End os season Llandow track day

[tess]

was lovely to meet you too hun.....i love this forum, you are all so friendly and fab, im so glad i joined....and your bella did you justice matt, shes gorgeous...x

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sues photos been added check them out...x

 

[Grinzzz]

Sounds like you all had a great day! I so wish i had been able to come along rather than spending a day pretending to be an accountant.

Dived into the services to find my wheel nuts had come loose and I was about to loose my front left. Luckily I caught it just in time.

Happens a lot on track Matt, the heating and cooling of the wheels causes a lot of pressure on the nuts which can cause them to work loose. I always carry a torque wrench when going to a track since seeing wheels come off peoples cars from precisely that cause. Once stopped an elise at abbeville from going on track with 3 wheel nuts virtually falling out - he'd checked them in the morning but by the afternoon with a lot of short stints they'd come loose again.

 

[Emtee]

Great couple of days and thanks due to Andy for sorting it all out.

Had a great start by driving into the car park to see Florence in all her glory for the first time. Just beautiful.

Great food (as always) great company (as always) copious libation (as always) getting up to drive to Llandow at some ungodly hour (as always).

And Llandow stayed more or less dry for a great day of driving and banter.

Right, time to get two tyres for the back end of me car........

 

[Andyk]

Miles, great to see you again and for me the best sounding car on the day.... A stunner mate.......

Meant to ask you all how was the breakfast..............................For anyone who wasn't there the hotel breakfast was at 07:30 so too late for the chaps so they went to the cafe over the road that opens at 08:00 and got them to open at 07:00...

 

[Andyk]

Morning all, just surfaced after going to bed at 9 last night.

I think I am getting too old to drive all day, drink for 10 hrs, sleep for three hours, race all day and drive for 4 hours home again.

Especially as I got 10 mins from the circuit to hear a heavy knocking coming from the front left. The tyre was knackered so I just pushed on and got on the M4. Things started to get really bad and the knocking turned into a banging.

I thought I had ripped a drive shaft gaiter and all the grease had drained out, had a delaminating tyre, or it was a collapsing wheel bearing.

Dived into the services to find my wheel nuts had come loose and I was about to loose my front left. Luckily I caught it just in time.

Think I'll be talking to the guy who serviced my car a week ago!

Bloody great fun though. OK I took the family soot chucker bet she did not do too bad. She ran out of puff up the straight but was awesome in the bends.

Really enjoyed it and thanks to Big Chris for sitting in with me an showing me the track, a special thanks to the best sounding car of the day by a country mile, Loz, for letting me take his GS out. Andy for all his organisation, hats off to you fella. David and Miles for helping me prop up the bar till 3am, Tess for all her kind words about the forum, Myles and Emblem for turning up with a fully stocked support van, Paul for wearing the overalls with me and Enzo (fabulous car, loved the parcel shel stitching and belts) and the silly hat, taking the attention off us, Steve, Dan and all the rest of the chaps who made it a brilliant, brilliant weekend.

Still suffering now......a sign of a good time in my books!

Matt talk about burning the candle at both ends....Right where is Ben with the pics of you lot on the overalls......Good to see you again Mate...

Got two new tyres this morning then Liz the two little and myself went to the Italian for lunch......Yet again another stunning meal...The owner enjoyed himself at the track...