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Frenchrafe
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SEP 16, 10:39 PM
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Yes, "urban rodeos" are a problem here.
Idiots in cars or on bikes, tearing up some open road for fun, are making it harder to get permission for legitimate events.
We don't seem to have reached the levels of the "Stockholm Open" in terms of illegal street racing; the idiots don't have the organisational skills to pull off such a stunt.
However, they are giving a bad name to car related events.
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"Turbo Slug" - '87 Fiero GT. 3800 turbo. - The fastest Fiero in France! @turboslugfiero
https://youtu.be/hUzOAeyWLfM[This message has been edited by Frenchrafe (edited 09-16-2025).]
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Patrick
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SEP 17, 12:22 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Frenchrafe:
Idiots in cars or on bikes, tearing up some open road for fun, are making it harder to get permission for legitimate events.
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So instead of providing "legitimate events" for gear heads (responsible ones as well as idiots) to get it out of their system, the authorities there are making it more difficult to race legally? Whomever's in charge has their approach ass backwards. 
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Frenchrafe
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SEP 17, 05:44 AM
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Another problem is the cost of a trackday. With the entry fee and the insurance, you have to have a little disposable income here to do these events.
The kind of people who do the stupid things on open roads would never put down a couple of hundred euros to participate. Most of them, when caught, have no car insurance, have lost their driving licence and the car is not even roadworthy (MOT/contrรดle technique)!
I'm sorry to say that we have our fair share of "europeen rednecks" / loosers...------------------
"Turbo Slug" - '87 Fiero GT. 3800 turbo. - The fastest Fiero in France! @turboslugfiero
https://youtu.be/hUzOAeyWLfM
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Frenchrafe
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SEP 21, 12:05 PM
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Patrick
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SEP 21, 05:52 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Frenchrafe:
Unfortunately, rather bad weather for a lot of the time.
We did manage to get some runs in between the showers!
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That's a shame about the weather.
What was the purpose of the stoppage at the end of the track? It looked like you were being pulled over for speeding! lol
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Frenchrafe
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SEP 22, 12:15 AM
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We did the runs in batches of 8 cars at a time. (4 runs)
Once the 8 stopped at the bottom end, the track was closed to alow us to drive back up.๐
The Guiscriff aerodrome doesn't have a ring road / taxi lane.
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"Turbo Slug" - '87 Fiero GT. 3800 turbo. - The fastest Fiero in France! @turboslugfiero
https://youtu.be/hUzOAeyWLfM[This message has been edited by Frenchrafe (edited 09-22-2025).]
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Patrick
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SEP 22, 12:34 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Frenchrafe:
Once the 8 stopped at the bottom end, the track was closed to alow us to drive back up.๐
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Ah... I was wondering about that.
Was that first video a rolling start?
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Frenchrafe
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SEP 22, 02:58 AM
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They did the rolling starts in the saturday afternoon in order to not have too many cars sliding!
The Audi TT video was in the saturday morning just before the track got really soaked.
I did one other standing start run just afterwards that morning, but I nearly touched the concrete seperators with the back end! (I forfeited the run and let the other car win; too slippery for me!)
You can see in the BMW video (rolling start, saturday afternoon) that the Fiero still spins it's backend out towards the left when I floor it!
The track never got dry enough for me to feel safe. Which is why I didn't race on sunday.
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"Turbo Slug" - '87 Fiero GT. 3800 turbo. - The fastest Fiero in France! @turboslugfiero
https://youtu.be/hUzOAeyWLfM[This message has been edited by Frenchrafe (edited 09-22-2025).]
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Frenchrafe
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SEP 22, 07:00 AM
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3rd video of the runs:
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"Turbo Slug" - '87 Fiero GT. 3800 turbo. - The fastest Fiero in France! @turboslugfiero
https://youtu.be/hUzOAeyWLfM
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Frenchrafe
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SEP 22, 03:18 PM
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And the one where the Fiero gets spanked by the Audi TT Quattro ๐
You can't win them all! ๐------------------
"Turbo Slug" - '87 Fiero GT. 3800 turbo. - The fastest Fiero in France! @turboslugfiero
https://youtu.be/hUzOAeyWLfM
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