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yeh, parhaps i should explain myself.... tried to adjust the attitude of car mid corner and touched brakes a little too hard.....therefore went into a spin.... ask Neil for more info... he had front row seats to the whole shebang

Nick, book yourself in for the 17th of July, we are going to hit Q.R. A great place to learn about car control at high speed with little fear of hitting anything. Plenty of notice. Save those $$$ and get some new tyres! Skidpan day should be in August, don't miss that either. Tip of the day: Never hit the brakes hard mid corner unless you have already passed the point of no return and are just trying to minimise the damage by trying to slow up a bit.

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Nick, book yourself in for the 17th of July, we are going to hit Q.R.  A great place to learn about car control at high speed with little fear of hitting anything.  Plenty of notice.  Save those $$$ and get some new tyres!  Skidpan day should be in August, don't miss that either.  Tip of the day:  Never hit the brakes hard mid corner unless you have already passed the point of no return and are just trying to minimise the damage by trying to slow up a bit.

Thanks for the sage words Jason. Yeh it was a little hairy and thank god i didnt hit anything or anyone..... new tyres went on today (brand new this time). Looks like time to save the pennies and sign up for QR.... where do i sign up speaking of which :confused:

Thanks for the sage words Jason. Yeh it was a little hairy and thank god i didnt hit anything or anyone..... new tyres went on today (brand new this time). Looks like time to save the pennies and sign up for QR.... where do i sign up speaking of which :confused:

Yes Grasshopper.

I am going to put up a proper post for it in the events section in the next few days try build a little interest. It will have all the necessary info, links and stuff.

hmmm pan sounds fun.... what happens at a pan anyway?? all i know is people go nuts and drive over water+diesel.... :confused:

Yeah, you go nuts but with water and diesel it means everything happens in slow motion so you should learn better steering control/throttle control. It hasn't helped me yet, I spend too much time last time facing the wrong way!

Yeah, you go nuts but with water and diesel it means everything happens in slow motion so you should learn better steering control/throttle control.  It hasn't helped me yet, I spend too much time last time facing the wrong way!

Yes i know lots about facing the wrong way... lol.. last night on that turn i ended up looking at Neil thru the passenger side window...lol

as am i man, as am i

worse was i actually was sitting there watching

had to leave after half a day, couldnt take it anymore :)

Yeah John sent me a PM offering me a lift, but I had to decline as I new watching would make me a little agro. Especially with no way home, stuck there forced to watch.

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