well it was my first ring trip, and i was going over in a full striped 205,
paul (3dr-rally-slag) was my passenger, and my mate karl and his mate simon came over with us in a 57 plate RS4 Convertible
so there was a slight diffrence in machinary
but we set off 1am friday morning 29th of august, heading for a 7am ferry from dover to bolugne.
we had no issues what so ever and got to dover with an hour or so to spare
i was pleased the reliablility of the 205 was still going strong
on the ferry we met up with Jonnybravo (and his bag) alpina wes and (i forgot the other lads name
)
here is a picture after the ferry crossing
i think i was the odd one out
we then set off for the ring, was a steady 80 at first, the lads a few blasts, while they did i just cruised at 100..lol and it was steady a rock
all the time cruising the 205 was returning 36mpg
hotel was 100yrds of so from ring, so that was awesome
as soon as we got there, i setabout changing to work clothes and ripping the 205 apart, i have been having issues with my adj TCA's and i wasn't comfortable with them, so swapped back to stad arms, setup the tracking and then went on the ring
first lap, was proper scary, car was fine, but my god i didn't realise the slopes and inclines
but i did the lap, no off's and i reckon i must have been loom 8's
well when i say low 8's i mean 18 something
saturday came and the first people out, had a major pillup and shut the ring for several hours
i just found a clip of part of the carnage
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xUkK21JQmOk
6 in total, 2 bikes and 4 cars
anyhow, track opened and i had my second lap, the idea of this was to film the RS4, but he was just a bit to quick for me so filmed him for a bit then he went on
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=s7XGokBx7XE
we missed he first part, but i's around the 11min time
as you can see i dont know the lines of the track and took my time
here is lap 4, bit longer than the above so it's in 2 parts
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0QuvjuFz9mo
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=c19Slh3gFBc
just to add, the track was a bit scary but was great, the whole ring trip was amazing, and i will be going back
the 205 drove home, and was absolutly 100% and reliable
who says french cars are crap
there is so much more i could probably type, but i wont bore you with all the great details, like michael schumaker taxi ride's
Mr hurricane
here are some pictures we took, well paul and there are around 350
