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Teaching the next generation
Posted: 22 Oct 2005, 14:22
by syncropaddy
Well someone has to do it .................
................ and what better way to spend a Saturday morning
He will want his own now
Posted: 22 Oct 2005, 17:55
by missusjen
Our 11 year old has driven ours round fields a couple of times - it's an altogether safer way of learning than a 2wd in Sainsburys car park........
especially when he set off in reverse......
Posted: 23 Oct 2005, 15:37
by Cate
Teaching the current generation of new owners would be a grand plan, when to use G or 1st, when to use the difflocks or not, as overuse of these at the wrong times can apparently lead to gear box collapse etc.
Posted: 23 Oct 2005, 23:22
by syncropaddy
Is that what happen to you at SP2 then?????
Posted: 24 Oct 2005, 07:44
by andyfreeze
Teaching the current generation of new owners would be a grand plan, when to use G or 1st, when to use the difflocks or not, as overuse of these at the wrong times can apparently lead to gear box collapse etc.
sounds like a fantastic plan, was nagging (mostly Jake) about this at Coney, seperate thread to discuss this or?
Posted: 24 Oct 2005, 08:15
by Diamond Hell
Sounds like a tech article to me. I'll post it somewhere....
Posted: 24 Oct 2005, 09:23
by missusjen
It WOULD be a damn good article actually........I know a lot of it comes from intuition, but you need a starting place from which to get the intuition.......if that makes sense......
Posted: 24 Oct 2005, 10:57
by HarryMann
Several of us became aware of this need right at the end of the Coney Farm meet.
It's definitely something we should take seriously, and to that end, it is something that I intend to discuss in more detail with the Syncronaut committee very soon.
Posted: 24 Oct 2005, 20:28
by syncropaddy
Its not about speed but all about momentum, positioning, mechanical sympathy and the ability to read the terrain.
Never go off road alone ................... they might never find you!!
Easy isnt it !!
Posted: 26 Oct 2005, 10:55
by airhead
Is that the place we went that time with Lutz, Andrew? We will have to give that one another go. Its a great track.
Posted: 26 Oct 2005, 18:23
by syncropaddy
Yes it is. Lutz has his Syncro back from the garage and might want to stretch its legs at the weekend..............................
Posted: 27 Oct 2005, 15:56
by airhead
Ill see if I can get out so! Not sure yet. I have a few things to do on the van over the weekend as well but I might put them off for a little while longer. Oh and I got my tracking done by the way. It was miles out apparrently.
Posted: 27 Oct 2005, 17:40
by HarryMann
I have a few things to do on the van over the weekend as well but I might put them off for a little while longer.
That's the spirit, don't let the b%$%*ds get you down...
Posted: 27 Oct 2005, 20:36
by syncropaddy
He is learning Clive, he is learning ...
Posted: 28 Oct 2005, 15:16
by airhead
HarryMann wrote:I have a few things to do on the van over the weekend as well but I might put them off for a little while longer.
That's the spirit, don't let the b%$%*ds get you down...
Ah well theyre fun things that I want to do, not things that have to be done so its no big deal. Im making the interior into a camper van. I bought all the wood to do it so I want to get started pretty soon.