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Cold Weather

Post by wazza » Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:01 pm

It was two degrees above on my way home from the golf club tonight.
Doesn't your car just feel so much quicker? [img]images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
I fancied going back out again and chewing up some more petrol [img]images/graemlins/1syellow1.gif[/img]
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Re: Cold Weather

Post by Riz_RS4 » Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:06 pm

Ive not had a chance to put my foot down in this cold weather yet as my engine just gets warm as i arrive at work. [img]images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Will see this weekend.

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Re: Cold Weather

Post by wazza » Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:11 pm

Just watch out for those corner type thingies.....
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Re: Cold Weather

Post by sitas3 » Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:13 pm

Just watch out for those corner type thingies.....

[img]images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]

I nominate Paul to show Riz how it is done at Oulton Park [img]images/graemlins/thumbs.gif[/img]
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Re: Cold Weather

Post by DavidT » Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:27 pm

I went there once to meet up with JR in early December and it was frosty, really frosty. Made things exciting for the first hour or so.

It was a good day out though.

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Re: Cold Weather

Post by sitas3 » Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:32 pm

I went there once to meet up with JR in early December and it was frosty, really frosty. Made things exciting for the first hour or so.

It was a good day out though.

in a 'Careful' kind of way, I'm wanting it to be a bit frosty/wet for a bit as I reckon I'll get more practice safer on the track handling these types of conditions rather than on our empty backroads (or should I just book some lessons on a skid pan somewhere?? ) [img]images/graemlins/thumbs.gif[/img]
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Re: Cold Weather

Post by Riz_RS4 » Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:36 pm

I nominate Paul to show Riz how it is done at Oulton Park
now now...... ive been practing on GT3.... so beware [img]images/graemlins/tung2.gif[/img]

Riz [img]images/graemlins/s3addict.gif[/img]

p.s i hope there`s no ice / rain or snow. [img]images/graemlins/033102bad_1_prv.gif[/img]
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Re: Cold Weather

Post by DavidT » Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:37 pm

now now...... ive been practing on GT3.... so beware

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and

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again.

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Re: Cold Weather

Post by DavidT » Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:39 pm

in a 'Careful' kind of way, I'm wanting it to be a bit frosty/wet for a bit as I reckon I'll get more practice safer on the track handling these types of conditions rather than on our empty backroads (or should I just book some lessons on a skid pan somewhere?? )


Simon, you're scaring me again mate.

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Re: Cold Weather

Post by JamesB » Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:08 pm

It was two degrees above on my way home from the golf club tonight.
Doesn't your car just feel so much quicker? [img]images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Well now I'm confused [img]images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
Thought my car was feeling a wee bit quicker. Was wondering if this was due to the engine continuing to open up or the fact that i have recently switched to using Optimax (is the marketing based on any kind of fact?). But I'm not the biggest revhead around so can someone tell me if my NA engine would benefit from the cold as well?

And why? [img]images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
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Re: Cold Weather

Post by s8n » Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:57 pm

I took the car down to Thredbo (snow here in Australia) a little while ago, dropped down to -1.5 degrees! The car had no troubles winding out [img]images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] The power difference is nothing short of amazing!!!

I just wish it was that cold all the time [img]images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]images/graemlins/yellows4.gif[/img]
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Re: Cold Weather

Post by donrs4 » Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:56 am

Yeah, give us the COLD weather and dry roads!!! There was a spell of cold last winter here with -10C to -12C. And lucky me was on the way from Zurich to Munich on perfectly dry Autobahn. Such a blast!!! The car is transformed. [img]images/graemlins/biggrin3.gif[/img]

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Re: Cold Weather

Post by bjacks » Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:06 am

5C and damp this morning - what a hoot [img]images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Pulls like a good 'un all the way through [img]images/graemlins/clap.gif[/img]

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