what NOT to do in your MKIV

[Guy_H]

These are some pics a "mate" of mine took at lapsprints at Lakeside back in 2001 - follow the picture sequence! - Oh, and we test EVERYTHING we do to a car

[Guy_H]

[static1800]

ouch, how much structural damage was there?

[WABIT]

geee **cringes** hows the car today?

wabit

[Guy_H]

All superficial damage (air bags intact - rails & skirts straight) - it was good and bad the infield was so wet - bad as I couldnt pull it up before the Armco - good because I managed to shunt the Armco & push the posts back in the ground - lessening the blow.

Sore neck for a week though!

Car is still in regular service, you would never know it happened.

[rayray086]

All superficial damage (air bags intact - rails & skirts straight) - it was good and bad the infield was so wet - bad as I couldnt pull it up before the Armco - good because I managed to shunt the Armco & push the posts back in the ground - lessening the blow.

Sore neck for a week though!

Car is still in regular service, you would never know it happened.

Wow, "lucky" that it wasn't as bad as it could've been. How fast were you travelling at the time?

And any pics of the car now?

[Guy_H]

I think it was only at about 70 - 80kmph - its the caurosel (spelling?) which I also managed to crash a motorbike on the same bend too

The problem was the grass was so wet that the car accelerated when it hit it.

There are some good lessons to be learnt from this sort of thing / lift off oversteer in the wrong places!

I'll have to see if I can find my other pics - car has lived on the Gold coast for years. 1999 = old skool

[phaeton]

**cringes**

[DUBING]

ohh that was such a pretty GTi!

[static1800]

jesus! you knocked the world off it axis for a second there!

[DubSteve]

Ouch pain for the car right now!!!

[gpk_gti]

hey Guy_H ,you didnt mention how much it cost to repair?

[Guy_H]

Hey Andrew -

It was the full Oettinger kit - man, don't you hate all the people hanging around with camera's to take pictures? (even worse now with mobile phones ) - It wasn't too bad sitting at the back of the track, but they towed me to the pits & then the crowd gathered around

Anyway - the car still drove, it cracked the radiator, broke the condensor, but we drove it up on the trailer OK - it was a couple of grand, but thankfully we were in the parts & workshop business so it was not too much of a burden

Lakeside is currently back in action for club events ! (Hooray - )

http://www.friendsoflakeside.com/

We have an event there shortly with the Porsche club

[Guy_H]

better link:

http://www.lakesideraceway.com/

[brackie]

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I've wielded the red pen guys. Let's not have this sort of thing again as it goes against what this forum is all about. Sure it's a free country and everyone should be able to express how they feel, however we draw the line at brawling and abuse.

Stay cool