the other way around whenever I rotate. Best on the front. Always. The front tyres do all of your steering, accelerating and braking. I like to know that if I ask them to be somewhere or do something they will, without fail. The cars are balanced towards the front quite heavily...

Make sure you check all nuts are torqued up properly before you got out each session as a matter of course as well.

They'll be fine. I've never had any problems with them fitting ok. 2 things to be aware of though; If you paint the wheels, don't paint where the bolts seat - sounds obvious, but I didn't and lost one bolt and almost the wheel as well around Goodwood once. Don't use your locking wheel nut...

I think you need more time behind the wheel, and a trackday or two to get a feel for what it's capable of. I'm almost on 81k from new, and it feels every bit as quick now as it did when I first pulled away in it 3 years ago. It still scares me regularly * * usually following the...

Fill tank to brim. Reset trip computer. At next fill-up, fill to brim again. Note down miles covered between both fill-ups, and how much fuel need to brim tank on 2nd fill-up. Take number of litres and divide by 4.546 = how many gallons you used. Divde miles covered by number of gallons used =...

Oh dear

Nice one Chris. How many miles now? I'm almost at 81...

LMAO "A 172 Cup is not hardcore", coming from the same people that say "I just can't do without my xenons and aircon, and Alcantara, and cruise control, and extra airbags, and ABS, and ESP, and multi CD changer, and third rear belt, and rear headrests, and a split/fold rear seat, and spare...

That's what does it for me...the scroll bar set into the side/bottom of the trackpad. Effortless surfing :)

I'd say that the buying public generally would look to the current Clio model either new or used, as the 172/182 in all its flavours, is now sadly, old hat.

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