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Title: At Perce-Neige Post by Mark-7 on 02/11/9 at 11:55:18 I just wanted to share a bit about my first rally event for a little review from the experienced guys and some inspiration to those looking at getting into it. I posted this same message on the MCO forum if some of you are seeing double. So quick summary of the weekend: -Thursday night arrive car is screeching like mad Friday recce in a PT cruiser with all seasons (woah) -Friday night rebuild front end of Subaru. Thanks to Ian at Planet Motor Sports these guys are awesome! -Saturday morning get set up have 1 flat on 1 of the tractionised tires -At parc exposee find water pump leak and fill with "stop leak" and coolant -Lots huge amounts of time on Stage 5/10 due to to flat tires. Second time I just ran with it and first time I ran with it and then changed it. -I stuffed it in stage 6 for crash avoidance. -Second maintenance started to run out of time when installing lights and changing tires around. I ended up running the tractionised on the front and the snow in the rear which lead to lots of fun on Farley 2. Lesson's Learned: -When changing tires have tire that needs changing toward the inside of the road -Invest in a jack better then OEM -Possibly a Hammer drill in car could save major time -in car lighting important for reading notes at night -don't miss corners when doing recce no matter how insignificant. -book hotels early and don't try to drive home from the event. -if you ever get a bad feeling on a run take it easy because something will go wrong. - Was a good first rally lots of things went wrong but c'est la vie! Thanks to everyone that helped us! 30/40 I look forward to Shannonville stages . Anyone else have any rally lessons learned that they could pass on? |
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