In the land of Renaultsport! But a new house and sheltered off road parking means a saxo/106 is calling for me to buy it.

Think the only decent vids are jp's!

Someone say Saxo videos on the Ring'? :D

http://youtu.be/7o_b1ROiIB8

Joe - got my gopro HD 3 Black ready for videos :D

Wicked. Ive only got a 2 but they are all great! Where you mounting it? Please don't do it on the cage as we want to see the track.

Ill test it out in different positions, the HD3 Black has got the wifi built in so i can view what the camera's taking on my iphone :)

A useful feature!

Certainly is Joe, can use the app or the remote that comes with it to control the gopro too, so things like taking pictures, switching between video/camera mode etc etc.

Certainly very useful. The Hero3 is a fair bit smaller than the older ones too + the higher quality video of course - now all we need is 4k TV's to come down in price so the gopro can be used to its full potential lol

Tbh I think I'll be happy with mine for the next 50 years!

Yet to use my gopro3black... looking forward to it though :)

Oh good some decent vids that don't take 100 years to load in hq on youtube.

About time :)

I'm looking forward to seeing some view from the ring. ;)

Stew - you should come the ring with us next year :)

Should but won't lol

Not something that takes your fancy stew?

Plenty decent tracks in UK. Was talking to keV about it last Friday. I'd do spa if going abroad rather than nur.

Nothing in the uk comes anywhere close to Nurburgring.
If it did then people wouldn't make the journey. Its immense.

But its his choice not to go

Literally thank you.

And you clearly have not been to Cadwell which is 20minutes from home joe :p

I understand the ring hype
But i can see why other guys would rather just do a GOOD uk track
Theres a fair few easy ones about but for me the ring is less about the track more about the weekend
If the guts i do with did spa or even sonething like a weekend in scotland at knockhill id still do haha
It to me isnt a track its a holiday the track is second in the weekend

Where as people who only want to focus on the driving part its a hell of a long way to go just to hoon around like you can on a uk track

True about the trip Alex... It would be boring to drive over on your own (hence me organising the trip for us all)

But also agree with Joe... No UK track comes even close to the ring - Caldwell included - I don't know who named it the mini nurburgring because they are an idiot, it's a 5/10 when you compare it to the ring - yes Stew the ring really is that good compared to any UK track I've ever done anyway!!

I've always wanted to do Spa but can't really comment there, it looks epic on TV....

Its just the fact that my favourite uk circuit bedford the first time I was there even though I didn't know the lines very well I was going well.

Nurburgring after houra practicing on forza (okay months) millions of youtube clips later and I was still wetting myself all the way round in a 1.0 micra with 4 of us in it. Probably doing 80mph max.

Josh not saying ring isn't good I'd have a go I'd like it to be my local lol but its a long way.

I'm a loaner lol. Always have been one for heading to the track in my own as i do like to focus on driving rather than socialising. Yes i m a sad arse. :)

Done Cadwell before?

Yeah I know you weren't Stew. It is a fair distance to go, but boy it's worth it.

For me the ring trip is just as much about the track as it is the social side of things. It would be boring to go on your own, but then when your there its epic... Once you go you will realise the UK tracks are average at best.

Yeah I've been to Cadwell a couple of times, it's nothing special, very stop-starty, hard on the car & doesn't really flow that well. I much prefer donnington if I had to choose a UK track. The track flows nicely, plenty of undulation too. All in my opinion of course :)

Just spent the last hour or so flicking through this thread. Man this car has come a long way since i was last a regular user of Sax-P. I can appreciate the time and effort put into this type of build after building a 106 Cup Car from scratch, this really is the ultimate Saxo before going the Kit Car route with wider track and sequential box.

Fair play Josh, everything has been done and done properly. Once the BE is in there then you wont have to worry about the gearbox then, though i have to say it seemed the MA was hanging in there pretty well?

