Deacon 1357 Report post Posted October 10, 2016 9 minutes ago, Lauren said: That's a good deal on the track insurance to be fair. Also a good quote. Mine never seems to go under £600, but it has 30K miles insurance and a lot of that is business. Ironic that this year I've done hardly any due to working locally. Mines business class 1 use but a lot less miles. The track cover is stunning - I don't think there are any of the other insurers I've come across that even come near it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shiftspark 41 Report post Posted October 10, 2016 I managed track insurance with Moris that had a £750 excess witch was half of everyone else. Chris Knott dont do trackday cover so I may switch to Greenlight as I want to do more trackdays. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon 1357 Report post Posted October 10, 2016 32 minutes ago, shiftspark said: I managed track insurance with Moris that had a £750 excess witch was half of everyone else. Chris Knott dont do trackday cover so I may switch to Greenlight as I want to do more trackdays. I had quotes from Morris etc but they wanted around £150 an event which made the Greenlight quote seem like such a bargain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
surrey86 352 Report post Posted October 10, 2016 I went with Greenlight about a month ago for the £45 track day cover too, paying a similar amount to you. Makes trackdays a lot cheaper if you insure The excess is double your normal. In my case it makes the excess 600 on track. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shiftspark 41 Report post Posted October 10, 2016 Looks like I will be moving to Greenlight if they will have me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon 1357 Report post Posted October 10, 2016 1 hour ago, maurice said: I went with Greenlight about a month ago for the £45 track day cover too, paying a similar amount to you. Makes trackdays a lot cheaper if you insure The excess is double your normal. In my case it makes the excess 600 on track. Interesting on the excess - I was told it's a flat £1000 now rather than double excess which is a shame Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
surrey86 352 Report post Posted October 10, 2016 21 minutes ago, Deacon said: Interesting on the excess - I was told it's a flat £1000 now rather than double excess which is a shame That is interesting, I was told specifically double and part of the basis of taking the policy. I rang up a week or so ago to book the days insurance but was told they only do it a few days beforehand... 1 Deacon reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon 1357 Report post Posted October 10, 2016 5 minutes ago, maurice said: That is interesting, I was told specifically double and part of the basis of taking the policy. I rang up a week or so ago to book the days insurance but was told they only do it a few days beforehand... @Keethos mentioned they'd said double excess to him too so hopefully the chap I spoke to just had it wrong 🖒 1 surrey86 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
surrey86 352 Report post Posted October 10, 2016 I'll find out in a couple weeks time. Tbh what you've said doesn't sound beyond the realms of possibility as it is strange they wouldn't take my money a month in advance. Perhaps as it's a new scheme the underwriters are still finding their feet with the risk. Still wouldn't be impressed if terms got changed tho! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keethos 842 Report post Posted October 12, 2016 Yeah like maurice, mine was £300 excess and they said multiple times that track is double the road excess, when I was speaking to Ad about my renewal, he didn't mention anything about a change in the track day policy side. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon 1357 Report post Posted October 22, 2016 Had a lot of fun at Curborough today and it was nice to do something relatively normal after the last few weeks! Video of one of today's laps:- 1 Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon 1357 Report post Posted October 24, 2016 Just thought I'd do a bit of an update on the Motons as I've been meaning to but not got around to it. Currently they're on a 7/8 spring rate. I'm at Moton today and were going to alter it probably to 6/8 as the 7/8 frequency seems too similar which gives a little bobbling. I've driven on them quite a lot now. The low speed damping is sublime (which is what race dampers always excel on - even the ohlins TTX state they are specifically designed for low speed damping) as this is what you get at high speeds. The high speed damping (what you feel at low speeds and on sharp impacts e.g. Potholes) is a little harsh though. Again this is pretty much par for the course on high end stuff. Moton are going to increase the size of the bleed holes today which should help with the high speed damping. There is also a clunk when high speed damping is taking place. It seems after looking into every other option over the last few months that's its actually internal to the dampers so they're going to have a look at this today too and see if there needs to be a slight change to the internals design for the 86. So would I recommend them? For entirely road use no - but I think you'd have to be pretty bonkers to spend that amount just for the road. I think flex a's would still be my road recommendation even though they are a little too soft and will bottom out - something the Motons are yet to do. If you use the car on track then 100% yes - the control they provide is sublime - curbs can be used with abandon! I'll update again after the next round of additions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alucardo 55 Report post Posted October 24, 2016 Just read from start to finish very nice indeed. Your motons look sweet. Slightly concerning regarding the 3k rear spring set up being crashy. Was it more crashy that standard? 1 Deacon reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
surrey86 352 Report post Posted October 24, 2016 On 12/10/2016 at 4:19 PM, Keethos said: Yeah like maurice, mine was £300 excess and they said multiple times that track is double the road excess, when I was speaking to Ad about my renewal, he didn't mention anything about a change in the track day policy side. I've just booked mine for Donnington, excess was double (so 300 x 2) as they said it would be. Also added a few mods for free at the same time, good company. 2 Keethos and Deacon reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon 1357 Report post Posted October 24, 2016 2 hours ago, alucardo said: Just read from start to finish very nice indeed. Your motons look sweet. Slightly concerning regarding the 3k rear spring set up being crashy. Was it more crashy that standard? To be honest it's been so long since I've been on the standard suspension I'd be hard pushed to say! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon 1357 Report post Posted October 25, 2016 Winter tyres were fitted to the wheels today and will hopefully be fitted to the car on Thursday or Friday as I'm knackered! 1 Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tareim 343 Report post Posted October 25, 2016 Looking forwards to seeing them fitted to see how they look Sent from my XT1572 using Tapatalk 1 Deacon reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon 1357 Report post Posted October 25, 2016 19 minutes ago, Tareim said: Looking forwards to seeing them fitted to see how they look Sent from my XT1572 using Tapatalk They're chunky buggers! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tareim 343 Report post Posted October 25, 2016 As chunky as the ones on my 5? Sent from my XT1572 using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon 1357 Report post Posted October 25, 2016 1 minute ago, Tareim said: As chunky as the ones on my 5? Sent from my XT1572 using Tapatalk When I stood them next to the current wheels they look enormous! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shiftspark 41 Report post Posted October 25, 2016 Is it cold enough yet for winters ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon 1357 Report post Posted October 25, 2016 5 minutes ago, shiftspark said: Is it cold enough yet for winters ? On my way to work in the mornings it is and as I know the WRA3's will happily handle at least 32 degrees and be fine then I'm happy to switch. I usually do winters in October half term and back to summers in the Easter holiday. 1 shiftspark reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon 1357 Report post Posted October 25, 2016 This also arrived today:- Big thanks to @James@Amber for the excellent, speedy service as always! 3 Keethos, K8nyx and shiftspark reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deacon 1357 Report post Posted October 27, 2016 Finally managed to get my winters fitted. Just need to get used to the three fold loss of grip from going to brand new winters from track day tyres. 2 Ade and Keethos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom B 44 Report post Posted October 27, 2016 Looks good Jeff Do you get much scraping with it being so low? Would like to lower mine some more but don't want it to be impractical. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
