jackal2513
Baku
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Is this sort of thing commonplace these days ? Maybe i've been away from TD's too long but I found this quite shocking i.e. that someone would bait a rival car on a trackday, purposely not pass them to make them 'race' and then afterward make a public video about it with the title "my car vs. your car" and even edit the video to repeat a small mistake by the other car in slow motion. Apart from the sheer embarrassment of doing something this puerile my main thought was that the GT3 driver is clearly a novice and just wants to be left the hell alone.
As i've been researching the Exige V6 recently I also stumbled across this on one of the forums:
"I tried to be friendly to the GT3 owner but I think he was getting a bit fed up of seeing green Lotus in his mirrors, now I know why! Probably thought it was the same car! He had a bit of a sense of humour failure after his moment at Copse (lovingly captured in slo mo super HD)
. The story goes, in the first encounter he just indicated for me to pass as soon as I got near him. A bit chicken I thought, I mean, doesn't he read Evo? A 2.7 Cayman is all you need to put a V6 Exige in its place! The second time he indicated right I wondered what might happen if I refused to pass. Happily it did the trick and off he shot. OK I know it's a bit childish but it was great fun from where I was sitting to compare the two cars. It also backed up what I previously thought, the Exige's weight advantage becomes really obvious under braking. But I would have thought it would have been fun for the GT3 driver too but after his moment I pulled alongside to give him the thumbs up he blanked me completely. Nevermind, I was having enough fun for the both of us! "
Blanked him ? I'm suprised he didn't get out and fill his face in ! Was the GT3 driver anyone on here ?
As i've been researching the Exige V6 recently I also stumbled across this on one of the forums:
"I tried to be friendly to the GT3 owner but I think he was getting a bit fed up of seeing green Lotus in his mirrors, now I know why! Probably thought it was the same car! He had a bit of a sense of humour failure after his moment at Copse (lovingly captured in slo mo super HD)
. The story goes, in the first encounter he just indicated for me to pass as soon as I got near him. A bit chicken I thought, I mean, doesn't he read Evo? A 2.7 Cayman is all you need to put a V6 Exige in its place! The second time he indicated right I wondered what might happen if I refused to pass. Happily it did the trick and off he shot. OK I know it's a bit childish but it was great fun from where I was sitting to compare the two cars. It also backed up what I previously thought, the Exige's weight advantage becomes really obvious under braking. But I would have thought it would have been fun for the GT3 driver too but after his moment I pulled alongside to give him the thumbs up he blanked me completely. Nevermind, I was having enough fun for the both of us! "Blanked him ? I'm suprised he didn't get out and fill his face in ! Was the GT3 driver anyone on here ?
