Help me enjoy my car in Surrey?

[Mark300zx]

Sold my e46 m3 and bought a manual R8 V10 and live on the Surrey/London borders. Part of the problem is the car is too fast for the local busy roads, so this means trips out, so looking for local clubs, track days or other options?

[lancslad58]

Mark300zx said:

Sold my e46 m3 and bought a manual R8 V10 and live on the Surrey/London borders. Part of the problem is the car is too fast for the local busy roads, so this means trips out, so looking for local clubs, track days or other options?

Pirbright Bends ...

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[brillomaster]

Well I'd do a trackday. Start with bedford, then if you like it, do brands. Then go across into Belgium and do spa francorchamps. You're probably too noisy for Thruxton and goodwood, but they're options too.

As for driving on the roads... get up at sunrise on a Sunday, then you might get an hour or two to yourself on local roads. Or weekend away... the further away from London you are, the better and less congested the roads are. Still recommend getting up at dawns crack though.

[Mr Tidy]

I'm in Surrey too and it's difficult to find roads you can actually enjoy.

The only hope is early on a Sunday in some of the more rural parts, but luckily I'm not far from Hampshire which does seem to have more quiet roads.

But I'd agree that you're only going to get to drive a car like yours properly on a track!

[LHRFlightman]

lancslad58 said:

Pirbright Bends ...

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Average speed cameras have been up for months so no good. And really not suited to an R8 V10 anyway.

Get yourself to a track day.

[flimper]

Drove the Pirbright bends yesterday with no traffic whatsoever. Made me so angry.

[Ubiquitous2024]

Plenty of decent, empty and uber fast roads near Pirbright that are very accessible. Look south of Normandy at the likes of Elstead, Tilford, Puttenham and all the surrounding e.t.c. You could literally drive for hours round there.