What did you do to your Polo today?

[seangti]

used to drive those a bit for work .. horrible in the wet, to the point of being downright scarey, the handling is atrocious.

we hired a sedan to take a skid pan day, yup, bloody awful. We had changed the tyres to a set of Yoko's, A drives I think. Was actually very difficult to drift the thing as the speed was so slow and absolutely no feel where the tyres were and the level of grip.

[kelvniii]

Did a wheel alignment, car feels a lot lighter when accelerating

[pog]

Did a wheel alignment, car feels a lot lighter when accelerating

Nice, I saw your blog with the chart! Looks interesting

[woosh73]

still feeling good about the polo at mallala on saturday , suprised alot of drivers on how quick it was. The track was pretty damp so esp went on alot. Outdrove a subaru , integra , sprinter , down the straights there wasn't much in it with any cars including a f360 ( which took 9 laps to overtake me ) . Tyres were pretty trashed to begin with so traction was a slight problem - fuel all good just used 98 plus octane booster ( nulon ) , still pretty happy as after the day the fuel economy was 17.6l / 100 not bad when the average speed was 79km AVG. Best time posted was 1:37 , should be alot better next time with some sticky rubber and a dry track.

[Stuwey]

1:37???????


Pull yer finger out, and get into it!

Tip: get into the MSCASA super sprint series, MUCH safer.

[vwthunder]

Outdrove a subaru , integra , sprinter , down the straights there wasn't much in it with any cars including a f360.

Wow what mods have you done to your car, if it is nearly as fast as a F360 down the straight, you must have a huge turbo

[seangti]

Wow what mods have you done to your car, if it is nearly as fast as a F360 down the straight, you must have a huge turbo

lol, that's not what he wrote about the f360. it took the F360 9 laps to over take. Very respectable to be within 10secs a lap of such a focused (and expensive) car. I did QR on the weekend and was dusting clubsport R8's and Audi S3's by at least 5secs a lap, was around 3secs a lap slower than an R32 GTR skyline, but in saying that, the audi and holden drivers were far from confident so can't really claim much. As long as everyone comes of the track with a smile and little less tread on the tyres, that's what its all about.

[Stuwey]

Don't get too carried away here boys and girls... i can get a 1:37 out of a 1300cc mini in the wet.

The new motor has done a 1:28 in the dry.

I'm hoping for a mid-to-low 1:24 in my pog.

Still, full points for getting out there and into it, instead of Belair Road!

[vwthunder]

lol, that's not what he wrote about the f360. it took the F360 9 laps to over take. .

down the straights there wasn't much in it with any cars including a f360, even if it did take 9 laps to overtake i dont know how it would have the same speed as a F360 on the straight

Well I did quote what he said

[hazrd]

hit a piece of chep pallet board on the F3 (near the mooney mooney exit) northbound at 5:30am today... took a chunk out of the inside RHF rim, annihilated the tyre, and snapped the RHR rim in two, also annihilating the tyre

NRMA wouldnt cover it as a breakdown (tow was $140), and to make it worse, the media was saying on the traffic reports that i put it into a wall not what happened !!

not good when ive had my pog for a week driving from melb to brisbane

[vwthunder]

Doh

Not good, sorry to hear that, but welcome to a new polo member

Hopefully it gets sorted out

[noone]

That sucks! Not sure if you can claim any of the costs from the RTA given it was due to debris...

Not a great way to start, but a good reason to get cool wheels / tyres...

[Corey_R]

You can claim against the RTA or councils if there is something wrong with the road (pot holes, road work where they've left gravel all over the place etc), but I'm not sure you could claim against them when someone has lost part of their load and you've run into it. It does suck though, sorry to hear you had these troubles.

[Buller_Scott]

damn, man. that's bad to hear.

i hate the number if pricks out there who cant seem to secure their loads. and who pays for it? the person who their crap flies into.

[blackbetty]

To me its the same thing as an person falling on a sidewalk due to a stuffed paver or fallen tree branch - the council is liable?
talk to a expert traffic lawyer in your area.