Track Days

[DimPrawn]

Just get a Ferrari and forget the Atom. You can shut the doors and windows on a Ferrari, which saves the embarrassment of middle aged fat blokes with their bodies squeezed into the Ariel so tightly their fat rolls stick out of the sides.

I think it's okay as long as you never take the Atom on a public road where people can see you and laugh. It's like all these old scruffy blokes in Caterhams, they look ridiculous to me.

[doodab]

I really don't want an Ariel Atom. If I was going to buy a pure track car I would buy a racing car. Though I'd probably go for a historic sports racer.

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[Old Hack]

Paul Ricard in the South of France; you can rent chalets to stay in by the track.

Lots of these in the States too, where you can buy a house at a track.

Oh, and me, if I won 141m, I'd buy a Zonda Pagini F which is exclusively for the track. Saw one at Goodwood a year back, and I shot my load listening to it at full chat.

[Mich the Tester]

I really don't want an Ariel Atom. If I was going to buy a pure track car I would buy a racing car. Though I'd probably go for a historic sports racer.

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Porsche  956 for sale at Landmark Cars

400km/h in the Rothmans Porsche 956 | E40racer

[doodab]

Porsche *956 for sale at Landmark Cars

400km/h in the Rothmans Porsche 956 | E40racer

Yes. I grew up watching those. I don't think I appreciated how scary they were at the time.

The Old Racing Car Company - Private Collection

quite an interesting way to spunk nearly all of the £141m in one go....

[bobspud]

Yes. I grew up watching those. I don't think I appreciated how scary they were at the time.

The Old Racing Car Company - Private Collection

quite an interesting way to spunk nearly all of the £141m in one go....

Why? reading the speil make them sound as if they are replica's

[Mich the Tester]

Yes. I grew up watching those. I don't think I appreciated how scary they were at the time.

Yep, saw a lot of group C racing back in the 80s and in Europe it even started to threaten F1 for popularity for a while. The 956 still has the record for the Nordschleife, set by Stefan Bellof who unfortunately died in one of those cars. So did Manfred Winkelhock. At the time, for sheer speed in a straight line they made F1 look sluggish. I think the fastest they ever went was 440kmh on the Mulsanne straight, and amazingly they stayed on the ground; several years later Mercedes were unable to keep their car on the ground at 340 kmh, which says something about how brilliant those Porsches were. But very, very scary; legs defended by nothing more than the plastic nose, no crumple zone at all, and that unbelievable speed.

[gingerjedi]

If you want a track day car then look at an Ariel Atom. Then you can keep the red shopping trolly for doing what its made for i.e making your willy look small in the local high street

Down in the west country we have Castle Combe Circuit although the locals get the hump if your exhausts are too loud. There is also a disused air field that has an honesty box at the gate...

Which airfeild? I'm not too far away.

I've done the Formula Ford day at Castle Coombe, great fun when you ignore the instructions to keep it below 4,000 rpm.

[d000hg]

Just get a Ferrari and forget the Atom. You can shut the doors and windows on a Ferrari, which saves the embarrassment of middle aged fat blokes with their bodies squeezed into the Ariel so tightly their fat rolls stick out of the sides.

You can also afford a personal trainer and/or plastic surgery to cut you down to size.

I love the Atom... I loved the original one and I was amazed by the much more powerful v2 though personally I think I'd find that one too scary to have as much fun.

Anyone done track days (in real life) with their own or a hired car? Or one of those "Ferrari Experience Days" you can buy?

[doodab]

Anyone done track days (in real life) with their own or a hired car? Or one of those "Ferrari Experience Days" you can buy?

That is exactly what I want, a day driving a selection of Ferraris around a track so I can decide which one to buy.