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Butler
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26th Aug 08 at 20:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
whats your point?

RCS, as I say you can get a race ready car for as cheap as 2k, entry is about 150-200 iirc, races are about 15-20mins
RCS
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26th Aug 08 at 20:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Registration Fee £50
Membership Fee £75

Race Entry £160ish for 18mins, can't see how long practice is.

You also have to consider how much it costs to get you in the car - licence, helmet, suit etc.
Robin
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26th Aug 08 at 20:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Don't forget the cost of all the stuff you need to take with you to the races, you can't just turn up with the car, you need spares, spare wheels/tyres, fuel, tools, a trailer, a tow car, all sorts.

It all adds up very fast and then it's not so cheap anymore
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my mate runing his MR2 was spending £800 a meeting without an issue
Butler
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Yeah its all very expensive unfortunately
RCS
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Our last meeting we spent about £1k.

Tyres are our main issue. The man that signs the cheques doesn't understand why we need them so often at £100 a tyre.
Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
my mate runing his MR2 was spending £800 a meeting without an issue


The guy with the M3 we've been supporting spent £45k this year, before the first race
Robin
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quote:
Originally posted by RCS
Our last meeting we spent about £1k.

Tyres are our main issue. The man that signs the cheques doesn't understand why we need them so often at £100 a tyre.



What are you using?
RCS
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Yokohama A048R's.

Only bought one set this season. Also managed to get a few part worn's for free. And rain at every race has seen them last!
Butler
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Shouldnt you get discounts on tyres!?
Robin
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How are they? I was debating getting them instead of the R888s but wasn't sure as a lot more people go for the Toyos
Rick Draper
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TBH i recon he started the accident, you see him clip the back of the other car and then it spears him. I recon it could easily have spat him onto the grass and from there on the other driver was always going to be a passanger.
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26th Aug 08 at 21:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Only ever used them so can't compare really. They seem to suit our car quite well.

Spoke to someone using the Toyo's and they were running them 10psi more than us when hot. Going to suggest using this tyre at some point as it'd be good to get some new tyre data.

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