Hot Laps

[Coops]

Went down to meadowhell this morning for my 1st go on a 'track'

basically Mazda pro-mo day and they let you have 3 'laps' of a little track setup on the overflow carpark, had a blast round in a brand new mx-5(160bhp)and a brand new RX-8 (231bhp) n all, not bad for free! loved it and even more detirmned to get the clio on the track now as i loved it!

best part was u get a racing driver in with you to provide pointer n make sure u dont make a break for the gate in a brand new car, and i got a bloody clio cup driver, chances of that?! only thing is only caught his first name, Andy, and theres like 3 Andrews in the cup championship n cant figure which one as can only get pics of Andrew Jordan n it aint him!

either way the myth is dispelled, you can get something for nothing!

[MAXIBOY]

sounds good. what the rx-8 like on a lap

[Coops]

tbh for a car that weighs nearly 2 flippin ton ( i know its well heavy!) it felt light and responsive, if a tad wollowy on the the sharp left - right bits. it was only a small short course so 2nd gear all the way, more technical than anything but it felt good. love to open it up on a real track. bugger all low down torque tho which was a little disappointing

[lewis_willy2]

sounds sweet i want a go in an rx-8.

my missus had some tw@t go up the back of her mini cooper last week so as a courtesy car shes got a brand new mx-5, i beleive its 147bhp from what she tells me, it is quite nippy. yet to get the g-tech out n c what 0-60 is

[Coops]

yeah theres a 146 and a 158 bhp version of the mx-5's one i was in was the top spec model, same with the Rx-8 they let us loose in!

[Zollo]

tbh for a car that weighs nearly 2 flippin ton ( i know its well heavy!)

I'm pretty sure it only weighs around 1400 kilos mate. Nice cars.

[Coops]

1849kg matey according to the VIN plate under the bonnet

[Zollo]

That'll be the gross weight, not the curb weight.

[VIPERONE]

thats the weight with coops in

[Scougar]

Good grief... are they really 1.85 ton!!

Matthew