Great day out at ADI
As one who took part in the track day, I would like to say thanks to Neil for organising/publicising this event and to fellow A8 owners who are such a friendly and informed group of people. Made to feel very welcome (even as the only D3) and embarrassed it wasn't as clean as most there, but it did go well on track with 120mph showing in several places.
To misquote david's 8 I think - the wonderful smell of hot brakes when car returned to paddock! Yes they got very hot and took a few laps to settle in after a frightening "will she stop or not" at the chicane, but 8 sessions (nearly 2 hours track time) with my son in law and it kept taking the punishment. Undertray dropped and dragged on ground (removed) and we have a small oil leak to investigate.
For any other track day novices, have a go and get the instructor, David da Costa to go out with you and improve your driving style. For £15 quid, best instruction I ever had and same price as a track session.
Looking forward to next year already! Any one who has photos of my car on track, would love to see them. Fairly sure it was the biggest vehicle on the track actually driving competitively.
Thanks to everyone.
Richardracer
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