Ring trip August 17th ~ 19th 2012

[DuncanR]

Cracking afternoon on track, only had to flag the one incident in phlanzgarten when a biker fell off ! No bugger else stopped and being a first aider I felt obliged, so legged it up the hill with my hi viz and did my duty , saw Conleth come though like the good guy he is he slowed up, others didn't so I dropped my shorts to my ankles in an effort to draw attention to my flag waving as some muppets were still on it ! I then looked round and the biker and his mate had buggered off ! I asked at control if they refund you a lap when you stop and risk life and limb to avert a major pile up and got the typical. Nein ! So bollocks I say , next time some other fooker can deal with it ... Unless its a UK reg !
Had a chat with Conleth and Clayton, but of course Conleth has moved to the dark side ! I will still talk to him of course , but I don't think our relationship will have that same sparkle as it did !

[conleth m3]

Decided to do the decent thing and slow down for the yellows. Was surprised to see dunc up there on the marshalls post with a hi vis. Can't believe the bastard biker fooked off with out saying thanks. What an asshole. RS is going well. But shouldn't mention that on here.

Cheers clayton For those laps, it started to click with the gt3 after that. Took a well driven Csl to show me the way!

Tomorrow should be fantastic. :thumbs:

[conleth m3]

Relaxing with a beer on the Rotterdam ferry after a cracking weekend. Good to see dunc and meet Matt. Red hot all weekend and not many closures. No ques at the barriers at all either :thumbs:

Loved the laps following clayton, cheers for that, roll on October mate!

Getting more to grips with the beetle RS now. Think will be a weapon when I learn it.

[DuncanR]

Nice to catch up Conleth, even if i didnt recognise you at first in Pork and sporting a new haircut !
It was hot indeed, saw mine into the red zone along Kesselchen so had to short shift and drop revs part way round, temp soon dropped however but annoying to say the least.
Clayton - sorry didnt get a chance for a CSL lap mate, Ando stole my car whilst I wasnt looking !

[MKoop]

It was hot indeed, saw mine into the red zone along Kesselchen so had to short shift and drop revs part way round, temp soon dropped however but annoying to say the least.

I was getting worried myself when my water temp was going near the red zone. When I stayed off the trottle for 1/2 bends it went back to towards the middle. Is that normal? Temp on Saturday was about 35 deg Cracking weekend:-D

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_1pMrNtpdjQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[DuncanR]

Thats comforting to know then, so not unique to mine. As you said, ease off for about 20 ~ 30 secs and it dropped fast .. weird.
It has gone into limp mode though, and management light on,happened halfway home in Belgium.
Only BMW would come up with a car that does 90 mph in limp mode !:hahaha:
Going into Elms tomorrow for yet another Broom head ... or is it a handle ??
Brake pressure sensor appears to be playing up too.

[shimmy]

do you guys recall if high trmps was on 100% throttle zone?

[Yanto_csl]

Defo mate, will see you there. Can give me a few pointers from the pax seat, then I'll try and keep up with you. Car's black and orange reg YSA ***

Staying at burgstube. Will be having a few down the lindenhof as well. :beer:

Black and Orange = 997 mate ?

Nice work....any pics ?

[DuncanR]

do you guys recall if high trmps was on 100% throttle zone?

Fook sake Shim .... I told you it was round Kesselchen !!











My foot was flat to floor, and through the kick down, which is as technical as I can explain it mate!
Sport on - S5 - M sport on (as in a bit of traction off) AC on - windows shut - car unwashed - driver sober.

[northernjim]

Fook sake Shim .... I told you it was round Kesselchen !!

I once pedalled my bike up that hill, its a big bugger - my thermostat was near to blowing too I tell thee

[O'Neill]

Fook sake Shim .... I told you it was round Kesselchen !!











My foot was flat to floor, and through the kick down, which is as technical as I can explain it mate!
Sport on - S5 - M sport on (as in a bit of traction off) AC on - windows shut - car unwashed - driver sober.

Mine did this at Spa, switched the AC of and it was fine.:thumbs:

[MKoop]

do you guys recall if high trmps was on 100% throttle zone?

It seems to happen only on 100% trottle on the uphill sections. I turned the aircon off & turned on the heater full blast to dissipate some of the heat but that didn't improve things much.
Went out Sunday morning first thing, temp 23deg but water temp never went past 3/4 way.

Hope it's not the HG

[shimmy]

it seems to be all get this as cars get older

hot days, heat soaked car, 100% throttle plus maybe uphill extra load, but full airflow dont help,

solutions being sought

[conleth m3]

Black and Orange = 997 mate ?

Nice work....any pics ?

yes mate

[northernjim]

yes mate

:drool::smokin: