Steeps

It's not April 1st yet! 

I might turn up early, if you're all shit company then I'll pop next door to the cinema for a few hrs then come back later 
(then drive home because I'm too cheap to stay over)

I might turn up early, if you're all shit company then I'll pop next door to the cinema for a few hrs then come back later 
(then drive home because I'm too cheap to stay over)

Just to continue moaning about dealers I had the same one call me up as it flagged on their system my PCP was due to expire in 6 months time and now was the best time to get new car thoughts stuck in my head. Thought I'd play along as some other members had upgraded to Aero. The dealer wouldn't offer any figures over the phone for either a new car or my partex and promised a call back a week later to arrange a visit... No phone call.
So out of curiosity I plugged in what I wanted in CarWow (fully loaded Aero) and 2 dealers came up with a fairly reasonable price that was better than the "manager's special" Steven Eagell run twice a year (one of them was a SE dealer too!). To see how well the dealers knew their product I messaged 3 of them to say I was interested and their price was competitive... but could they get hold of one in blue like the Jap/Euro markets had. Only one dealer replied to say they couldn't do blue as it's not manufactured in that colour (Jap/Euro/NZ do!), the rest didn't reply to my questions at all.
I've learned the error of my ways, when I change car I'll probably buy from an owners club rather than new from dealer.

I get them all the time, what they "supposedly" do is they issue ~50-100 letters (yours is #48) from their database each month to offer a discount on a NEW car but you have to "reserve" your discount with the above code and car registration to talk to their head of sales about getting this exclusive not to be missed discount.
I called them out on it last time and I asked what the good news is about my existing vehicle was and the sales person kept repeating that I could trade it in for a new one with a discount, but wouldn't tell me the value over the phone... how is this good news for my existing car?
File it in the bin, if you want to trade in get a quote from anyone with a guide and go to carwow to buy.

I get them all the time, what they "supposedly" do is they issue ~50-100 letters (yours is #48) from their database each month to offer a discount on a NEW car but you have to "reserve" your discount with the above code and car registration to talk to their head of sales about getting this exclusive not to be missed discount.
I called them out on it last time and I asked what the good news is about my existing vehicle was and the sales person kept repeating that I could trade it in for a new one with a discount, but wouldn't tell me the value over the phone... how is this good news for my existing car?
File it in the bin, if you want to trade in get a quote from anyone with a guide and go to carwow to buy.

If I'm along for the ride I'd like a room, stayed in far worse with work (and on TSS when no premierinn was available), could possibly make a weekend of it too.

This does happen. Mine used to do 12k a year but in January it racked up a massive 130 miles as I now walk to work 

Yes, even if you've done 10 trackdays I'd still recommend it as they can help with lines, braking zones etc and get you up to speed much quicker than you figuring it out for yourself.

It's on my doorstep, would be rude not to!
WIll book in later  :)

Many thanks for the support from Drivers' Club members who bought photos through the year. Was my first time covering track days rather than race spectating, depending on dates I'm hoping to cover next year too. If anyone is interested in a CD for the whole season that I've covered (2-6) send a PM.
Got this winter to build the site properly (was thrown together quickly due to short notice) and streamline processes so photos can be up within a few days, spent far more than I've earned and had a few sleepless nights but I've enjoyed it and I hope I've managed to capture what you'd expect from such an event  :)

Many thanks for the support from Drivers' Club members who bought photos through the year. Was my first time covering track days rather than race spectating, depending on dates I'm hoping to cover next year too. If anyone is interested in a CD for the whole season that I've covered (2-6) send a PM.
Got this winter to build the site properly (was thrown together quickly due to short notice) and streamline processes so photos can be up within a few days, spent far more than I've earned and had a few sleepless nights but I've enjoyed it and I hope I've managed to capture what you'd expect from such an event  :)

Many thanks for the support from Drivers' Club members who bought photos through the year. Was my first time covering track days rather than race spectating, depending on dates I'm hoping to cover next year too. If anyone is interested in a CD for the whole season that I've covered (2-6) send a PM.
Got this winter to build the site properly (was thrown together quickly due to short notice) and streamline processes so photos can be up within a few days, spent far more than I've earned and had a few sleepless nights but I've enjoyed it and I hope I've managed to capture what you'd expect from such an event  :)

