Oulton Park 7th December

[AdamR]

Popped down to Oulton Park yesterday with @Meatibald Archpants and Lionel for a bit of lappage.

 

 

Yes, that thing in the middle was my track car for the day.

 

Behold the MicLaren. Or Ladybird. I've still not decided for certain:

 

 

Yes, that is a Nissan Micra. It's completely standard. And yes, it is the 1.0L, with an astonishing 59bhp, ish. I paid £250 for it and yes, I had only driven it a few miles on the road before I decided to venture to Oulton for a track day. It'll be fine, they said, it's Japanese.

 

And it was!

 

 

 

Sea sickness pills mandatory, because this is the 'S' model which 'benefits' from no anti roll bars whatsoever. A buttload of toe out up front and 70psi in the rear tyres took car of handling duties.

 

 

Until, for some reason, the left rear lost all pressure mid-corner at Shell hairpin. Weird. Still, I managed to limp back and luckily had a spare!

 

108 miles completed on track, no mechanical issues then drove it home afterwards - brilliant!

 

 

 

 

[TAFKARM]

Driving home for Christmas...haha

[AdamR]

I'm glad someone spotted that 😁 Twas brilliant timing!

[Andrew]

It must have been very close to the trackday plus fuel costing more than the car? 

 

Looked nearly flat in 3rd round druids?

[AdamR]

Haha, well the day was pretty cheap and it managed 21mpg on track 😄 So even with driving there and back it only got through about £35's worth of fuel!

 

Druids, when dry, was just a dab (while still on throttle) to get the front to go in but flat, yep. I didn't get above 80mph all day 😂

[Onliest Smeg David]

1 hour ago, AdamR said:

...  I didn't get above 80mph all day 

So..... likely same as me int Westie then!!! 😭

[TAFKARM]

@AdamR and Lionel in perfect (ish - we needed a booster cushion!) harmony.

 

 

[Andrew]

Do you need to fit a litter bin to Lionel? . what was going on there? 

 

I take it Clio drivers see themselves higher in the peck order than MX5s.. they don't like to be passed? 

 

Did the Micra manage to embarrass anything on track @AdamR

[TAFKARM]

After my eye surgery I was struggling a bit with the sun in my eyes, so I made a sun strip from duct tape.

 

The glue just couldn’t handle what Adam had in mind. 

[maurici]

1 hour ago, Andrew said:

Did the Micra manage to embarrass anything on track

 

Aside of himself you mean? 

[Andrew]

8 minutes ago, maurici said:

 

Aside of himself you mean? 

 

Nice one Maurici! 

 

That poor little car.. it's been transporting Grandma to the post office to pick up her pension all these years .. and then all of a sudden .. Oulton Park! 

[Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO]

2 hours ago, Meatibald Archpants said:

After my eye surgery I was struggling a bit with the sun in my eyes,

 

I have exactly the same problem since cataract surgery two years ago, and it doesn't look like it will go away😕

[AdamR]

Haha, that was funny with the sun strip. Cheers for putting the vid up! Appears Lionel is 20s (!) a lap faster than the MicLaren. Thus, it claimed zero scalps all day

[TAFKARM]

1 hour ago, Paul Hurdsfield said:

 

I have exactly the same problem since cataract surgery two years ago, and it doesn't look like it will go away😕

 

That's kind of what I had Paul, but they implanted a synthetic lens and kept my natural one in. Then laser on top. Getting better gradually though!

[TAFKARM]

24 minutes ago, AdamR said:

Haha, that was funny with the sun strip. Cheers for putting the vid up! Appears Lionel is 20s (!) a lap faster than the MicLaren. Thus, it claimed zero scalps all day

 

I'll try to get a video of me driving edited tonight, so we can see how much faster you are than me!