What did you do to your Polo today?

[Allegiance]

Hope you get a chance to get it back on the track Greg! Glad you're ok.

[noone]

Glad to hear you are ok. If you feel comfortable with it, can you tell us how it happened? I'm guessing it let go (wet) in a corner? I've not had issues in the Polo, but had a go in a friends old Porsche and lifted off the accelerator late corner and lost it all together. Was lucky there was no barriers / cars near me at the time.

Damage looks fairly cosmetic, but I wouldn't be thinking that if it were mine...

[vwthunder]

Oh no

Yeah, im also glad to hear your ok, hope it dosen't hurt you too much fixing it.
Would love to be out on the track with you sometime

[kaanage]

First of all, I'd like to give my external thanks to Peter Jones and his wife Jody who took time out of their own track sessions to help me band aid up my front end using their supply of gaffer tape and cable ties so that I was able to drive home without any issues.

Thanks guys, I'm going to be doing some serious bargaining with the other half to keep tracking the PoD (especially with all the parts I've "acquired" which are still waiting to be installed )

The track was wetter where I went off but the issue was that I took the wrong entry line 'cos I caught up with some cars that I had let past a few corners earlier (I'm now guessing that they were using me as a sighter for their lines) and the spray off their tyres made me misjudge my track position. Being off the dry(er) line made the back step out as I turned in and I didn't have the guts the mash the accelerator to even out the slip angles so I half spun on the grass and then the car caught and ran into the tyre wall.

There's a lot I could have done and didn't - I could have thrown the wheel into the turn to spin the car more or jump on the brakes to lock everything up but I just kept countersteering even after I ran out of lock. I guess I was scared of re-entering the track out of control and getting in the path of another car

Anyway, I'll put the GoPro footage up when I feel up to editing it.

[Eddy]

Hoyhoy.

Greg, thats a very nice honest statement you just made.
Recalling what went wrong only helps for next time, if you love doing it tell the other half, she has to understand what life is all about. (Its short as is.)(The Missus & myself have recently lost a lot of very close relatives & friends due to natural causes.)(O.K. we are much older than yourself.)
BUT the statement is, "should I or shouldn't I".
There are plenty of different dangerous things that you can do, this isn't anywhere near top of the list.
May be tell her that ya only going to do safer tracks in the future. (Thats why I like Wakefeild Park)

P.S. I'm only trying to help.

[Peter Jones]

A few more before and after photos

[Allegiance]

What did you do to your Polo today?

One thing I can say is those rotors are hot! I always say in any accident, if you walk away with your life, nothing else really matters. Disappointing though.


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[team_v]

Perfect opportunity to get the cup kit front bumper.


We have had 3 wet "Happy Laps" sessions so far, twice we have had cars go onto the grass.
The track is a dangeroud place in the dry, in the wet it's a completely different beast and even more dangerous.

[flashpixx]

Prefer this view of Lukey Heights

[Sharkie]

Not so much done today, but as I was driving it this morning dropping kids off at school I thought back at the stuff I did to the Polo this past year and how each bit added to the car's driving experience and not a single 1 made me regret it. A bit of a change to ther mods made over the years that I regretted and normally eventually reversed .... so this year the Polo got:
- Cone filter in airbox
- ANS420 Satnav and Bluetooth unit with RNS510 style interface
- ECS Red Coilpacks
- colder NGK plugs
- ECS lightened crank pulley
- H7 Phillips Powervision Mains

I'm sure I picked up at least 1kw from the mods and the SatNav and Powervisions really freshened it up a bit. After 7 years it still puts a smile on my face every time I drive it and I'd need to spend $60K+ to find something more enjoyable.

[Stuwey]

and I'd need to spend $60K+ to find something more enjoyable.

Whilst I'd have to normally agree, the new 86 has my interest.

The past two weeks have seen my Polo garaged whilst I fang about in a borrowed classic mini. 998cc, drum brakes, sliding windows, hydraulic handbrake, and a set of advans make commuting fun again.

As for the Polo, I had my MOMO re-wrapped. Looks yummy.

[Sharkie]

Whilst I'd have to normally agree, the new 86 has my interest.

Go drive 1 first, back to back with the Polo ..... I have driven 1 and it is pretty gutless ..... handles well, but as a daily driver it is rubbish. Funnily enough I have run into a few whilst in the GTI and the frustration apparent on the faces of the 86 drivers when a little old Polo hands it to them in a big way is priceless ..... love it.

One day when the 86/BRZ comes with a turbo, it would be a seriously good.

[jasonc23]

Go drive 1 first, back to back with the Polo ..... I have driven 1 and it is pretty gutless ..... handles well, but as a daily driver it is rubbish. Funnily enough I have run into a few whilst in the GTI and the frustration apparent on the faces of the 86 drivers when a little old Polo hands it to them in a big way is priceless ..... love it.

One day when the 86/BRZ comes with a turbo, it would be a seriously good.

My old man just picked up at 86...I'd take it hands down over the Polo any day of the week. Sure it's not as fast but when you can hang the tail out driving at regular speeds who cares! The handling and steering compared to the Polo is also on another level...and this compairing a stock 86 to my one with coilovers etc.

[VWindahouse]

Here we go

[Sharkie]

Here we go

LOL

My old man just picked up at 86...I'd take it hands down over the Polo any day of the week. Sure it's not as fast but when you can hang the tail out driving at regular speeds who cares! The handling and steering compared to the Polo is also on another level...and this compairing a stock 86 to my one with coilovers etc.

The only way Toyota could get the 86 to break traction is to fit Eco Prius tyres to it. Fit some sticky rubber and there would be none of that .....

im sorry but as a daily drive on public roads in its current form it does nothing for me. Needs at least another 100kw and 200Nm before I'd consider it. 350+NM at 3000rmin, where distant spots magically teleports closer when I put my foot down in 3rd is the zone I live in, I don't like checking every time I put my foot down if I forgot the handbrake on like I did o my drive in the 86 .....