WR1 Owners Club

Posted: **Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:59 pm**

Looks like we will end up with approx 18 cars for the track,so the 6 people who have travelled the farthest can kick things off and then we can change every 1/2 hour or so,the main thing is to make sure everyone gets a decent go,if you have problems with your car pull it away from the track so you can be replaced,above all have a good day and Rosy and me are looking forward to seeing you all.
Subaru UK will not be attending as they have pig flu,they do have one of their guys bringing a car to our gate so we can slip him in where possible.

Posted: **Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:25 am**

My car is going to be the dirtiest there as it's pissin down here so may have to find a car wash on the way there,

Just leaving in 10mins

Posted: **Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:43 am**

Foley wrote:My car is going to be the dirtiest there as it's pissin down here so may have to find a car wash on the way there,

Just leaving in 10mins

I washed my car yesterday and its chucked it down overnight. Since the roads are wet as soon as I get on the motorway the car will be covered in shite, so i will be battling with you for the dirty car award

Posted: **Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:35 pm**

See you all around 8am at the shell station,here is my mob again......
07813346525

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:12 am**

sorry couldnt make it today my parents are over from spian

have fun

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:35 am**

Hope you all have a cracking day, apologies for not being able to make it, and for circumstances beyond my control meaning I couldn't do the magazine featured we'd hoped for. :cry:

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:09 pm**

Well BIG thanks to the ppl who made this happen .. To Rosyb & Chris b

To day was awsome .. first time i done bruntingthopre.. was ace .. Hope.d i did my lil bit to make some money for charity

cheers guys good to see you all

Rocko

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:21 pm**

Yep,

My thanks to Rosy & Chris, A truly great day :wow:

and a bonus was meeting more of the new member who turned up

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:38 pm**

big thanks to Chris and Rosie, absolutely awesome day

, thought I had totaled a set of tyres but coming off when I did and then a steady cruise hame the look good now

Great to here we manage to raise a load for charity.

Great embarasing so called exotica in the corners

and just realised I was still running soft setting on the coil overs!! Doh!!

4x4 course with WR1Bro, his wife and little lad was hilarous and the finally got me wet LOL.

Hope fully heres to next year

I will explain the name in a diffent thread (lots of people where asking LOL) said it sounded angry!!!

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:10 pm**

Well ,what a great day,we raised Â£900 from our gate which was super,great to meet all you guys,old and new,I have to say we have a great club,sad that Woza,Kev,Geoff,Robstopper, Robin could not make it,and my mate Martin with his engine problems,but the day was so good,best one yet,Spad has taken loads of photos 400+,James,you are a track animal.......
I could go on but once again thanks to you all for coming and making the day so bloody good.
Big hand to Foley for making the long trip down from Bonnie Scotland.

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:28 pm**

A huge thanks is on the cards for chris and rosy b for the fantastic organisation as usuall and also for all the money they both donated aswell! Fantastic people!

Was great to meet new faces even though I didn't have a wr1, pasty I really feel gutted for you mate but it will be back stronger and quicker than ever I'm sure .

It was also great to show the public the true colours of the imprezas , I think they shocked lots of people with the super car slaying antics!

All in all an awesome day and a credit to you guys and ur cars

Cheers
James ( black hawkeye)

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:33 pm**

As above, a superb day and great to meet other members and put faces to names

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:35 pm**

Well said James,I think some of the super cars did have a shock with the scoobys kicking ass,the new guys to the track,Bro,280,Rocko,mega and dad-in-law did us proud,Firehawk lived up to his name,I'm sitting here smiling just thinking about the day.
The guys in charge were well pleased with us and we had 12 cases of fruit juice given to us before we left to lead a convoy of TVRs back to the shell station where we began the day.
We were also a major hit with the ATC boys and girls.
I'm knackered,just had a take-away now off to bed to hold hands with Rosy and talk dirty to her,thats all we do at our age,thanks again and good night you were all bloody great and you'll be going to heaven,not yet though.

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:37 pm**

Thanks as always to Chris and Rosy. Yet another superb event.

I had some fantastic passenger laps with Firehawk (Andy), Autotecnica (Adam) and Rocko. All three of you are mentally detached from life... but boy you all made me smile. I actually learnt a lot from you all too. After a couple of laps my confidence grew and grew. Some of the comments from taking people round made it all worth it. One mother and her young lad were telling me how good the Skyline and Ferrari were.... Then they told me I was crazy... Naturally I pointed them in the direction of the other Subaru drivers.

Didn't get a chance to have a run in the black STi. Really nice lad. I also owe Mac an apology as I didn't get to say hello properly. When we first bumped into each other I was a little preoccupied with preparing for my first few laps. Same rudeness was shown to Danr55. Sorry guys.

Great to briefly meet some new guys, Foley and Mark.

My best tip, don't worrying about "finding your lines".... Mix it up and it makes each lap like a new track!!!

Thanks to all.

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:40 pm**

Chris B wrote:I'm knackered,just had a take-away now off to bed to hold hands with Rosy and talk dirty to her,thats all we do at our age

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:41 pm**

Glad U all had a great day and made plenty of dosh for charity !
Im gutted i couldnt make it this time due to car probs i was really looking forward to the day and catchin up with everyone usually its the best meet of the year ! I will have to wait another year Doooohhhh !
Keep up the good work Chris and Rosy !