Many thanks for the support from Drivers' Club members who bought photos through the year. Was my first time covering track days rather than race spectating, depending on dates I'm hoping to cover next year too. If anyone is interested in a CD for the whole season that I've covered (2-6) send a PM.
Got this winter to build the site properly (was thrown together quickly due to short notice) and streamline processes so photos can be up within a few days, spent far more than I've earned and had a few sleepless nights but I've enjoyed it and I hope I've managed to capture what you'd expect from such an event  :)

Need to stop this claim over chocolate payment before someone puts a Bounty on your heads!

If you drive your car for 2 hours a day, every day... that's 4 years of music only hearing each track once!

The other forum does it better..... 
*runs*

The other forum does it better..... 
*runs*

The other forum does it better..... 
*runs*

Few shots from the open day:
http://dansteeples.co.uk/portfolio/index.php/galleries/gt86-amber-performance-open-day.html

Preview galleries are up: http://sprintseries.dansteeples.co.uk/sprint-series/5-blyton-park-eastern.html
Will work on getting the individual galleries up ASAP but it's audit week at work and we've had a lot of new procedures to go over so I wanted to get something up quick rather than starting the sorting and running out of time.
A few comments from the weekend, I've invested my supercharger fund in new kit and the photos are much better than before (better "keeper" rate and no blurry messes)... all of you who say "I didn't see you out there", well I can see your eyes now and you all did! What I find worrying from this is in briefings you're told not to stare at the object you're trying to miss as you will hit it so were you all trying to kill me? Alex in #47 gave it a good shot (that poor cone didn't stand a chance)
Had a good weekend and looking forwards to Cadwell at the start of November 

Preview galleries are up: http://sprintseries.dansteeples.co.uk/sprint-series/5-blyton-park-eastern.html
Will work on getting the individual galleries up ASAP but it's audit week at work and we've had a lot of new procedures to go over so I wanted to get something up quick rather than starting the sorting and running out of time.
A few comments from the weekend, I've invested my supercharger fund in new kit and the photos are much better than before (better "keeper" rate and no blurry messes)... all of you who say "I didn't see you out there", well I can see your eyes now and you all did! What I find worrying from this is in briefings you're told not to stare at the object you're trying to miss as you will hit it so were you all trying to kill me? Alex in #47 gave it a good shot (that poor cone didn't stand a chance)
Had a good weekend and looking forwards to Cadwell at the start of November 

Preview galleries are up: http://sprintseries.dansteeples.co.uk/sprint-series/5-blyton-park-eastern.html
Will work on getting the individual galleries up ASAP but it's audit week at work and we've had a lot of new procedures to go over so I wanted to get something up quick rather than starting the sorting and running out of time.
A few comments from the weekend, I've invested my supercharger fund in new kit and the photos are much better than before (better "keeper" rate and no blurry messes)... all of you who say "I didn't see you out there", well I can see your eyes now and you all did! What I find worrying from this is in briefings you're told not to stare at the object you're trying to miss as you will hit it so were you all trying to kill me? Alex in #47 gave it a good shot (that poor cone didn't stand a chance)
Had a good weekend and looking forwards to Cadwell at the start of November 

Hoping to provide an upgrade for the quality of photos at Blyton Park eastern this weekend, had a few more sessions at the track to look for opportunities and also see where I could make improvements with the kit I was using... was eyeing up a supercharger after Christmas but blown the whole budget on camera stuff instead
Thought more Toyota people would have been there for the Sat with them being on the same weekend.

Hoping to provide an upgrade for the quality of photos at Blyton Park eastern this weekend, had a few more sessions at the track to look for opportunities and also see where I could make improvements with the kit I was using... was eyeing up a supercharger after Christmas but blown the whole budget on camera stuff instead
Thought more Toyota people would have been there for the Sat with them being on the same weekend.