Destination Nurburgring #16 September 2016
I don`t write other articles online, these reports just started out as a way of capturing my thoughts and feelings of an event so I could read it back over […]
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Cadwell Park 18th August 2016
Before Cadwell I checked the alignment and felt a tiny amount of slack in the steering. Checked Rod ends, Steering U/J, Rack mounts and still nothing. Wedged wood between the […]
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Snetterton 300 June 2016
Snetterton had been booked since March and as we were taking 15 cars from Northloop, MSV sorted us out with a couple of double garages next to each other so […]
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Destination Nurburgring #14 April 2016
Another report that ended up FAR longer than planned so grab a cuppa. Or 2…. After the disappointment at the Spa/Nurburgring trip, I was a little apprehensive on my way […]
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Blyton Park. April 2016
DN14 was supposed to be the next outing but to be quite honest, the last thing I wanted to do was travel all the way to Germany and find there […]
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Spa and Nurburgring Trackdays. April 2016
Back in December 2015 I saw Circuit Days had a trackday at the Nurburgring on Friday 8th April. The timing worked really well as it was Easter half term so […]
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Donington Park GP. March 2016
There is a distinct lack of photos from Donington. I forgot the small camera I usually take and have only a few from my phone and others I`ve borrowed from […]
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Brands Hatch December 2015
For the last couple of years I`ve done Brands Hatch with MazdaOnTrack on the first Friday in December. It`s a great way to end the year and whilst the weather […]
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Oulton Park November 2015
Crap drive over on the M62, traffic was particularly bad, added another 30 minutes to a 90 minute drive, but arrived, signed on and unloaded the Golf. Steve didn`t have […]
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Destination Nurburgring #13. September 2015
You might want to grab a cuppa if you are going to read this, it ended up being a bit longer than planned. Quite a bit longer actually… Just reading […]
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Destination Nurburgring #12. July 2015
Just before I went, my long awaited Hi-Spec Calipers, floating discs and other bits arrived. I mention is now so it makes sense if you read the rest of the […]
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Croft. July 2015
A bit of a last minute rush to get it finished, but it was loaded up onto the trailer around 6pm on Sunday evening. Funny, reading back that one sentence […]
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Anglesey June 2015
After a lot of work that 99% of people will never even see, never mind notice, it was pleasing to get some cosmetic work finished and the car looked much […]
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Bedford. March 2015
Had a steady drive down to Bedford on Sunday afternoon. Sat behind a lorry for over 100 miles at 56mph. Averaged 28.2mpg. We weren`t in a rush so it didn`t […]
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Goodwood August 2014
I`d always fancied going to the Goodwood days run by ACE Engineering, but as they are sessioned and it`s a bloody long way to go, I could never really justify […]
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Destination Nurburgring #10 July 2014
On the drive over, Matt and I tweaked the boost control map to reduce pressure above 6,300rpm to the `low` map of 0.5Bar. This was the first time I was […]
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Cadwell Park May 2014
The car was mapped and ready for Cadwell park. We drove over Wednesday afternoon. The plan was to drive over earlier, but as it was raining, we didn`t see the […]
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Bedford March 2014
Golf went to Bedford yesterday. I`d organsied a trackday there for ClubGTi. We took 35 cars. After the trouble free shakedown at Rockingham, I was looking forward to this. A […]
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Rockingham 2014
The very first outing after `the Golf `became `The Pinderwagen` First trackday since the Turbo conversion so I was somewhat apprehensive before the day started. This session, following Oakie was […]
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Destination Nurburgring #9. June 2013
This is not VW content, but I think it`s worth posting in here as this trip was the reason I decided to change the direction of my development. I`ve been […]
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