First event for FGO
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:19 pm
I had a go at an autotest yesterday. This was an event at Curborough hosted by the Cannock & District Car Club, which dad roped me into. The other entrants were mostly Saxos, Minis, Novas and Micras, but we ended up being entered in the 'RWD' category alongside 11 MX5s. I finished 13th in our class of 13, which I was pretty pleased with considering.
Anyway, I learnt a few things about my car. The turning circle is comparable to that of a bus (and there's no option to spin the back wheels to get round the tight corners), the body flexes so much you can't easily open the doors if you park cross-axled on a grassy knoll, the temperature gauge is pretty arbitrary; but the brakes and tyres hold up extremely well!
Not sure I'd be in a rush to do another (at least not in FGO) - the B road journey there and back was much more relaxed, but a good event nonetheless.
Anyway, I learnt a few things about my car. The turning circle is comparable to that of a bus (and there's no option to spin the back wheels to get round the tight corners), the body flexes so much you can't easily open the doors if you park cross-axled on a grassy knoll, the temperature gauge is pretty arbitrary; but the brakes and tyres hold up extremely well!
Not sure I'd be in a rush to do another (at least not in FGO) - the B road journey there and back was much more relaxed, but a good event nonetheless.