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Nissan doctor

Gary ITR wrote: »

Touring cars is where it's at for me, I always watched the BTCC and have been following the ITCC since it's inception a couple of years ago. It's sad to see the motorsport scene in Ireland really suffering though, the rallycross is probably gone now too

+1,
Touring cars are vastly more entertaining then F1. Come to think of it....just about any other circuit racing is more entertaining then F1.

h3000

Gary ITR wrote: »

Touring cars is where it's at for me, I always watched the BTCC and have been following the ITCC since it's inception a couple of years ago. It's sad to see the motorsport scene in Ireland really suffering though, the rallycross is probably gone now too

Yeah it's a real shame alright.

Drummerboy08

h3000 wrote: »

Circuit of Ireland is next weekend, it's an Official round of the IRC this year. Craig Breen will be taking his first drive in the semi works Peugeot 207 Super 2000 prepared by Team SAINTéLOC.

Aye, hoping to catch some of it on the box over the weekend. Should be a good weekend's rallying, Breen is doing well for himself this year.

Still, watching it on the box isn't the same, nothing like being feet away from a Mk2 Escort going sideways....:D

Gary ITR

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Touring cars can be just as boring as a crap F1 race. Most of the WTCC races are a complete snoorefest.

You're just a contrary old bastard

Nissan doctor

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Touring cars can be just as boring as a crap F1 race. Most of the WTCC races are a complete snoorefest.

I admit that's its been a few years since I had to the chance to follow a season of motorsport...but the last time I watched touring cars, they were still barely stopping short of running each other off the road and where still very much barging past each other.

You need to go back 20+ years before you find some really edge of your seat racing in F1.

JerCotter7

Nissan doctor wrote: »

I admit that's its been a few years since I had to the chance to follow a season of motorsport...but the last time I watched touring cars, they were still barely stopping short of running each other off the road and where still very much barging past each other.

You need to go back 20+ years before you find some really edge of your seat racing in F1.

They stopped the last race for a bit of rain. Should be made to run in it.

Gary ITR

LIGHTNING wrote: »

My own favorite racing class is the BTCC, gotta love watching Plato punting people off at high speed :pac:

Watching Plato and Matt Neal near coming to blows in the pits last year was quite funny, but also there's no place for that carry on in motorsport either, the pair of them are in it long enough to know better

JerCotter7

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Yeah I`d stop posting about stuff you have no idea about.

No idea about? Your telling me that when it also happened last year for 2 hours that they should have stopped it again this year? They change the rules for little things all the time. They could easily have changed them this winter to force the barge board to be higher off the ground. Then the races wouldn't have to be stopped for a small bit of rain. Watch old rain races. Now when it is time to run full wet weather tyres the races are stopped. So yeah, no idea:rolleyes:

Nissan doctor

Got the go ahead yesterday to check out any further training courses/qualifications I would like to do...fully paid for by the company.....and doesn't necessarily have to be in Ireland:D


Just researching now....hmmmm choices..

omb0wyn5ehpij9

BDJW wrote: »

I need to go to the shops, I think i'll be taking the long route.....i'm in the mood for some vtec

I had great fun on the spin, wasn't much traffic thankfully, used a good chunk of petrol, but it was definitely worth it

Fiona

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Got the go ahead yesterday to check out any further training courses/qualifications I would like to do...fully paid for by the company.....and doesn't necessarily have to be in Ireland:D

Sewing in Sweden?


Does anybody use Picassa for editing pics? They have updated the programme whole load of new things on it some really cool stuff

Stheno

mrs crilly wrote: »

Sewing in Sweden?


Does anybody use Picassa for editing pics? They have updated the programme whole load of new things on it some really cool stuff

Yes I do

My car finally passed the nct on the third attempt

I feel like a proud parent and am booking her in for Nov 1st this year as she is over ten and needs a yearly NCT

Couple of gripes.

Why didtn't the first NCT find the faulty wishbone that I and the second did?
Why is four weeks the max given to fix faults?

Within 4 weeks they only retest the faults, longer and wear and tear makes the previously passed tests less likely to pass again, I think 4 weeks is fair, If anything should be shorter on an alfa :P

JerCotter7

RoverJames wrote: »

Within 4 weeks they only retest the faults, longer and wear and tear makes the previously passed tests less likely to pass again, I think 4 weeks is fair, If anything should be shorter on an alfa :P

But once you pass you get a year. So what about the things that passed 8 weeks ago that are after deteriorating now? You can drive on them for another 44 weeks.

Should be able to retest for the year.:p

JerCotter7

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Ever driven a F1 car in the wet? No I doubt it, have you even driven a single seater in the wet? With that much standing water the cars would have turned into boats. And a small bit of rain? It was a monsoon with zero visibility, as for changing the ride height?

Thats one of the stupidest ideas I have ever heard, they can go jacking the cars up like you can a Rally car. As for the "old" rain races there were plently of examples back in the classic era where races were stopped and called off due to rain.

