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Pretty keen for this - does anyone know an average price for a wakie day?

My last pay day is next fortnight - need to see if it's in budget.

$150 for day

$50 for liecense

$80 fuel to get there

$40 top up

$80? for a tank at lunch?

$40 top up for ride home

$10-20lunch

$40 oils

Total: $490 - sounds about right?

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Pretty keen for this - does anyone know an average price for a wakie day?

My last pay day is next fortnight - need to see if it's in budget.

$150 for day

$50 for liecense

$80 fuel to get there

$40 top up

$80? for a tank at lunch?

$40 top up for ride home

$10-20lunch

$40 oils

Total: $490 - sounds about right?

i used about 80litres total for the day you use a half tank getting to goulborn and back so petrol cost is about $130

buy a 1L bottle of oil $15

so about $410.

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It is not totally unlikely that your car will break, I had mine trailered back once, at a 350$ cost. Due to a bad driveline noise. (turned out to be a loose pully.) But it's not totally impossible, you are stressing the car and pushing it, so it's not impossible that a turbo could blow, or you have some kind of failure.

My advice apart from what everyone else said, is do some slow cooldown laps as well, dont flog the car the entire session. I was doing a fair few hot laps and would then do a slower lap to give the car a break.

Pretty keen for this - does anyone know an average price for a wakie day?

My last pay day is next fortnight - need to see if it's in budget.

$150 for day

$50 for liecense

$80 fuel to get there

$40 top up

$80? for a tank at lunch?

$40 top up for ride home

$10-20lunch

$40 oils

Total: $490 - sounds about right?

Also budget for a potential set of new tires, unless you have slicks or semi slicks, you will put a bit of wear on your tires.

you determine how hard you push your car. you dont need to go all out and non stop.

if your car is on its last legs for tyres or brakes etc or already has issues on a daily driver level, then sure best to give it a miss.

same deal if your pushing it financially but otherwise lets not get too pedantic.

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