greggors84
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| posted on 11/11/03 at 01:10 PM |
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Airfield Testing
In the back of Rons book, it might be the second edition only. He has the story about after he finishes his car, and about him testing it on an
airfield. He said he knew the owner of the airfield. Does anyone know of an airfield this is possible. Prefreably in the southeast. I was thinking if
there was a charge then if a few of us wanted to go, we could all chip in. It would be a good way to set up the car, test the brakes, and run the
engines in, in a safe place.
Any thoughts?
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 11/11/03 at 01:32 PM |
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Well it was definitely in the first edition, but apart from that I can't help you...
..not that the above was helpful at all...
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 11/11/03 at 02:42 PM |
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bovingdon has an airfield and they do sprints there,dunno who owns it tho
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Jasper
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| posted on 11/11/03 at 03:34 PM |
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Why not just pay your £99 for an airfield track day?? Motorsport Events run lots at airfields. Not many in the southeast though
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JoelP
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| posted on 11/11/03 at 05:16 PM |
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made me chuckle what he said about 3rd party insurance on a damn field... yeah right!
As it stands theres a nice strip of tarmac out front of my house, should be idea for a few test laps.
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ned
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| posted on 11/11/03 at 05:23 PM |
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i may venture out on to the private roads where my parents live, when i get that far!
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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blueshift
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| posted on 11/11/03 at 08:00 PM |
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We asked around some airfield nearby, they murmured about health and safety, insurance, noise levels, etc etc, generally unhelpful. I forget where it
was, somewhere a bit southeast of us here.
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scutter
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| posted on 12/11/03 at 04:31 AM |
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Would love to help but the airfield doesn't shut
And you would not want to get in the way of these bad boys.
Will ask around at work and see if anyone knows of anywhere.
Dan.
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MK9R
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| posted on 12/11/03 at 08:19 AM |
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I know its not in the south east but you can pay your £45 and have the airfield to do as you wish here:-
rally drive
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 12/11/03 at 08:28 AM |
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F**k me, that's only 15ish miles from me...
Well worth knowing.
Ace link. 
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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andyps
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| posted on 12/11/03 at 12:29 PM |
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There is one in Northumberland (I know that is only classes as the south east if you live at Cape Wrath) which you can just drive into - it is mainly
farm land and there is a sign on the gate saying it is OK to use for learning to drive but the speed limit is 30mph or something like that.
I could probably find a grid reference if anybody wants it.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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Jim
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| posted on 12/11/03 at 12:51 PM |
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I have been testing on the rally drive track. It is very good value for money and it is a nice twisty track
Jim
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Browser
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| posted on 12/11/03 at 01:22 PM |
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quote:
I know its not in the south east but you can pay your £45 and have the airfield to do as you wish here:-
£45 plus V.A.T. or in sensible language £52.87. Wouldn't mind having Ruth to do with as I wish!
I was toying with the idea of askuing my employers if I could trundle round the site roads at work but I'm sure the dreaded insurance/coporat
eliability will come into play. That havingbeen said there are some very quiet roads leading from my village to, well, nowhere and we
don't have a village copper either
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blueshift
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| posted on 12/11/03 at 01:25 PM |
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Have emailed the rally drive people.. any of you got any pictures of the track?
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greggors84
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| posted on 12/11/03 at 03:57 PM |
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i was thinking about bovingdon, but they normally have stuff on. Probably not on weekdays though. that one in northumberland sounds ideal. If only it
wasnt 300 miles away!
Chris
The Magnificent 7!
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