adampage
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 posted on 21/12/21 at 03:17 PM |
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Resurrecting old post - similar question
Hey all
I'm in Staffordshire and similar to the OP here, looking for somewhere to do a gentle shakedown of nearly finished car.
No racing or high speed, just first run around to bed in brakes and check geometry & 'feel'.
Unfortunately I live on a residential street and don't have an office/factory with car park to use.
Any ideas? There's a couple of old airfields nearby which aren't used for much, I could try them but no idea how to find the
owner/operator.
If there's somewhere you wouldn't want to publicise for fear of crowds, please do drop me a u2u, some beer tokens available for kind
helper!
Thanks
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CosKev3
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| posted on 21/12/21 at 06:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by adampage
Hey all
I'm in Staffordshire and similar to the OP here, looking for somewhere to do a gentle shakedown of nearly finished car.
No racing or high speed, just first run around to bed in brakes and check geometry & 'feel'.
Unfortunately I live on a residential street and don't have an office/factory with car park to use.
Any ideas? There's a couple of old airfields nearby which aren't used for much, I could try them but no idea how to find the
owner/operator.
If there's somewhere you wouldn't want to publicise for fear of crowds, please do drop me a u2u, some beer tokens available for kind
helper!
Thanks
Ad
Curborough isn't far from you,I would ask them what they've got coming up
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loggyboy
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| posted on 22/12/21 at 12:12 AM |
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Id offer the same advice as before. Take long route to the test centre
Arguably any cost to try and shake down the car that are more than the £90 retest fee are effectively a waste.
You could also just do a cheap winter track day, take plenty of tools and if your semi confident in your build you will probably enjoy the track
experience.
Mistral Motorsport
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JimSpencer
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| posted on 22/12/21 at 08:17 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by adampage
Hey all
I'm in Staffordshire and similar to the OP here, looking for somewhere to do a gentle shakedown of nearly finished car.
No racing or high speed, just first run around to bed in brakes and check geometry & 'feel'.
Unfortunately I live on a residential street and don't have an office/factory with car park to use.
Any ideas? There's a couple of old airfields nearby which aren't used for much, I could try them but no idea how to find the
owner/operator.
If there's somewhere you wouldn't want to publicise for fear of crowds, please do drop me a u2u, some beer tokens available for kind
helper!
Thanks
Ad
Hi, Stafford driving centre (.co.uk) hires out the track for not much per hour
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adampage
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| posted on 22/12/21 at 10:03 AM |
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Thanks all
Oh yeah - Curborough i'd forgotten about, i'll drop them a note.
I did remember the Stafford Driving Centre last night actually, they came back quickly & said £200/hr, which might be a bit much for what we need
(and per the other reply about the cost being more than a £90 retest.....)
Thanks
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BenB
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| posted on 22/12/21 at 10:17 AM |
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I went into my SVA assuming it would fail and it would give me a list of things to sort and the drive there and back would help sort the brakes etc
out. I wasn't disappointed- fails list went onto a second page!!!
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JimSpencer
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| posted on 22/12/21 at 12:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by adampage
Oh yeah - Curborough i'd forgotten about, i'll drop them a note.
I did remember the Stafford Driving Centre last night actually, they came back quickly & said £200/hr, which might be a bit much for what we need
(and per the other reply about the cost being more than a £90 retest.....)
Thanks
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By Eck that's gone up a chunk.. think it used to be £60.. the other circuit I've used is Three Sisters at Wigan, though it's a bit
of a hike up the motorway, their 'early bird' - 1st thing in the morning is (IIRC) £100 an hour - exclusive use.
Re Curborough, might be worth joining the Shenstone car club, it's only about £30 and they have regular sessions for members, or go on
'uphillracers' and see if anybody has any days booked that you can join in?
I did run the car in my avatar round Stoke City FC car park once while shaking it down.. it's huge.. quickly had security over though, but
after a few pics they were quite happy and left us to it 
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adampage
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| posted on 22/12/21 at 05:29 PM |
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Three Sisters
Now that would be a cool venue, but it's probably a bit of a trek for such a small trip really (and the risk of getting carried away and it
stops being a shakedown, and increases the risk of blowing it up!)
Thanks
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