Lakeside Laps v.4 - 29 April 2012 (breakfast)

[Scuby_snax84]

I was holding a fellow r owner up at the start so i waved him past and just waited a bit before stepping on the throttle. Seemed like the right thing to do.

It can get frustrating. I was pulling right up behind people on the straight but didn't want to overtake as I was already punching 5th gear and didn't want to get us all kicked off. Anyhow, going out this morning has got me really keen to do some proper sprints.

[THE_EGG]

I got around to uploading the video of some of the cars going past at Lakeside today.

Happy Laps V4 Lakeside Raceway - YouTube

[Royeee]

My R is stock, and I pulled as far to the left as I could, so you should have passed on the straight as per the pre race instructions. I never got even close to 180k

I was behind the GTi when this happened. Please do understand there's power different between GTi and R, so I don't think the GTi is powerful enough to pass you on the straight, and the frustration being held up in the corners has cause that move.

[brimway]

I was behind the GTi when this happened. Please do understand there's power different between GTi and R, so I don't think the GTi is powerful enough to pass you on the straight, and the frustration being held up in the corners has cause that move.

I'm not sure that you are completely correct. The GTI in question weighs considerably less than the R and I suspect it is not stock. I also had 2 passengers on board, so there are too many variables to make the statement you have made.

I was doing about 100k/hr exercising caution as the Peugeot was taking the pit exit in front of me, so it seems that the GTI was only focusing on the car immediately in front of him.

The fastest I got to on the straight was 163k/hr so if the GTI was doing 180, why he didn't pass then? The video shows me as far left as possible down the straight.

At the end of the day, notwithstanding anything that may have happened in previous laps, what he did was irresponsible, careless and just plain stupid

[h100vw]

I was behind the GTi when this happened. Please do understand there's power different between GTi and R, so I don't think the GTi is powerful enough to pass you on the straight, and the frustration being held up in the corners has cause that move.

It was a far from standard GTI.

[DonJuan]

Nat has apologized so all is good. Most people chose to slow down and find a clear spot rather than being help up by people. I kept catching the line up of cars in front so I did a slow straight and the track cleared up for 1-2 laps.

Thanks again clay, awesome work. These happy laps events are great for people to drive their cars at 80-90%. Unfortunately some people don't obey the rules or get carried away. This is always going to happen.

Put me down for the next one, they are great. I really noticed the difference from last time.

[jasn78]

Nat has apologized so all is good. Most people chose to slow down and find a clear spot rather than being help up by people. I kept catching the line up of cars in front so I did a slow straight and the track cleared up for 1-2 laps.

Thanks again clay, awesome work. These happy laps events are great for people to drive their cars at 80-90%. Unfortunately some people don't obey the rules or get carried away. This is always going to happen.

Put me down for the next one, they are great. I really noticed the difference from last time.

I did the exact same thing man, 2 slow laps on the front straight equalled alot more time without having to worry about other cars infront or behind me.

[JimmyC379]

Calm down guys it is only HAPPY LAPS if you want to race do a track day. It is all about a bit of fun and not much money! To many people are (and were) getting to worked up over being behind a slow car as if it was a race - that is not what we are there for. We can go fast but if you are behind a slow car live with it!

[redline3345]

He did apologise but the outcome could have been very different.

My speedo shows about 100 and there was that Peugeot exiting, so I was cautious. Don't know what CW GTI was thinking???

The events aside, if the guy was man enough to have fronted up and apologised at the track, I’m a bit confused about what was to be gained from dragging the issue through the forum?

[brimway]

The events aside, if the guy was man enough to have fronted up and apologised at the track, I’m a bit confused about what was to be gained from dragging the issue through the forum.

Easy to answer your question ....

This is a forum, of which I am a financial contributing member. The purpose of an internet forum is to provide a platform for members to express views and opinions. That is what I did.

So, to turn it around, what is the purpose of your post?

What action would you have taken if some halfwit tried to damage your 2 month old $60,000 car?

FYI He didn't front up, I confronted him

[THE_EGG]

Settle down peeps, the guy driving the CW GTI knew he was wrong, he apologized. It is happy laps, sure he probably shouldn't have done that, but lessons are learnt. Also, in all honesty, I probably would be have been mad too, (this type of thing happened to me last happy laps but I have a slow car so I didn't worry about it).

I would caught up behind one of the polo gti's around the corners out the back for about 2-3 laps, but then I couldn't overtake it on the straight because it was WAY too fast on the straight. So I took it easy on the straight and I had almost the whole track to myself for the next few laps.

Also when I noticed someone was on my tail going down the hill before the straight I made sure they could get past on the straight so that way we could both be happy chappy's and keep on driving.

[Candy GTI]

Anyone happen to check their engine oil temp. while out on the track? Had a quick look at mine and was up to 108 degrees celcius. By far the highest I've seen driving the car lol

Dropped back down under 100 pretty quick after the final lap behind pace car though.

[RoknRob]

Well, I certainly had a blast! First timer, and I couldn't believe how quickly it was over.

Hope I didn't cause too much angst in any one. I tried to get out of the way at the beginning of the straight almost every time - I preferred playing Chase!

Pretty impressed with the little Polo. It certainly wasn't close to its limits with me at the helm, especially with it being wet . Still managed to keep up with some of the bigger boys, so watch out when I get more experienced! (I know-famous last words! )

And it seems pretty miserly. Someone told me they use a quarter tank of fuel during that half hour. How many others use that much? My tank barely dropped by1/14th.

My thanks, too , Clay, for putting this together.


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[THE_EGG]

Anyone happen to check their engine oil temp. while out on the track? Had a quick look at mine and was up to 108 degrees celcius. By far the highest I've seen driving the car lol

Dropped back down under 100 pretty quick after the final lap behind pace car though.

Probably a little irrelevant seeing my car is totally different to VW's but I had around 95C. For some reason it runs cooler on the track than in gridlock at peak-hour. I'm guessing that it's getting huge amounts of air being shoved at the radiator from going fast.

Well, I certainly had a blast! First timer, and I couldn't believe how quickly it was over.

Hope I didn't cause too much angst in any one. I tried to get out of the way at the beginning of the straight almost every time - I preferred playing Chase!

Pretty impressed with the little Polo. It certainly wasn't close to its limits with me at the helm, especially with it being wet . Still managed to keep up with some of the bigger boys, so watch out when I get more experienced! (I know-famous last words! )

And it seems pretty miserly. Someone told me they use a quarter tank of fuel during that half hour. How many others use that much? My tank barely dropped by1/14th.

My thanks, too , Clay, for putting this together.


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Glad you like it At the start for the first few laps I was stuck behind a polo gti around the back of the circuit but it didn't bother me, I just took a cool-lap while playing Gran-Turismo music (suited quite well haha) and then had almost the whole track to myself.

Yeh my little 1.6 i4 N/A in my DS3 hardly used any on the track, mine used around 1/16th. Onboard computer said the fuel consumption was only 13.9L/100km going around the track. Better than last time which was 15.1L/100km.

[Royeee]

Got a video here of what had happened as I was behind the CW golf the whole time. I even put on a nice music to calm you guys down lol :p