Its here, its good and its freakin COOL

[apollyon25]

[quote="morgy"]
ok now you have her in the country come and get me i am only a few hours away in queentown and gagging for the atom rush again. If you are not free then send the the wife down 
[/quote]

Wheres your 275 then Morgy?

[Dave Fellows]

[quote="apollyon25"]
Was hoping to go to the Fraser day in Taupo on the 8th... but money is a little tight at the moment.
What, with buying a new house and all...


[/quote]

What does a track day go for in NZ these days? At Taupo for example.

[apollyon25]

$20 to join the Fraser Club
$100 per driver
$40 for dinner/AGM

[Alec]

That's cheap.

$20 to join the Fraser Club . . . .  £7.80
$100 per driver  . . . . . . . . . . . £39.00
$40 for dinner/AGM  . . . . . . . . £15.60

[KiwiXTR2]

[quote="Alec"]
That's cheap.

$20 to join the Fraser Club . . . .  £7.80
$100 per driver  . . . . . . . . . . . £39.00
$40 for dinner/AGM  . . . . . . . . £15.60
[/quote]
Most trackdays are $100 - $150 depending on who's running it, which track, and how many cars.

Some "open"days are even cheaper if you don't value your car . . . or your life. 

When you do the conversion from Pounds to the South Pacific Peso it's cheap as chips. 

[Alec]

[quote="KiwiXTR2"]
Most trackdays are $100 - $150 depending on who's running it, which track, and how many cars.
[/quote]

Trackdays can cost anywhere from about £100 - £375 over here (NZ $256 - $962)

[apollyon25]

(hahaha suckers!!!)

[dingo]

Insurance rate increases for the race school have been blamed at Pacific Raceways to justify considerable cost increases for
a track day held under their auspices. 

Now it stands at ~ $280 per car + driver #1, something less for an additional driver #2 in same car, (if sharing).

Car Club sponsored days are somewhat less costly for admission, but these are run (generally) with only cursory
inspections of the cars and there is an air of anarchy that worries me.

[apollyon25]

Where is this Dingo?

[dingo]

Where is this dingo, or where is this dingo ?
Answer to both is near Seattle WA.

http://www.pacificraceways.com/

In USA since 1985
I've been in your neck tho. 
I'm a PossumDown zealot.
Had a V nice Friend in Remuera a few years ago.
Got customers in Auckland, Otago and one other. 
I saw Andrew Mackie's first demonstrator in Auk. years ago now.

[wisp]

UK and US track days may be more expensive than in NZ but at least you can get some forms of insurance. If it involves a race track or motorsport event (club or competitive) the NZ insurance companies don't want anything to do with it.

[apollyon25]

General update:

Car is here, road legal and had a maiden run (Pip had her first ride) last night.
I will be squeezing in some short trips when and as time permits.

For those that arent 'in the know', we have just finished shifting house and are in the process of renovating the old one to rent out.
So my weekends will be spent looking longingly at the Atom in my garage as I head out the door to spend the next 8 hours sanding/painting etc.
Also a US customer is coming out to visit next week and I'll be spending considerably more time at work... and then finishing the renovations...

I was hoping to head down to the Fraser club track day this weekend, but thats not happening.
Similarly, I was intending on taking a week or two of annual leave and vanishing into the countryside...

Oh well.
Gotta pay for this expensive toy sitting in my garage somehow...

[morgy]

I sold my 275 in march before i started traveling around i put a depsoit down on a new 300 when i left.
So i am hoping to pick up my new one in may  all going well that is

[KiwiXTR2]

[quote="apollyon25"]
Car is here, road legal and had a maiden run (Pip had her first ride) last night.

I was hoping to head down to the Fraser club track day this weekend, but thats not happening.
[/quote]
! ! ! CONGRATULATIONS ! ! !  

Plenty of trackdays around when you get the chance.  Just make sure you get a recommendation for the better ones as some can be . . . a little random.

[wisp]

[quote="Bruce Fielding"]
Say goodbye to Jared, everyone... we won't be hearing from him for a while...
[/quote]

Jared who?