Just booked my Murcotts Driver Training Course
02-26-2006, 04:04 AM
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Just booked my Murcotts Driver Training Course
Yup well couldn't wait for FOTW who just recently bought an 8 here in Adelaide....so I booked my Driver Training Day.....Hopefully I can take the day off that I booked....
After seeing the video and reading the posts about the skid pan day I thought...yeah I can do this!
So April is the month for me......
After seeing the video and reading the posts about the skid pan day I thought...yeah I can do this!
So April is the month for me......
02-26-2006, 04:17 AM
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that'd be my forum username....
whats FOTW? were you expecting us to work out thats your abbreviated forum name, since you only have 3 posts against your name?
whats FOTW? were you expecting us to work out thats your abbreviated forum name, since you only have 3 posts against your name?
02-26-2006, 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted by FishoftheWeek
What's FOTW?!?!?! What's EZZY?!?!?! 
I still haven't heard anything from Mazda... Hopefully I'll hear something soon and be able to come along
I still haven't heard anything from Mazda... Hopefully I'll hear something soon and be able to come along
You missed a great cruise last night FOTW...
BTW EZZY is Eric...learnt that from Kallis icecream day at Lunar park!!
02-26-2006, 04:21 AM
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Originally Posted by FishoftheWeek
What's FOTW?!?!?! What's EZZY?!?!?!
I still haven't heard anything from Mazda... Hopefully I'll hear something soon and be able to come along
I still haven't heard anything from Mazda... Hopefully I'll hear something soon and be able to come along
I didnt know wat FOTW was either............ Thought it was some new snazzy shorthand internet word... like BRB and LMAO and IMHO... sowwy now i know
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that'd be my forum username....
Me gots short attention span memory now.. went round and round in circles 2 much.. like a gold fish 
02-26-2006, 04:47 AM
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Originally Posted by EZZY
that'd be my forum username....
whats FOTW? were you expecting us to work out thats your abbreviated forum name, since you only have 3 posts against your name?
whats FOTW? were you expecting us to work out thats your abbreviated forum name, since you only have 3 posts against your name?
RC, will let you know how it all pans out, but wouldn't hold your breath
02-26-2006, 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Rotor Convert
After seeing the video and reading the posts about the skid pan day I thought...yeah I can do this!
02-26-2006, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by kunz
Sweet, you'll enjoy it heaps. Only problem is, its not really similar to the skid-pan day the Vic's just had. Its more of a braking + classroom exercise.
Still, it's a bit of fun to see how well the 8 performs next to 'lesser' cars.
02-26-2006, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Revolver
What he said. No roundy roundies - more brake and turn kinda thing.
Still, it's a bit of fun to see how well the 8 performs next to 'lesser' cars.
Still, it's a bit of fun to see how well the 8 performs next to 'lesser' cars.
Julia, in the Level 1 course, what you'll mainly be doing is just having a feel of how the car handles in a safe area. So slam ur brakes hard, and realise how good the braking system is. Other driving activities which will definately give u the experience to realise what the rx8 is capable of, things you wouldnt know driving everyday, (since everyday we dont slam our brakes on as hard as we can on purpose), its more of a course that gives you a relief to know you driving a great machine
its worth doing it, especially for our cars how its completely different to any other car that you probably have driven. I did Level 2 aswell as some other guys here have, and it was comforting to understand a bit more about the car (especially about DSC on and off 
). Dave.. dont really compare to other cars, most the cars there arent even worth 1/4 of the rx8. Yes its interesting to c how the other cars manage.. some cars now i will utterly refuse to get into
02-26-2006, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by MissyK
Julia, in the Level 1 course, what you'll mainly be doing is just having a feel of how the car handles in a safe area. So slam ur brakes hard, and realise how good the braking system is. Other driving activities which will definately give u the experience to realise what the rx8 is capable of, things you wouldnt know driving everyday, (since everyday we dont slam our brakes on as hard as we can on purpose), its more of a course that gives you a relief to know you driving a great machine its worth doing it, especially for our cars how its completely different to any other car that you probably have driven. I did Level 2 aswell as some other guys here have, and it was comforting to understand a bit more about the car (especially about DSC on and off ).
Dave.. dont really compare to other cars, most the cars there arent even worth 1/4 of the rx8. Yes its interesting to c how the other cars manage.. some cars now i will utterly refuse to get into
its worth doing it, especially for our cars how its completely different to any other car that you probably have driven. I did Level 2 aswell as some other guys here have, and it was comforting to understand a bit more about the car (especially about DSC on and off ). Dave.. dont really compare to other cars, most the cars there arent even worth 1/4 of the rx8. Yes its interesting to c how the other cars manage.. some cars now i will utterly refuse to get into
But later in the year our Alfa club holds a driver training day...last year I taught 2 mums how to do a reverse flick in their Falcon wagons..... They had fun and also learnt what the car can and cannot do......would prefer to see more women at these days but they all think it's a boys day out...till they see me with the lippy and the pink nail polish and then they relax...then the guys try and boss me around some young ones were quite piggish really till I set them an exercise and only one of them could do it.....then I did it with hand brake turns and reverse front flicks and then they shut up big time....used to compete in the state and national motorkhana champs in a little Datto 1600.....lotsa fun!!
So looking forward to getting into Max with the DSC on and off and braking/avoid and recover......braking round a corner and all that stuff.....would be good to try the brakes out as I didn't do that in the demo I drove.....sounds like what I am thinking...the 8 is too good to be true really!!
Gotta go bye bye now and do some work..Have a lovely day
02-26-2006, 05:40 PM
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Good for you doing one annually. I should do that...hey, we all should do that. Having another driver cast a critical eye over our driving skills and attitude on a regular basis is powerful learning
02-26-2006, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by timbo
Good for you doing one annually. I should do that...hey, we all should do that. Having another driver cast a critical eye over our driving skills and attitude on a regular basis is powerful learning
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02-26-2006, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Revolver
Build some driver training into the Nats program - not compulsory of course.
<Dave scheming to get back on track...>
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...isn't it all "driver training"? 
...and practice ...and then testing? {when you are on to a good smilie, stick to it}
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