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Driving
Roadtrips, short reviews of cars driven, track days and other driving fun.
Oct 25, 2022 Driving
Track Day: Grobnik 2022/10
This was the second Grobnik track day this year, after the first one in June. Back then, it was 30c so the tires and brakes were always very hot, and I could only manage half a second better lap time than last year.
Jun 12, 2022 Driving
Driving: Katarina Hillclimb 2022/6
Katarina Hillclimb is an open event that anyone can join and I only noticed it this year. It was not a cheap drive - €160 for a total of four rides of about 2 minutes each.
May 22, 2022 Driving
Driving: Grossglockner opening 2022/5
GP Ice Race which is known for the ice race in Zell am See organized the Grossglockner pass "opening" for the first time this year. Even though it's one of the better-known passes, I haven't visited or driven it yet.
May 1, 2022 Driving
Track Day: Silverstone 2022/4
As part of my birthday celebration in London, we visited Silverstone and booked their Head-to-Head Experience where the plan was to drive the latest Vantage V8 and F430. The price was very good but it was a bit of a pain to get to Silverstone, a lot of it due to a bank holiday.
Sep 7, 2021 Driving
Track Day: Grobnik 2021/9
2 Boxster S. It was a learning experience all over again.
Feb 14, 2021 Driving
Driven: Mazda MX-5 (ND)
In January we took a trip to Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands. I was told there are amazing roads and the preliminary research confirmed that, so I decided that a Miata is a perfect choice to rent.
Aug 24, 2020 Driving
Driven: Porsche 718 Boxster GTS
Besides getting better at drifting this year, the other thing I wanted to do was to rent a sports car to broaden my driving horizons. This last weekend was perfect for this.
Jul 13, 2020 Driving
Track Day: Grobnik 2020/7
Oh my, was I looking forward to the first track day of the season. I made some changes to the car setup in the spring, more specifically, added the Gruppe-S UEL headers (should've done it sooner), and camber bolts for setting negative camber on the front wheels.
Jul 7, 2020 Driving
Drift Practice: Racegasmic 2020/6
It's been a long break because of COVID-19 but June was then full of automotive fun, from twisties to drifting. After a few sessions, I started to get a nice rhytm and can almost connect the whole track in one direction.
Sep 15, 2019 Driving
Drift Practice: Racegasmic 2019/9
Racegasmic is a drift track in Ljubljana and it's one of the few, very welcomed, places where enthusiasts can play with cars in Slovenia. It's on a track used by driving schools over the week, moonlighting as a drift track on Saturdays.
Sep 14, 2019 Driving
Track Day: Grobnik 2019/9
When the season started I was hoping I'll be able to get in a few more sessions than last year. But as luck would have it, I've missed two over the summer, and this one was the first one after early August.
May 19, 2019 Driving
Track Day: Grobnik 2019/5
Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side for this session. We've had some dry minutes, but also pouring rain which meant that the track was wet the whole time.
Apr 19, 2019 Driving
Track Day: Grobnik 2019/4
Grobnik is a racetrack located two hours away from me, near Rijeka, Croatia. I've started going to track days regularly last year when they renovated the track with new asphalt.