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Is it under warranty?  :P

The car's not, No.., the parts are covered by BMW's spare parts warranty, but thats it.

Yeah I guess 2 days would be enough, its just that the M5 clutches are not the strongest things on the face of the planet, and dont take too kindly to abuse, its all very well and good to say take it easy, but once the adrenalin starts to flow *presses DSC and SPORT buttons*, all bets are off :).

Cheers,

Aaron

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And I bet you pricks had plenty of practice.  :)

Looking forward to it though.

haha, I'm sure they'd all have been faster than me without the practice anyway :D

Should be great fun, might look into getting some front tyres which may have a chance of gripping though.. ie not LingLongs :P:D

The car's not, No.., the parts are covered by BMW's spare parts warranty, but thats it.

Then your fine ;)

How they are gonna prove it was given a hiding (if it dies) is beyond me.

Just say you let your mrs drive it once, and maybe she wasnt so good with the clutch.

Cant be blamed for your driving style :P

nope, wasn't me, I didn't get a ride in anything last time, was too burnt to a cinder (was going to say crisp... *cough*) after standing on the long wang that morning lol

Unless if there is a guy coming who's name is Russell Cummings..... My real name is Russell Cunningham.

Can't wait.

Also, how tight is the scrutineering? I have a catch can installed and the overflow from the catch can is just plumbed to the ground. Has anyone been a scrutineer before and know what is looked at? Also, what are the important roadworthy things that they check for. It's a long drive to not pass the pits.

Also, how tight is the scrutineering? I have a catch can installed and the overflow from the catch can is just plumbed to the ground. Has anyone been a scrutineer before and know what is looked at? Also, what are the important roadworthy things that they check for. It's a long drive to not pass the pits.

Slip me $20 and I'll see you get passed :P

Re: overflow - I don't want oil spills out there. If you can rig a catch for the overflow (like a coke bottle), I'd be happier. The main check is for safety - no loose items, secure battery, tyres in good order etc

Unless if there is a guy coming who's name is Russell Cummings..... My real name is Russell Cunningham.

Can't wait.

Also, how tight is the scrutineering? I have a catch can installed and the overflow from the catch can is just plumbed to the ground. Has anyone been a scrutineer before and know what is looked at? Also, what are the important roadworthy things that they check for. It's a long drive to not pass the pits.

Yep. Sorry. Was told by Adz over the phone (was a postal entry) and I obviously got it wrong by the time I got back to my PC.

All fixed.

Slip me $20 and I'll see you get passed :P

Re: overflow - I don't want oil spills out there. If you can rig a catch for the overflow (like a coke bottle), I'd be happier. The main check is for safety - no loose items, secure battery, tyres in good order etc

Yeah I'll try to block it off, if not I'll make sure it's empty.

Catch ya there.

Guys - I've updated the entry list. It should also be noted that we now have 34 entries but due to our original low numbers we have added an extra skidpan event this time so if there was people being slow I'm just letting you know we are capping the number of entries at 40 to fit the current schedule in.

Cheers.

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