Mondello track day

I was passengering in it Eamo. And from there it wasn't a bad bus at all! It felt a fairly honest car out there. It was actually my first time ever in an E36 M3, and I found it interesting comparing it with the 328 with the AC Schnitzer setup. You don't really feel the extra power of the non-Evo lump until after 5,000rpm. But it revved keenly @ the top end, stopped straight and strong, and the bushes/shocks still felt in reasonable nick from the passenger seat: twas a good-value buy for him!

It was and i'm fully happy with it, fair play for pointing out the couple of little things that needed doing too.. i didnt really push it till yerterday, but when i did it was all there, solid as a rock and well capable.

Cheers to the organisers for sorting the session out, it was a top day!

Ps. that 959 is a re modelled 993 twin turbo and belongs to jason from kellys car centre..

I don't think it'd sort them out - they regard the car as disposable, and confuse driving ability with sawing at a wheel in every direction until they spin. Lucky they didn't collect someone in the process.

I'm very anti-elitism at these trackday gigs, and think anyone driving anything (BMW) should be out and pushing themselves and their cars, whether they pay-on-the-day or pre-book. That's the point, and sometimes it involves spinning as you learn. But within reason. And coming out of Dunlops on a slow half-slide, then trying to negotiate some invisible bends and spinning on the straight, isn't better driving; it's being a tool, regardless of the entertainment value for the pit wall viewers. They should have been black flagged and it requires more policing by Mondello. They should be able to discriminate between someone keeping a decent line and speed, and spinning simply by overcooking it, from someone who is just reckless and not caring.

Rant over. Roll on BDD '06! 

@ topazman; thanks for that....!!! Didn't want to be gettin a bad name for myself on the site, seein that i have only met a few of ye.

Good to finally put a few faces to the names yesterday too. Was talking to two lads in the pub in Prosperous, 1 of which i think was ludo (guessing from the french accent), the other guy was driving the black 5 series with the tinted windows. Sound fellas altogether.. 

@Fey; ya that was my car alright. EoinO was driving it that session, i was out in the black e30 318is that was behind him that put the hazards on...

He found it hard to hold the car on that corner at the start, it was our first outing in the track car, and we had no feeling for what it was like. Was probably bound to happen on the first corner on the first session... He got the hang of it fast and was setting some nice times in it, until the fuel pump started acting up.. 

Since Mondello are cutting back on the quality of staff I heard that this is what they are employing for the next BDD day to take care of anybody messing out on the track