AJPS
24th October 2012, 07:38 AM
So my friend and I were lucky enough to go to the 'ring...which included some 250 speed limited autobahn runs to get there
when we were looking at what car to drive i spied a couple of gt86s in the back of the garage.
I enquired about driving only to be told they were still testing them and they werent available yet as they had only been released in mid september (in germany)
they were dead stock apart from advan neova ad08s and race brake pads, 2200 kms on the clock.
I kept asking, and we left and came back later and I asked someone more senior and they eventually said we could take it...since the weather was good and we didnt seem like dickheads...
so we were one of the first members of the public to drive the car on the ring - never expected to be driving an 86 when I went there
anyway
it was amazing and took a flogging all day
car was neutral, balanced and confidence inspiring, even on the limit
felt settled through corners and chicanes at 180+
fun
rewarded good driving and punished mistakes (missing gears etc)
perhaps a little lacking in the mid range but still got to 215
for a car around the $30,000 price range that could do what it did is crazy.
And easily lapped under 10 mins bridge to gantry
I will upload some pics tomorrow
highly recommended/dream come true
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when we were looking at what car to drive i spied a couple of gt86s in the back of the garage.
I enquired about driving only to be told they were still testing them and they werent available yet as they had only been released in mid september (in germany)
they were dead stock apart from advan neova ad08s and race brake pads, 2200 kms on the clock.
I kept asking, and we left and came back later and I asked someone more senior and they eventually said we could take it...since the weather was good and we didnt seem like dickheads...
so we were one of the first members of the public to drive the car on the ring - never expected to be driving an 86 when I went there
anyway
it was amazing and took a flogging all day
car was neutral, balanced and confidence inspiring, even on the limit
felt settled through corners and chicanes at 180+
fun
rewarded good driving and punished mistakes (missing gears etc)
perhaps a little lacking in the mid range but still got to 215
for a car around the $30,000 price range that could do what it did is crazy.
And easily lapped under 10 mins bridge to gantry
I will upload some pics tomorrow
highly recommended/dream come true
http://imageshack.us/a/img10/2405/861p.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/10/861p.jpg/)
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