A Little About My Insight

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theinsightfullone
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A Little About My Insight

Postby theinsightfullone » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:45 am

Hi all,

I have an Insight, bought it 4 years ago as the commute up to Williams F1 in Oxford where I was a designer, from Bristol was costing a bomb.

Now I have the little car I can't see me parting with her ever, she's a star.

I recently started doing time trials called 'Autsolos' in her.

Basically it involves a circuit, marked out with cones & you have to negotiate the circuit in the fastest possible time, whilst avoiding the cones.

The last one I did a couple of weeks ago I acyually won my class & came 3rd overall.

Full results here

http://www.bristolpegasus.com/files/res ... result.pdf

& some pics of an Auto solo I did earlier in the year here

http://www.bristolpegasus.com/gallery/i ... 5_autosolo

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Welcome

Postby retepsnikrep » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:53 am

I knew there was only one Mark Elvin :D Perhaps meet up one day! 8)
Regards Peter

Two MK1 Honda Insight's. One running 20ah A123 Lithium pack. One 8ah BetterBattery Nimh pack.
One HCH1 Civic Hybrid running 60ah A123 Lithium pack.

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Postby aminorjourney » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:54 am

Excellent. We should do something like this at the Electrathon next year! :)

http://www.batteryvehiclesociety.org.uk/wordpress/?p=182

We hold it at the Haynes motor museum in Sparkford. It was a great day, even if I got told off for my Prius driving... :roll:
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Postby theinsightfullone » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:03 am

Told off in what way?

It's a track, you are supposed to go quickly!!!!!

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Postby aminorjourney » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:09 am

The motorbikes weren't happy when I accidentally cut the last corner... I was driving the Prius like it was about half the width - the width of my EV! :)

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Re: Welcome

Postby theinsightfullone » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:15 am

retepsnikrep wrote:I knew there was only one Mark Elvin :D Perhaps meet up one day! 8)


Not sure how to take that !!!!!!

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Happily

Postby retepsnikrep » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:37 am

Happily I hope, a meeting of minds and eccentric enthusiasts, like all of us on here :)
Regards Peter

Two MK1 Honda Insight's. One running 20ah A123 Lithium pack. One 8ah BetterBattery Nimh pack.
One HCH1 Civic Hybrid running 60ah A123 Lithium pack.


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