Fifth Gear tonight (12/12)

My ha'penny worth is:

1. My E30 M3 with KW2 suspension felt all at sea (excuse pun) at Anglesey which is what started an ongoing suspension episode - but I hadn't driven there before with previous Bilstein Sprintline fitted. It is a tight circuit compared to anything else in UK (even Cadwell).

2. When I've been getting instruction at trackdays I always let the instructor drive the car - it gives them a good feel for its behaviour. I've never felt that they are about to punt the car off (although always faster than me) as they have so much more experience of both the circuit & how cars behave at/near the limit

Would be up for a E30 M3 session at Anglesey though!

"...or how about a Total BMW challenge to Mercedes Enthusiast magazine - comparing lap times with 109e 16v variants.....there is a bond between these cars and am always amazed the comics haven't made more of it...just waiting for Octane to get there first and ask Mark Hales to compare evo sport with 190e evo 2 "

I can`t bring a Messerschmidt 109E to Anglesey because there`s nowhere to land, but I would be happy to bring my 190E 2.3 Cosworth in the name of historical research.

I'm afraid that wasn't my Merc- I borrowed it for a week from the Classic Car Club in London.  Great car though!

I would be interested in getting one but values seem to be pretty strong at the moment and I have my eye on an E36 M3 as a second car... plus I already have 3 other cars (not boasting- they're all pants!  106 track car in the middle of an engine swap, Scirocco that me and a mate have tidied up and we just need to get round to fitting a new windscreen for the MOT and a... brace yourselves... Rover 100 that I use for teaching my missus to drive and for going to Tesco.  Now that's a car that could lap Anglesey at a furious pace! )

Mallorcaman - is that Gavin? - how is the waterlogged submarine version of the M3?

Martin

I had my first experiance yesturday morning of a spirited Ka(k) owner, except they were driving a "works" VW transporter van.  

He was driving normal I guess, untill I passed him on a dual caridgeway when he decided to have a go. I drove along a bit quicker, but not too quick, so he could think even his van could stay with an E30 M3. That was until I came up behind a row of about 8 cars following a lorry. This was when I selected 3rd and passed all 9 vehicles, looked in my mirrors and the VW was attempting it too, although I think he only passed about 3 cars

Maybe, just maybe he now thinks a VW transporter van is no match for an E30 M3. I bet he wishes he was driving his Ford Ka(k)

piers66 wrote: 2. When I've been getting instruction at trackdays I always let the instructor drive the car - it gives them a good feel for its behaviour. I've never felt that they are about to punt the car off (although always faster than me) as they have so much more experience of both the circuit & how cars behave at/near the limit

Instructors while instructing will never drive a car at the limit, although it might feel that way. The are just much more comfortable around the limit. Has a lot to do with car control. Some racing driver setting times in front of race minded enthousiasts might push it just a little bit too much. Wouldn't want him to be in my car...

John

Greetings, reading some of the comments on this subject I feel a lot of dreams have been destroyed (including my own) with Tiffs lap times.

Perhaps in the last 18 years car technology has really moved forward, and we haven’t?

Hi Shoestring

I agree with your comments about the gearbox and it certainly was a major factor in putting me off the Merc at the time, but with two young kids i hankered after the four doors