thescrapman Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 (edited) Get yourself a navigator who does not get sick however fast you drive, he can learn on the fly if he isn't having to heave out of the window! Conversely for navigators, do not get yourself a driver who makes himself sick with his own driving.. :-) When starting out, put big LEFT and RIGHT stickers on the dash, it saves a lot of confusion. When the nav shouts 90-left, do not reply "where" just as you go through the hedge, it was bleeding obvious wasn't it and is likely to lead to an outbreak of sarcasm from the other seat. Do not allow your driver to set the shocks rock hard because "it makes the car handle better". It just makes the nav very sick.... My only "mal-de-nav" experience. If your speedo cable breaks whilst "getting a bit of air" on a test, carefully try to ensure you start the next regularity behind one of the top teams, it is very easy to stay 60 seconds behind someone as your stopwatch is useless for anything else apart from timing how long it takes you to pass the same tree / lamp-post / shadow as the other car, you might even get your best times of the day... :-) I have been doing the 12-car evening events (Chelmsford MC, Friday evenings once a month) and they are fantastic fun for not much money. Highly recommended. We quite quickly passed from Beginner to Novice so it is now all "plot on the fly" so averaging 30mph is quite an exhilerating experience. Trying to juggle missing out codeboards against going OTL is hard work. Failing to study the regs has been our downfall a few times. So another hint is to know the regs inside out before you start. Cheers Colin Edited September 28, 2012 by thescrapman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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