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Smart Car on track again

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:02 pm
by Fast Eddy
Well, I wanted to do Cadwell Park again this year and my normal track cars either need trailering or are very sensitive to tyres depending on the weather so I decided to just take the back seats out of the Brabus and just drive up there and drive it straight out on track as it had been so good at Snetterton recently
It was damp to start with, but the no too intrusive abs/traction control on the Brabus handled it well. So much so that an Evo let me past!
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It started to dry out and the fun began, I caught up an Elise and it was holding me up until he lost it on a corner and spun out. Then I had a Civic Type R and then this
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A normal Porsche Cayman, not an S.
The only thing I could not keep up with was a Mk1 Focus RS which was probably not standard, so I will not get too upset about that as I was in an almost standard Smart car lol.

Re: Smart Car on track again

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:06 pm
by Fast Eddy
Oh, and do I get a prize for achieving this in a Smart Car.
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I had to disconnect the battery to try to clear an engine check light that came on for some reason so it reset the computer. This mpg included a drive and wait in the pits and a warm up lap of course, then a cool down lap and cool down in the pits so god knows what it was actually doing on track. Must have been single figures. These are renowned for running a bit rich, but that is ridiculous for a modern 1.5 turbo. The remap should improve power and economy!

Eddy

Re: Smart Car on track again

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:04 am
by pablo
Sounds like you had a good day there Eddy, but 11.8 mpg :eek: