looong piece of track needed
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frivolous question but hey it's the holidays.
I've had the V8 now for a year and even on deserted Mways at 5am have had no chance of getting anywhere near its potential - a spell in pokey if caught doesn't really appeal. Don't want to go to Germany - so does anyone know of any airfields/tracks where (critically) there is a long enough stretch to get close to warp speed?
I've had the V8 now for a year and even on deserted Mways at 5am have had no chance of getting anywhere near its potential - a spell in pokey if caught doesn't really appeal. Don't want to go to Germany - so does anyone know of any airfields/tracks where (critically) there is a long enough stretch to get close to warp speed?
I have had a company harassing me for months about trackdays etc, offering discounted rates, So is this something i should pursue perhaps a DMS track day i presume there will be a minimum requirement of numbers, If this is of interest pm me and I will make more enquiries, could even have a best driver, fastest top speed, fastest lap trophy,
Luckyluciano said:
XXXAngelXXX said:
and i was just about to say: try the Autobahn i will offer the drinks if you come through Stuttgart 
Me and a few others will be driving down that way next year going from the ring to Davos, Switzerland taking in as much of the Autobahn as possible.
bogie said:
do a trackday somewhere like Bedford, at least you can usually get up to about 150mph ish before the chicane on the back straight ...
Blimey, if you managed that I take my hat off to you. I did Bedford in my (slightly modded) Griff 500 and although I know from experience an Elise can out handle a Griff on the track but in the straight high-speed sprint out of the corner prior to that straight I'd doubt there's much in it, if anything I'd expect to out accelerate the Lotus but the best I could manage was 135mph because the faster I went the closer I was to the chicane and harder I had to brake which gave me quite a moment! It was impossible to go much quicker... 
Edited by RichB on Monday 28th December 20:54
RichB said:
bogie said:
do a trackday somewhere like Bedford, at least you can usually get up to about 150mph ish before the chicane on the back straight ...
Blimey, if you managed that I take my hat off to you. I did Bedford in my (slightly modded) Griff 500 and although I know from experience an Elise can out handle a Griff on the track but in the straight high-speed sprint out of the corner prior to that straight I'd doubt there's much in it, if anything I'd expect to out accelerate the Lotus but the best I could manage was 135mph because the faster I went the closer I was to the chicane and harder I had to brake which gave me quite a moment! It was impossible to go much quicker... Edited by RichB on Monday 28th December 20:54
yeah, opening it up and seeing some high speed on the dial is one thing, extracting the last 10-15mph out of it takes a long time and a long bit of road. The only place Ive seen near the top speed was early one morning on an unrestricted autobahn and even then I got fed up of waiting, 172mph was the most I saw on the speedo which was 168mph on the GPS.
Nothing exciting really, and once youve done it once and seen the fuel computer showing just a few MPG, you soon realise that its much quicker to get where you are going, by driving around 100-120mph, otherwise you spend far too long in fuel stations LOL
Nothing exciting really, and once youve done it once and seen the fuel computer showing just a few MPG, you soon realise that its much quicker to get where you are going, by driving around 100-120mph, otherwise you spend far too long in fuel stations LOL
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