Just back home after the holiday weekend, hence the late post.
Great event as usual but disappointed that I saw only one couple I knew in all the milling throngs!!
There are a few Pix here but they're not particularly special and there's an onboard video of the dry run up the test hill and return loop to the back of the queue which give a bit of the atmosphere of the event at [video]https://youtu.be/bz8y8bOX7JM[/video]
The second run was in the wet (weather as predicted in my last reply).
This run was much as expected. - Stood still at 6000 rpm at the start, wheelspin all the way up so for entertainment I tried to play a patriotic tune with the throttle on the way up and it maxed at about 65 kph by the summit so braking was hardly required at the top.
Obviously quite different to the previous run in the dry where I lost most of the fillings in my teeth and stole some of the track surface on the way up.
A few of the general photos:
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The rest are at [URL="http://s1259.photobucket.com/user/halfaromeo/library/AutoItalia%20Brooklands%202016"[/URL]
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Finding the above very deep scratch in the middle of the drivers door panel of the GTV (at walking hand height) when I went to collect it for the hillclimb was disappointing to say the least.
My first 2 litre had been 'keyed' before I bought it and this looks to have been a similar event
Just to completely 'Hiss me off' following this I trotted into Tesco on the way home to buy a kettle and was publicly humiliated by a security weasel right in the main entrance. He seemed to think that I had stolen it. You can tell that they're back into profit 'cos their old bullying methods are back. so yes, let's use their car park freely as a meeting point but enter the store at your own risk - but perhaps they just concentrate on pensioners, believing them all to be confused and senile!
I've now got to write a very strong letter to their Senior Management demanding compensation for the embarrassement caused by the crass way they addressed a non-existant problem, anyone got any ideas??