E86 driven quite hard round the ring, an enjoyable watch:
https://youtu.be/SELZzQ3qMlI?si=VS0REJUU6E1kpYFB
https://youtu.be/SELZzQ3qMlI?si=VS0REJUU6E1kpYFB
Misha takes E86 3.0si round Nurbergring
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Great looking carbon black 'Alpina'. Amazing driving skills on display. He drove that car like a casual sunday outing 
Can't say I'm a huge fan of his content but no doubt he knows his way around there. I'd expect someone like him would take a good 30s off my 8min wobble round there (i'm pretty much a novice there with <20 laps I think), but no, I wouldn't lend him my car for the 'likes' to find out! 
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A good demonstration of left foot braking...
davep10000 said:
You reckon? I always look at his pedal cam and think 'if there's that much time off the throttle you don't need to be left foot braking there" :lol:
I was always under the impression left foot braking was only advantageous to use when you were braking hard for a corner you don't need to change gear for, or in situations where you'd want to trail up to the apex with a little throttle in to get the nose in or to get the car starting to rotate. Or more in FWD Cars with a diff, riding the brakes with a bit of throttle as well to get the diff hooked up from turn in through the apex.
Feel free to correct me there, it's honestly not a skill I've mastered!
TomK said:Can't say I'm a huge fan of his content but no doubt he knows his way around there. I'd expect someone like him would take a good 30s off my 8min wobble round there (i'm pretty much a novice there with <20 laps I think), but no, I wouldn't lend him my car for the 'likes' to find out!
I'd say a low 8 is a respectable time Tom, particularly so considering the number of laps you've done!
I haven't done a trackday there, only just the one TF weekend last year. I didn't get a clear lap of the 6 I did over the weekend (mostly traffic/yellow flags, and of course my self-induced pirouette at youtube corner on the last lap :lol: ) but my rough theoretical was looking at about 8m4Xsecs-ish on road tyres (MPSS). Now I know the rear tyres were 8 years old and had done a handful trackdays in that time, I think with the new AD09s on it should be a) easier to pedal, and b) a chunk quicker!
I'm not going there for laptimes (particularly on TF days that's just a bad idea), but I'll be curious to see how the old nail goes this year
By the way, I'm looking at another Donny evening session 29th April by the way if you're knocking about
Also hoping to get Anglesey in this year (finally!) but dates tbc on that one.
Ed Doe said:
What size are you buying ed? I'd love to get a set having just junked my 'wet set' of arc8 which never got used. By luck or whatever ar-1 have been fine for the last 10/15 days I've done, but ad09 ticks all the boxes, if only they did a bloody 235/40 18, which is like one of the most common sizes, pfff.
I know the correct answer is to get a052 but I'm too tight. 1400ish for a set that by all accounts don't last that long, eugh.
Side return, loft -1 , trackdays - 0 this year I think, let's see!Ed Doe said:By the way, I'm looking at another Donny evening session 29th April by the way if you're knocking about
TomK said:Ed Doe said:
What size are you buying ed? I'd love to get a set having just junked my 'wet set' of arc8 which never got used. By luck or whatever ar-1 have been fine for the last 10/15 days I've done, but ad09 ticks all the boxes, if only they did a bloody 235/40 18, which is like one of the most common sizes, pfff.
I know the correct answer is to get a052 but I'm too tight. 1400ish for a set that by all accounts don't last that long, eugh.
Side return, loft -1 , trackdays - 0 this year I think, let's see!Ed Doe said:By the way, I'm looking at another Donny evening session 29th April by the way if you're knocking about
You certainly looked like you were going very well at Donny last year - was that on Ar1s or MRF? Impressive that you managed so many days on a set, that's a decent innings to be honest!
I got 245/40/18 Front & 265/40/18 Rear on the AD09s. We'd talked before about what a pain 265/40 was to get hold of for the rear, but I do prefer it to a 255/40 or 265/35. Anyway, either way the AD09s were a decent price from Darkside developments in the end after a bit of shopping around. Not driven the car yet but will report back in April after Donny - you're welcome to have a go in it if you're about (and if trackdays have evened up the score vs the loft :lol: )