Skoda Day

[NicZA]

What a awesome morning, rained occasionally, made the track slippery. Huge praise to Skoda and their stability control program. Instructors certainly made you hang on tight initially, doing a tight slalom around 80km/h, then simulate emergency stop with a right turn. Tear around the circuit, for the best part accelerating flat out for a set of 3 cones in front of you, then just yank the wheel to the right (no brakes) and hang on tight Was demoed with stability program on and off. Quite a difference being in the back of a 4X4 TDI wagon, sliding sideways
They had a VRS, TDI 4X4 wagon, and 2.0 TDI Wagon available for use. Funny enough could also use a roomster, which incidentally went into the grass with the stabilty program off (to the drivers credit the program was turned off at the instructors encouragement) One instructor likened it to a pizza deilvery van
I had a bash in all the octavia's available, after going through the circuit multiple times, I have huge confidence in the abilty of the car to get you out of a bad situation.
Was in the back seat of the VRS with the instructor in the drivers seat, he turned the stabilty program off and pushed the car to its limit around the circuit flat out. He did about 6 laps, on the last lap he managed to get oversteer and we slid out, banged my head on the side pillar and broke my sunnies
Was a awesome day, skoda had a photographer out there, so expect some good pics soon.

[MJKooLio]

OooOooOo photos:

[MJKooLio]

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Funny enough could also use a roomster, which incidentally went into the grass with the stabilty program off (to the drivers credit the program was turned off at the instructors encouragement) .

hehe that was the highlight of my day. how many people can say they have had an off in a roomster??

Matt you didnt post up my favorite pic from that day... followed by an extensive visit to the grass




i took this vid on my phone during last few laps before the end

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73XkHz-Rxyw

(just ignore our crappy convo during the duration of the video)

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and Matt your photos were bloody ace from today!!!!

[Guy_H]

Nice Pics fella's!

[MJKooLio]

Just had a visit to the battered Skoda's in Osborne Park... got another one for you!

Later in the afternoon the Marketting woman came to the AHG track.... took the vRS for a spin and at the let me say it right... at the salum rather then turning right immediately and swerving left she continued LEFT and drove into the grassed area with a large water puddle!!!!! Mud splashed all over the vRS!! I laughed muchly when I heard about it!!