Took my Exige to the Pistonheads VMAX day at Bruntingthorpe yesterday. First time I have been able to really give it some stick.
Absolutely amazing, The level of grip through the corners was simply phonomenal. It was one of the quickest cars through the bends all day and when you consider the line up included 2 Murcielago’s loads of 911 Turbo’s GT2’s GT3’s, an Ultima, 2 BMW M3 CSL’s and a Ford GT it was even more impressive.
There was one long sweeping left hander that you could take at 125 and it was fantastic.
The Stage 2 and ITG sounded superb as well, it even held its own noise wise against a Tubi equipped 360
I did manage to breach the lofty grip levels once though while getting a bit over ambitious against a 911 Turbo.
Short clip of it here:
http://www.sleepy-fish.com/sleepy/the_spin.wmv
The camera angle is deceptive as I was quite a long way from the Porsche. Only 2 cars go together and just do 1 lap each at a time. You have to stay in your own half of the runway so theres plenty of room as its 60 metres wide.
Cant wait to get out on track again now even though my rear tyres are looling a bit dodgy after 3,500 miles (1,000 of which were gentle running in miles)