First day of my new job!

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Re: First day of my new job!

Postby andyf » Fri Dec 02, 2016 4:28 pm

Have raced round Milbrook but it didn't turn out too well. Cut a K right to tight and folded up the sump guard and the front suspension where it was mounted :shock:

Great place though... Now how did you get that pass?
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Re: First day of my new job!

Postby Crunchie Gears » Fri Dec 02, 2016 6:25 pm

andyf wrote:Have raced round Milbrook but it didn't turn out too well. Cut a K right to tight and folded up the sump guard and the front suspension where it was mounted :shock:

Great place though... Now how did you get that pass?


I got an invite from Morgan to be part of their development team. They got the pass which is valid for three years.

The great thing is I am now on their development team! :D :D :D So every time they go to millbrook I am in. The downside is I need to do some stuff on straight acceleration and resistance stuff on the straight mile, the bumps, the high speed oval and the Belgian cobbles. That said, driving cars I do not own and being told to give it some, but do not crash, is fantastic and better is to look at your stats against professional drivers :D Some cars I am right out of it some I am in the distribution curve, feel good about that! :D :D :D :lol:

The professional drivers are also giving feedback on the stats, I feel like I am improving! Particularly on how to deal with cars with ABS, traction and the rest. :twisted:

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Re: First day of my new job!

Postby Crunchie Gears » Sat Dec 03, 2016 7:27 am

ChrisL wrote:Sounds like a great day. Would love to have a go around Milbrook. Oh and pictures are possible if you know where to stand, got some nice pic's of a Lotus Evora pre-launch. ;)


There were some cammed up cars there. Could not make out what they were. Some awesome military vehicles on the X country course and a hatchback Rolls outside the proving ground.

As for pics they tape the cameras on your mobile phone and check them as you leave!

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Re: First day of my new job!

Postby AshG » Sun Dec 04, 2016 4:54 am

must agree the Porsche is the best, but then i may be a little biased. I test drove a lot of cars before i settled on Porsche, I liked the noise of the f type and loved the looks but the drive just felt a little too soft and old man for me, the other car that surprised me was the corvette it was very close between it and the Porsche, the corvette was a great car and had a bit more power but the Porsche was better all round which i still believe makes it faster over all. I'm kinda glad i didn't get the corvette, the head of finance at work got one, its done 4k and just had to have a new gearbox flywheel and clutch after one of the bearings disintegrated. I test drove a Ferrari 458 but i just couldn't bring myself round to dumping over 100k on a car as much as loved it. Its a shame they didn't have a Cayman for you to play in, the new Boxter is great but the Cayman is just a little bit better in every way, more power, stiffer chassis, sharper steering, bigger brakes.

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Re: First day of my new job!

Postby jeffw » Sun Dec 04, 2016 3:37 pm

Living the life :)

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Re: First day of my new job!

Postby Crunchie Gears » Sun Dec 04, 2016 5:24 pm

jeffw wrote:Living the life :)


:D :D

A mate of mine said, with no pics, it reminded him of Morcombe and Wise.

Eric "I just got a job at a nudist colony at 14.99 a week".
Erne "That's not much".
Eric "It is all could afford". :lol: :?

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Re: First day of my new job!

Postby Crunchie Gears » Sun Dec 04, 2016 5:25 pm

Oh, and Ash; very envious :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Re: First day of my new job!

Postby zxr400 » Mon Dec 05, 2016 10:47 am

That sounded a fun day lucky you bet you can't wait till the next one :D


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