Ping altman: new Noble M14

One for the weekend sir?

http://www.pistonheads.com/noble/default.asp?storyId=8504

Finally they have stopped using Mondeo rear light clusters.

But who would pay £75k for a glorified kit car? That's 911 GT3 money

Finally they have stopped using Mondeo rear light clusters.

Oh yeah! Only just noticed the lights on the M12. Tthe front indicators look like the standard BL/Mini/Land Rover type.

Gareth

Or how about this instead: http://www.pistonheads.com/tvr/default.asp?storyId=8501

Do Trevors come with free AA membership?

Nope. I ask my mum and she said I didn't come with AA membership...

Harsh
Don't think my brother's 4.5 Chim has ever broken down - his experience is that it's only the weekend TVR's that die. If it is your everyday car, it'll last much longer. They just don't like sitting around.

Was at a TVR trackday and 1 blew up, 1 ate its brakes and 1 got bent. but hard to judge over a 2hr period of very hard use.

I would agree about them being better if used eveyday rather then left doing nothing as most cars are the same.

An while on the subject of tackdays there is a subaru track day saturday morning knockhill www.SIDC.co.uk not sure how many places left.
Come up and say hello if you want and i'll take you round the track if you hire a helment and sign on. i'll be the brown and yellow 7

Heh - was at an SIDC Knockhill trackday where a ferrari went out and failed to complete one lap - he overcooked it through the hairpin and spun out. Minimal damage. He went off and got his Lotus 340(?) and used that for the rest of the day.

Unfortunately this weekend I am unlikely to make it - was up watching the TVR Tuscan racing the other day, and with the kids it is tricky to get many days out, but if I do, I will come and say hi. I do love the 7, although I'm not that good at driving them.

last time we went off for a day at Bedford Autodrome, the Caterhams were the first car of the day (followed by Evo 7, VX220turbo, Jaguar JP1, go-kart, offroaders, Clio Club and Formula Palmer Audi) and I scored very badly as I managed to spin 6 times in 2 laps. Mostly as I was still driving a bit like a Subaru, so accelerating very hard just before the apex - this doesn't work too well in a 7

Did much better in the Evo, Clio and single seater, and even won the day prize in the go-karts.

In fact, we are probably doing another in the autumn - cost about £700ish for a FULL day's driving. Interested?

£700 for a full days driving?

Why not just do an open pitlane trackday - £150 for a full days driving then. Although you need to supply your own car

Ahah - this is more fun in some ways. Although I do like normal trackdays, the Bedford day is excellent. It is arranged as corp entertainment, so I was expecting very conservative guidelines.

What we got was superbly psychopathic supervisors, in fact the Aussie who was instructing me in the Clio was great - most of the other were just dropping from 5th to 4th to get through a wee jink on the main straight, but he forced me to push it hard enough to get through sideways in 6th gear...at 140mph ish. I have rarely had so much fun - the Clio is pretty good with a 6speed sequential and some decent power. The JP1s were pretty good too - basically a road legal Le Mans car. The instructors try to get you to go just beyond your limits, so you get better next time.

The only disappointment was the Evos. As I knew how to drive that style of car I was expecting to push it really hard, but they were a bit twitchy about their clutches. Apparently they are more chilled out now.

The Palmer Audi is very surreal on the track in the dry - just like a computer game. It goes exactly wherever you steer to.

Oh, and you can win prizes. Did I mention I am just slightly competitive in everything I do??

700 for a full day Yikes

That is a couple of track days and a two sets of ACB-10s

If i am out on track mine will be the beemer with Empeg sticker and trailer

So you were at the tuscans too thought the TVR racing was okay but boy was the caterham races good fun, especially for me as mine is basically roadsport A spec makes me realise how slow i drive mine round the circuit.

Watched the Caterhams from Glenvarigill stand down at the hairpin, but for the rest of the day was sat at Duffus. Prime view of the T-boning of Peter Wheeler and got a good tan (almost burnt)
Wangled TVR hospitality from Glenvarigill, and almost won the TVR raffle (well, I didn't get the TVR, but got some fizzy, so that's okay)

Did you see PetrolTed (from Pistonheads) kicking about? He helped to patch up a fairly mangled Tuscan with Pistonheads.com stickers. A pity Neil went out, he's good fun at the pro-karting at Haddington when we race.

£700 ouch, I paid $400 for a 3 day driving school weekend, with an SCCA regional race on Sunday.

Hmm - the decent driving schools here seem to be around the £2k mark for 4 days on tracks, and around £700 for a day rallying round Wales.

Blimming flip