Donnington Picture Thread ... Mine 1st ;O)

[Sir_Dave]

Thanks to Focused Events as per usual ...

New suspension setup on the Trophy is fantastic, maybe not in the wet mind you, but when it dried out; lift, turn in, foot down, grin. Everytime. Great fun!!

No where near fast enough, but simply means i can drive flat out everywhere, which is always nice. I remember Dave. mentioning that he was concerned about going flat out in 3rd through Craner curves (cams/itb's, ie power!), whereas i was pinned in 4th lol ...

Lack of power FTW

Tripod :approve:

Overall, very pleased, shame that a nasty whirring from the alternator area meant that i had to finish at 4 instead of 5pm though :dapprove:

Still, not that bad, it did tick over to 174k in the afternoon

 

[Damo_Sport]

Re: Donington Picture Thread ... Mine 1st ;O)

174k mileage!!! jeez louise

 

[Nick172Cup]

Re: Donington Picture Thread ... Mine 1st ;O)

Good pictures there Dave! Sneaked a cheeky one of mine in there, will put mine up later on!

 

[Gray]

Re: Donington Picture Thread ... Mine 1st ;O)

Looking good Dave, a shame about the alternator!

 

[Ollie82.]

This is what I love about you Dave (other than your face )Not obsessed with power, just extra conscious about the setup. I do love that car for that!

 

[Kane.]

Re: Donington Picture Thread ... Mine 1st ;O)

Nice

 

[Budgie]

Re: Donington Picture Thread ... Mine 1st ;O)

Awesome pics.

As said, there's an alternator in the shed if needed.

 

[Sam]

Re: Donington Picture Thread ... Mine 1st ;O)

174K ??

Looks mint for its age matey.

Sam!

 

[Sir_Dave]

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This is what I love about you Dave (other than your face )

Not obsessed with power, just extra conscious about the setup. I do love that car for that!

Power is nothing without control

As always though, i'd much rather have fun than be the fastest person out there, ill leave the racing & lap times to the professionals, oh & you/Tom if the race car ever gets finished ...

But yes, as a few have mentioned, it looks/goes ok for such a miley beast, although i have now scratched FailSport into the paint on the boot Drawing on dirt FTL.

 

[poobah]

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But yes, as a few have mentioned, it looks/goes ok for such a miley beast, although i have now scratched FailSport into the paint on the boot Drawing on dirt FTL.

Inevitable but certainly amusing!

I like how you initially drew on it and then touched it up later when the car got more dirty. Commitment to the cause and attention to detail in play right there.

 

[Christopher]

Awesome. I was tempted to come to this but got up too late.

 

[Fred@BTM]

Awesome. I was tempted to come to this but got up too late.

i turned up at lunchtime

 

[Šįk]

Nice.

 

[Gray]

i turned up at lunchtime

LOL... 'look it's Fred', 'he looks hungover'

 

[Damo_Sport]

LOL... 'look it's Fred', 'he looks hungover'

Did he have a postie note on his forehead saying "DONT PM, CALL!"

 

[Christopher]

i turned up at lunchtime

That's standard though lol.

You booked for LM yet?

 

[Fred@BTM]

book? ill just turn up at lunchtime as per

 

[Hixle]

Looks reet at home on track mate, awesome shots. I should really stop being a girl cleaning mine and get it out there too!

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Nice pics. Good effort on the having fun/not chasing seconds !

174,000 miles ? Is this suffering big time from Trigger's Broom Syndrome by now ?

Looks reet at home on track mate, awesome shots. I should really stop being a girl cleaning mine and get it out there too!

Girls don't clean cars.

 

[Sir_Dave]

174,000 miles ? Is this suffering big time from Trigger's Broom Syndrome by now ?

Not really, original engine, 'box & clutch still going strong!

Have all the (Renault) receipts from new and the only major bits that have been replaced were the rear dampers at 168k and the fronts (refurbed) at 170k. Everything else is just wear & tear items, so tyres, discs/pads, etc ...

I certainly havent replaced any bushes, etc so they will all be originals as well!

The car is proof that with correct maintenance, a car will last & last

 

[Dan29]

Great pics, hope mine can reach 174k!

 

[Y7 ADW]

Looks lovely!

 

[Meek_racing]

Quality pics! Did a mate take them or were they on another site?

 

[Sir_Dave]

Quality pics! Did a mate take them or were they on another site?

I paid Focused £30 for about 35 pics on disk. So they had better be good lol ...

 

[Rob]

Nice pics Dave, car looks just right on track.

Mean, purposeful and agressive. Good stuff.

 

[TimR26]

Here are some of my pics from yesterday.

Rest of the album is here

 

[poobah]

Great pics. Loving the second to last one.

This one is pretty epic also.

 

[Sir_Dave]

Nice pictures Tim!!

Was very impressed with the speed of that thing tbh

 

[TimR26]

Great pics. Loving the second to last one.

This one is pretty epic also.

Cheers

Nice pictures Tim!!

Was very impressed with the speed of that thing tbh

I was quite happy with how it held it's own against a lot of quick cars

It's running 10bhp and 20lbs/ft down from when originally mapped by RS Tuning so still has more potential to untap

Hoping to change the standard pads and have some better fluid in for next trackday as well.

 

[DrewBear11]

Nice pics mate, How did the megane f1 fair up against the clio's and some of more tuned up examples ?

 

[Matt W]

Very nice pictures

 

[Wests Renault]

nice pics

 

[Fred@BTM]

Hoping to change the standard pads and have some better fluid in for next trackday as well.

don't forget about the discs!

 

[Nick172Cup]

Now a 'few' of mine now they've been uploaded, apologies in advance for the whorage! Was a great selection of pictures this time round to choose from!

And what it looked like a week ago Friday...

Cheers
Nick

 

[D4N13L]

cup looks mean on track.

What happened last week?

 

[Tony Hunter]

Ooo,needs re shelling that.

 

[Ollie82.]

You can't even see the bloody roof dents in those pics! And you want to reshell!? You tart!

 

[Curtis!]

Get hammer, hit dent out as much as possible, weld bar across with cage. Sorted!

 

[jim cook]

Great Pics

 

[Sir_Dave]

Nick. Your car looks epic in those photos!!

Sod the reshell you gayer, can barely notice any damage.