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:53 pm**

Thats me and kirsty just home and what a great day we had,
Also good to meet such nice people,

Loved the time on the track i was all over the place
on the first couple of laps :lol:

Then i got use to the track and it was awsome,

Sorry to see martins cars fook up like that hope
you get it fixed soon mate,

Thanks rosy and chris for a great day,

Had to travel 700 mile round journey but was well worth it,

Can't wait till next year,

Think my accent was a bit strong for some of yous to understand :rofl:

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:21 pm**

Thanks Chris and Rosy for arranging another great event at Bruntingthorpe. I had a whale of a time on the track and improved the handling of my car by pushing a little further each time. I was surprised what the WR1 could keep up with and overtake. I managed to overtake a Lotus Exige R, Skyline (old one), and amazingly both Lambos. I dont know if they eased off or if the WR1 is actually seriously quick out of the box. I dont have any power increasing mods and was getting 135 down the straight consistently by waiting until I was fully on the straight to let rip. Towards the middle of the day I started booting it from the first set of S's on the back straight and managed to get up to 140-143ish but then had to jump on the brakes to stop in time. The AP brakes lived up to their reputation and didnt fade at all despite not being given time to cool down. All in all very impressed with the day and all the other attractions of the day. It was good to meet everyone on Saturday night and have a few drinks with you all. Roll on next years event!

Posted: **Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:49 pm**

great day had by us too, sorry for not getting to talk to everyone or say bye to everyone but had a great day managed superbly as ever by chris and rosy

looking forward to next year.

Rocko, well impressed with your car, first time i've been in a car with exe-tc and very impressed indeed

Chris, just remember I'm at the front of the queue when you sell your car in 10 years time :wink:

Posted: **Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:20 am**

I had a great day and it was a pleasure meeting you folks that I had not met

I am a tad buggered now as I was absolutely trollied Fri night and had hang over from hell on Sat... Then got up at silly am BUT enjoyed it immensely...

Photo's to follow soon

EDIT: I am retard and can't spell

Posted: **Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:53 am**

Looking forward to seeing the photo's Spad.

Posted: **Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:50 am**

Fact of the weekend

I filled up with V-Power before the track, so much so that the car was overflowing - ignored the normal petrol clicks...

Track was about 8 miles away... went on track got back to shell on vapours and looked at the trip - 58 miles.

I put 49.83L of fuel back in when i got back to Shell...

58 - 16 gentle miles to the track = 42 Miles... if you do the maths the car was doing under 5MPG on the track!

Can anyone beat that? :shock:

Posted: **Mon Aug 03, 2009 10:53 am**

Megaman wrote:Fact of the weekend

I filled up with V-Power before the track, so much so that the car was overflowing - ignored the normal petrol clicks...

Track was about 8 miles away... went on track got back to shell on vapours and looked at the trip - 58 miles.

I put 49.83L of fuel back in when i got back to Shell...

58 - 16 gentle miles to the track = 42 Miles... if you do the maths the car was doing under 5MPG on the track!

Can anyone beat that?

I didn't measure the miles or fuel... but I could see the needle dropping each lap. For the record the Scooby tank holds more like 60 litres iirc. Needle says empty, but you could have managed another 2-3 laps.

Posted: **Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:12 am**

WR1 Bro wrote:
Megaman wrote:Fact of the weekend

I filled up with V-Power before the track, so much so that the car was overflowing - ignored the normal petrol clicks...

Track was about 8 miles away... went on track got back to shell on vapours and looked at the trip - 58 miles.

I put 49.83L of fuel back in when i got back to Shell...

58 - 16 gentle miles to the track = 42 Miles... if you do the maths the car was doing under 5MPG on the track!

Can anyone beat that?

Ah thats worth knowing as the line was below the bottom white line as i limped back to shell on low revs.. thought i was gonna run out.

I didn't measure the miles or fuel... but I could see the needle dropping each lap. For the record the Scooby tank holds more like 60 litres iirc. Needle says empty, but you could have managed another 2-3 laps.

Posted: **Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:17 am**

RB320 VS WR1 Stats :shock:

Full tank of V Power for both cars in the morning.
Both trips reset to 0.
After track:
RB320 = 52 Miles
WR1 = 58 Miles

Cost to refuel:
RB320 = Â£27
WR1 = Â£54

Tyre Wear Before Track
RB320 = Medium Wear
WR1 = Medium Wear

Tyre Wear After Track
RB320 = 1 bald tyre / 3 very low
WR1 = all Low Wear / none bald

So the torquier RB320 uses less fuel but seems to shred tyres a lot quicker than the WR1... Interesting :idea:

Posted: **Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:22 am**

That's a big difference in fuel usage!! :shock:

Posted: **Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:28 am**

He said he was redlining it down the straight too and getting 140-143 out of it... my top speed was 135-140 depending on the speed i entered the straight - mine too was redlining.

Posted: **Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:45 am**

Megaman wrote:RB320 VS WR1 Stats

Full tank of V Power for both cars in the morning.
Both trips reset to 0.
After track:
RB320 = 52 Miles
WR1 = 58 Miles

Cost to refuel:
RB320 = Â£27
WR1 = Â£54

Tyre Wear Before Track
RB320 = Medium Wear
WR1 = Medium Wear

Tyre Wear After Track
RB320 = 1 bald tyre / 3 very low
WR1 = all Low Wear / none bald

So the torquier RB320 uses less fuel but seems to shred tyres a lot quicker than the WR1... Interesting

I'm not sure you can really draw a lot from these figures. There are too many "between car" variables involved.

Posted: **Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:49 am**

okay fair enough :lol:

Posted: **Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:54 pm**

Megaman wrote:okay fair enough

What I want to know is why you weren't at the Ford event at Silverstone. We passed millions of Fords, including at least 15 new RS. You would have been in heaven :rofl:

Don't worry I gave them lots of hassle on your behalf with the missus and little one asleep on the way home

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