Have fun with it, i'm sure you do anyway and i hope the Ring trip goes well :)

If you are a loaner then lend us some money to go? ;)

Come with me sometime. Im happy to drive there myself without anyone even. Its a great place. When its not pissing it down with rain of course.

pork pie lover man

Cheers Chinese bush loving lcfc man lol.



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Small update;

Car is now ready for MOT, should fly through, and then I'm back from Australia in exactly a weeks time for final ring prep & some road testing :A: :y:

added pics...

Hi Josh.

Just wanted to say big thanks for the Ring trip was an awesome weekend :) think you've defo got me hooked and eager to go back and see your car in action.
You still planing on going back on your own this week? Hope you had a good time in Ibiza bet you need a weekend to catch up on some sleep lol

its all down to what you fancy, ive been ring for a week , 10 days, weekends, and yet spa is one was wana do, u basically drive past it, i think track days are who u are with, i did one with mat russel and collin a few weeks ago, and it was the bollox of a day, that was at snetterton 300.. its the same with english tracks, yea some r better than others but its all down to what u like, at ring i smash my mate, i love it, yet english tracks hes on me like glue, its all down to what you fancy i think next year we should do a open pit day at a track mid field of everyone come, not no-ones home ground just a semi decent price track, and just have it up, ring is good and great fun, and untill u go there you cant describe it and ppl look at u weird and shit, just to watch is all good and the cars there are different levels, well some, ull see a 86 yr old man hanging his gt3 out,

i did wana go ring with u guys but baby is here in 3 weeks so im on home soil only

Where are all the ring vids????

Beast!

Very excited to see this in the flesh on the weekend!!

Cheers Dan, its a pleasure mate and im glad you guys had a cracking weekend :D If your free this weekend you should pop over to castle combe for French car show and see the car in action :D

Yeah Ibiza was nuts mate, unfortunately (as normal) Ive got a crazy bad cold / man flu from Ibiza so that ruled out going back to the ring this week lol.

Yeah I agree with you Kev, really does depend who your with, but at the ring its on a whole different level, plus like you mentioned at the ring it seperates the good drivers from average drivers, where as the UK tracks are generally fairly flat which makes them easier

Keep up Joey ;) Gearbox exploded (quite literally!) on the motorway on the way back from Sandys the night before we were due to go to the ring! So dad rebuilt the box while I was away in Germany / Ibiza and we fitted when I got back on Sunday morning. Now rocking a vts/gti box which is waaayyyy too long with the 9k limiter, and saps a bit of power being so long, but it will do the job for this summer before the BE box goes in next year :)

Definitely Andy, be good to catch up, and mash hard on Saturday night after FCS too lol

Here you go Joe...

One video from the ring for you ;)

Ah mate I would pop over to FCS but I'm off on hols Friday. Have to keep an ear out for when ya back in the UK and sort a day out or somert.

Glad ya had a time in Ibiza, least you haven't got go back to the ring on ya own. You got the box sorted? When you planning on going back to the ring?

Yeah definitely, a track day all together would be awesome, next year in spring/Easter maybe :) yeah got the box all fixed up so at least got some use out of the mango this year!

Had a cracking day out at fcs... I'll update properly with pics etc when I'm back out in Australia later this week, probably when im wide awake in the middle of the night lol

Id be up for a group of us doing a track day. Keep me in mind if you decide to do one mate

Any noise regs on the nurburgring? I`ll be keen to go down in the spring if theres no regs

Will do matey, im thinking late spring next year or something, maybe over christmas if i get carried away and want to let the car loose in the snow and ice lol

Nah no noise regs on the ring, or not that im aware of any mate.

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WOW - what a crazy crazy month. Im now back in Sydney, I've uploaded all my pic's ready to update this thread, i'll hopefully get time to do the write up this weekend :D

A teaser for the time being...

I need your dial surround! :( Looking forward to seeing the pics in your update mate :y:

We want vids now of this vehicle!!!!!