QLD Whoretown...

[jlnewton]

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.

[jlnewton]

i hope so jason, i really do

You know you are going to have a grin from ear to ear the first time you hit boost hard with that big mutha hanging off the side off your engine :wassup:

[BelGarion]

yer im definatly hittin the pan

[owned]

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:

[jlnewton]

yer im definatly hittin the pan

Yeah, I am still spewing I missed the last one.

[owned]

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

[jlnewton]

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.

[jlnewton]

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!

[jlnewton]

Plus you do time trials which is always fun in a competitive way.

[BelGarion]

Yeah, I am still spewing I missed the last one.  

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

[owned]

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

[chaos]

so what did you do nick??? anything else damage or did you hit anything??

[jlnewton]

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.

[owned]

nah nothing just hit the brakes mid corner, everything locked and basically semidrifted/slid the rest of the corner and ended up stopping in the middle of the road looking at neil thru the passenger window..... scarey but i guess its how i learn... the hard way

[chaos]

how fast were you going??

[chaos]

brb

[BelGarion]

old pic but still interesting

[owned]

yeh...hit the corner at like 80-100 but cant be sure as i was a little too preoccupied with everything else.... needless to say it left big black marks and impressive smoke

[owned]

old pic but still interesting

Impressive.

[jlnewton]

Damn, that looks nasty! I am off, got some serious TV watching to do, see yas.