Something Ive always fancied doing, but never got round to it. Anyone done one, did you like? Which one did you do?

 

 

Barry.

Barry - yep I did one last year. Was organised by

 

http://www.intotheblue.co.uk/rally-driving.shtml#rallyoxon

 

Was good fun, but the day was beset by techinical problems. There were about 6 of us and 1 car on an old disused airfield. After a bit of instruction I said i'd go first, so off I went and did some handbrake turns around some cones, which was great when i got the hang of it. But as time wore on and more people had a go, air was getting into the handbrake line and eventually they lost it. So they bled it, but it kept going every 2 or 3 runs.

 

Then for the second part, it was off down the length of the airfield around more cones, oversteer, handbrake turns again. As I was coming back towards the group there was a massive bang, and 3 of the 4 wheel studs had come off one of the front wheels. So they then spent about 40 mins fixing it, by which time it was getting dusk, and still 5 people waiting their turn. It was dark by the time the last person went, and spotting small red cones on a very dark airfireld was not easy.

 

It was cold, there was a lot of waiting around and some people had a cr*p time. Although maybe it was me that b*ggered the car up in the first place! I had a great time!

 

It was a present from the wife, so I didn't know what to expect, initially I was disappointed that it wasn't a 300bhp scooby, but believe me the stripped out Sierra was fast enough for a first timer.

 

If you want the full rally experience you'd probably have to pay quite a bit more.

 

I've got a vid of my handbrake turns somewhere, I'll put a link up this evening if I remember.