Hi people. My name is Sam and I'm from Cornwall.
This is actually my first post on here but thought i would share with you all the success of my completely standard mint K11 1999 1.0 Profile 3dr which i bought for £700 . So heres the story...
I co-drive in an ex-works Suzuki Swift Cup Rally Car during the year, and marshal on several rallies etc, so I dont have much time to drive myself on any other motorsport events like that. So, being the end of the season and the rally car having a rebuild through the winter, I decided to enter an Autosolo (A mixture of an Autotest/Sprint/Time Attack event) last month ran by Truro and District Motor Club which is ran in Cornwall College's Car Parks.
There was lots of competition there including Minis./MR2 Turbos/Swift GTI/Saxo vtr/s/Altezza/Porsche etc etc. Anyway, as it turned out I won the event outright, setting fastest time on every single run a and by quite a big gap. The other drivers were shocked and were asking questions like what the hell have you done to that Micra? lol. I explained it is completely standard with standard road tyres.
Then, this weekend I entered the same event again (as they hold quite a few during the year) and did exactly the same again and wiped the floor clean, finishing 1ST overall, but this time against a lot more opposition. I have left them all wondering how a ''MICRA'' can set the times it does!
The car doesnt use hardly any fuel at all, even when going flat-out all day, and is still on the same set of tyres as when i bought it. I also drive the car to work during the week and have never had any trouble with it whatsoever.
What an amazing car!!!!!
Im now looking to modify it a bit (maybe it doesnt need it?) and maybe have a crack at the BTRDA National Autosolo Championship next year. Any thoughts?
Cheers, Sam
This is actually my first post on here but thought i would share with you all the success of my completely standard mint K11 1999 1.0 Profile 3dr which i bought for £700 . So heres the story...
I co-drive in an ex-works Suzuki Swift Cup Rally Car during the year, and marshal on several rallies etc, so I dont have much time to drive myself on any other motorsport events like that. So, being the end of the season and the rally car having a rebuild through the winter, I decided to enter an Autosolo (A mixture of an Autotest/Sprint/Time Attack event) last month ran by Truro and District Motor Club which is ran in Cornwall College's Car Parks.
There was lots of competition there including Minis./MR2 Turbos/Swift GTI/Saxo vtr/s/Altezza/Porsche etc etc. Anyway, as it turned out I won the event outright, setting fastest time on every single run a and by quite a big gap. The other drivers were shocked and were asking questions like what the hell have you done to that Micra? lol. I explained it is completely standard with standard road tyres.
Then, this weekend I entered the same event again (as they hold quite a few during the year) and did exactly the same again and wiped the floor clean, finishing 1ST overall, but this time against a lot more opposition. I have left them all wondering how a ''MICRA'' can set the times it does!
The car doesnt use hardly any fuel at all, even when going flat-out all day, and is still on the same set of tyres as when i bought it. I also drive the car to work during the week and have never had any trouble with it whatsoever.
What an amazing car!!!!!
Im now looking to modify it a bit (maybe it doesnt need it?) and maybe have a crack at the BTRDA National Autosolo Championship next year. Any thoughts?
Cheers, Sam
