lol I can't believe this, sliq is right, you guys are hilarious, mountain from a mole hill. Do you actually think we are being serious with each other, challenging each other and so called "chest beating"? Since the beginning of the thread all people have been doing is joking around, telling people how to drive and showing people pictures of crashed cars (that latter two sounding like the government
).
Where has someone said, "hay bro ur car's sh*t I could beet u in a towgay challenge on putty rd." "Ur on!"
I think you're confusing our little group for another car manufacturer's.
The chances of crashing? how many mx5's have crashed on this road, divide that by how many cars of any make have crashed, I'd say its a very small percentage. Mx5's are not very powerful, have extremely good handling and aren't dríven by gorillas, we'll be fine, and if someone plants their car into the barrier, they'll have learnt something about their car or ability that would perhaps prevent them from plowing into a person or something dangerous later in life. Its not like an mx5 can actually go that fast in those short straights.
And look how tough the car is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTZl9V17U4YAnd who said anything about doing anything illegal? If you can hold the speed limit the whole way you're probably doing rather well. We are just driving on a road at a safe speed from point A to point B, for the purpose of having fun, we're not racing, plenty of us go to track days for that, this is just to enjoy the sights and a little g force.
I had to have a look at the road to see what it was like, and to be honest, it doesn't look anywhere near as bad as everyone makes it out to be, the road looks to be in good condition, there are barriers where they need to be, most of the corners aren't
that tight or blind and there is plenty of signage clearly showing what's next and the recommended speed to guide you, usually you can go almost double in an mx5 (assuming its still below the speed limit).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4EGrrzSgHYLooks to be a fantastic road, things I could see to be an issue is overtaking traffic (virtually impossible without a motor bike), fatigue, it just goes on forever (nothing we can't avoid by taking breaks, (are there places for that?), and thirdly peoples braking systems, since there are so many corners in succession with small straights in between the brakes are going to get pretty hot and if people have crap fluid or pads they're gonna find out one corner that they've overheated, the car won't stop and they plow into the wall.
I think everyone should make sure they have high temp brake fluid with no air in their brake systems before sunday so that nobody boils it and crashes. Fitting good pads would be a good idea too, never skimp on brakes.
STM its a shame you're pulling out because with your knowledge of the road we would be honoured if you could lead us. Somebody going an appropriate speed at the front forces everyone to take it easy as they have to keep a distance to the car in front, with you gone and nobody that knows the road and an appropriate speed you've effectively made it more dangerous for the people going.
And having said that, chances are I won't be brining my car on sunday anyway, I'll probably tag passenger with someone and take photos, or bring the swift.
). Just take note that I have NEVER dríven on this road (so no complaining about how slow I go).