I will never get the chance to drive an F1 in the dry never mind the rain. Silly question IMO. And I seriously doubt a single seater would be anything like an F1 car. Some of the best racers on the way up to F1 fail miserably in F1. Some great drivers in indy car don't do well in F1. Just look at Bourdais. He was a champ car champion whereas he didn't fair to well against Vettel. Vettel on the other hand has one of the worst pre-F1 careers of any F1 champion. So I don't see what driving a single seater in the rain would have anything to do with F1. Just because someone drives a single seater doesn't mean they drove an F1 car.

Read what I said a little closer. I said raise the board running along the underside of the car. That's what causes the cars to become unstable when there is standing water. I also didn't mean to just jack up the car. I meant to design them so they can actually drive in rain. The only time a race should be stopped IMO is when something like Monaco last year happens. If it starts raining and you don't want to continue, you should pit. These are supposed to be the 24 best drivers in the world. The only person I seen go off properly was Grosjean. Some drivers went off at a corner with a run off because they had more confidence for if it went wrong.

JerCotter7

LIGHTNING wrote: »

A F1 is a single seater btw and the barge board isn't the only reason why the cars have to stop in that rain. The tyres can only disperse a certain amount of water once they go above that limit they are useless. No amount of ride height increase will help that. And they will never design them to purely to run in the wet, they have wet setups but they only go so far.

Having driven a single seater in monsoon weather I can only imagine whats its like driving a high end one like a F1 car. You seem to think that they don't want to run in the rain. The drivers do want to but they have to think of their own safety and the safety of the people at the track. Thats all I am going to say on this in any case.

I know an F1 car is a single seater. That doesn't really mean much when it is supposed to be totally different to drive according to anyone who drove one. They can run on the intermediates for pretty much the same amount of rain that the full wets can run on. I personally think that the board is the reason that the full wets can't be used to their maximum. For Canada last year when they showed the tracked when the race was stopped there was up to 3 inches of water so I can understand that race being stopped. It took almost an hour to dry the track off enough to race again.

I also get the impression a lot of drivers don't want to run in the rain. That's just also an opinion from hearing their radio messages. I'm not quite sure why you keep mentioning ride height. I have said I didn't mean to raise the ride height. Just to raise the board at the bottom. It sticks down an inch under the rest of the under body of the car.

I just love seeing a driver that is on it during the rain. Like Schumacher at Spa in 1998. The closest we have to that since is probably Hamilton in Silverstone 08. But even that race would be stopped this year as soon as one car spun.

EDIT: This is all just an opinion. I have never claimed anything I said to be fact. If it seemed that way it wasn't intentional.

Johntegr

Savage 1st new import!

JerCotter7

JerCotter7 wrote: »

But once you pass you get a year. So what about the things that passed 8 weeks ago that are after deteriorating now? You can drive on them for another 44 weeks. .............

It's a statement of the cars condition at the time of the test, allowing 4 weeks to pass and still standing over the tests that passed within 4 weeks ago is fair enough imo.

If they retested everything folks would go bananas due to the fee.

JerCotter7

RoverJames wrote: »

JerCotter7 wrote: »

But once you pass you get a year. So what about the things that passed 8 weeks ago that are after deteriorating now? You can drive on them for another 44 weeks. .............

It's a statement of the cars condition at the time of the test, allowing 4 weeks to pass and still standing over the tests that passed within 4 weeks ago is fair enough imo.

If they retested everything folks would go bananas due to the fee.

I was messing with that post. I agree that 4 weeks I'd the fairest amount of time.

Jemmy

Stuck in work til 7, this is going to be a long 2 hrs...

Gary ITR

Anybody watch the BTCC yesterday? Some right bumper car action and great racing, looks like it's going to be a very tight season

Gary ITR

Gary ITR wrote: »

Anybody watch the BTCC yesterday? ............

Nope, but I did hear that...........



from ......... http://www.btccpages.com/

Jemmy

Jemmy wrote: »

Stuck in work til 7, this is going to be a long 2 hrs...

Oh evening spent pricing trip to Anglesey for the ITCC Rounds 7 & 8 and birthday session!

pred racer

Jemmy wrote: »

Oh evening spent pricing trip to Anglesey for the ITCC Rounds 7 & 8 and birthday session!

Happy birthday:)

Just back from Derry, 1000km in the last 3 days.
I am now officially in love with my Alfa:D

conzy

Had a busy week in work but an excellent work night out Friday, Made a big dent in the tab at the bar and I'm still not 100% after it

Went to Watergrass Hill to watch some drifting Sunday morning with CM and Randy and a friend I was the only Drifting Virgin so they made sure to get me a passenger lap in one of the WKD cars to frighten the shíte out of me but I loved it

Will be following the ProDrift for the summer now, an excellent spectator sport tbh

Ardennes1944

lucky git!

Big Nasty

It's a lot easier to sell a car you want to keep than one you want to hold on to!

Northern Monkey

Jemmy wrote: »

Oh evening spent pricing trip to Anglesey for the ITCC Rounds 7 & 8 and birthday session!

I'm currently looking into prices for a birthday trip to the hungaroring for F1 this year myself:D

E39MSport

Consider Spa also. It's a great circuit and great craic on the sites around the circuit. Nice drive there too.

Ardennes1944

hehehehehe....spa