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I've only got an MX5 as my track car so I've never thought it was worth forking out for insurance for that.

The next track I'd recommend after Brands would be Bedford.

It's flatter so less exciting, but you can go faster with lots of run off, and it's not too far away.

Likewise, Snetterton is a relatively easy journey (depending on which side of London you live) and there's plenty of room to test out some proper high-speed cornering, come off and not crash.

If you're looking for proper topography and exciting race circuits though, Donny and Anglesey should be on your list.

The Busenitz and the Puig wish they could be the Gato

Nike have re released the SB Gato without the SB branding and it's possibly my personal favourite Nike SB release.

Might have to buy multiples

Bought one of those buzz bikes they were selling off and it's all fine apart from the brakes being a bit fucked, both the calipers as well as the levers.

Trying not to overspend on a shitty pub bike so if anyone's got some half decent brakes and levers taking up space?

Sounds like you had a good day and that's a great pic!

One day we'll get multiple forumengers on a trackday!

I've just witnessed a serious macro aggression

One of our friends who's staying with us, previously on the forum way back when but doesn't come on here anymore, she used to live with us for a while too.

She said she didn't feel the coffee from the SPB had enough body so dropped half a teaspoon of instant into it to richen it up...

Try taking your trousers off to wank

He's one of their partners

Their customers are exactly who you can picture. A close friend of mine used to be one of the sales guys, he's related to the owner. I don't know if it's changed since he left (I assume not) but the work environment is as shit as the products

@hang_on_voltaire

How'd you get on?

After taking the piss, I received my just desserts last week when my Clever Dripper broke.

Just received my new one, Union have them on discount at 25 with free delivery at the moment if anyone's looking to try one

Hmm I could easily end up in this situation

Brands Hatch Indy is a brilliant track, it's short but that helps you get more practice on each corner and learn all the braking points and lines.

Car: I'd say drop the tyre pressures about 5psi before you get there or at the track. They're going to get hotter than normal so the pressures will end up higher than on the road, which you want to account for.

Check the fluids at the start of the day, after lunch break(when it's had time to cool down), and before you go home.

Park in gear, leave the handbrake off, the handbrake shoes can get stuck on because your brakes have got much hotter than normal.

Check your wheel bolts ever time you come back in, if you have a torque wrench take it with you.

You: drink water after each session out on track, you're going to sweat way more than normal.

I also find it helps to eat little and often rather than eating a big lunch.

This is your first track day so I don't want to overwhelm you with pointers specifically for Brands, instead here's some good general trackday pointers:

Build yourself up over the course of the day, slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

There's going to be much faster cars on track so keep an eye on your mirrors, but don't stay glued to them. If you spend your whole day letting people past, you won't really get to practice proper lines.

If a car has caught you up, even if it looks like it's got 50bhp, it's faster than you, just let it past when it's safe and convenient to do so.

If there's a lot of traffic and you're just getting stuck letting people past or getting stuck behind slower cars, just go into the pits and come straight back out. You'll come out in a different sequence of cars and sometimes it can be the difference between getting frustrated and having the best day.

After the sighting laps, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO THE SIGHTING LAPS!!, come in and have a sit down and just gather your thoughts for 30 minutes. The first 30-45 minutes of open track is manic. Everyone's chomping to get out and I've seen some batshit driving with some people trying to swing their dicks around. Let them piss each other off and just have a little sit, watch some cars going round, have a look at a few lines that people are taking, then after 30 mins go out on track. It'll be a lot more settled and sensible driving at that point.

One Brands specific point I will say about letting people past and overtaking:

The short uphill stretch between Paddock and Druids, faster people will want to bully past you, but you don't have to let people past there unless you feel there's a long line behind you.

However between Druids and Graham Hill, the good line is drifting left from Druids to right at Graham Hill. So, it's easy for people to overtake you off-line, so let them past if you can. Stick to the racing line but put your indicator on, they'll work it out and come past before you start braking for Graham Hill.

If you can get instruction, I recommend it, and if you see someone who looks like they know what they're doing then ask for a passenger ride so you can see their lines. Everyone's friendly and if you ask someone for a passenger ride they're most likely going to say yes because at a bare minimum you're giving their ego a good stroke.

Last of all, have fun!! Which day are you going?

That's hot

You're supposed to run them close to an edge, so either near the windscreen or near the rear screen, depends on how long your bikes are and if you need to open your boot or not.

My seasucker got nicked when they cleaned out my garage so debating whether to get another or try for a cheaper copy. I was using some treefrog mounts on mine so feeling fairly confident with treefrog as a company

I didn't mind the fact that it was difficult to tell you're even drinking coffee, but I wouldn't want to drink that every day for weeks. I like variety and I like getting to taste a real range of coffees, so it was good to sample something so different.

It's an interesting discussion point though because I'm sure some would argue, what is "actual coffee"?

I think the cost is prohibitive for me to drink coffee like that for every cup, but even if I could afford it I want to have different tastes and experiences. I'm not across every single innovation in growing and processing obviously, but last couple of years it has felt like it's just a competition to see who can make the most fruit juice tasting coffee.

Peach is on trend apparently. Both excellent, Radical Roasters offering was so sweet on the tongue and the after taste. Honestly felt like drinking a juice rather than coffee.

The KillBean offering is much more "normal" but with a great peachy tea flavour.

I think last night, I'm not sure

Not holding out much hope but my garage got cleared out. They're all gone so if you see any, please let me know

After a couple of years behind the camera at Formula G, decided I'd enter the last 2 rounds of the year to give it a try.

Saturday: i fucked my first qualifying run and then the "demon" coolant hose at the back of the engine decided to get a hole in it so that was my day ended.

Sunday: Just couldn't get any grip, the car was sliding everywhere which was slow and untidy. Felt like I was fighting the steering wheel the whole time rather than being in control and smooth.

Was really really fun though, if anyone's interested in some cheap grass roots motorsport

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Might not be to your taste but that style is definitely back in, and looks at first glance to be a decent job of blending the kit in to make it smooth rather than just looking bolted on. Wider wheels to fill the arches better and a touch lower and it would work better. Looks like the Racing Beat type 2 front bumper and the matching skirts but blended in. Factory rear bumper lip option isn't part of the Racing Beat kit but looks better than the matching rear bumper so a better choice I think

I never left

Laner's disappearance becomes clear

Anyone suggest good quality filters for a flat bottomed batch brewer? One of the baristas at Dark Arts suggested Kalita Waves in the larger size but I don't think they realised they're no way big enough.

Most of the filters listed online are advertised as "catering quality" which doesn't fill me with confidence.

Unrelated, anyone want 100 Kalita Wave filters in the 185 size?