Wish me luck, 1st Road Rally in the A3

JimV · 08-26-2007, 06:48 AM

It'll be a bit different in the A3, no turbo, and the rally is during the day (normally at night).

Should be great fun.

JimV · 08-26-2007, 04:01 PM

So the rally started in Mt. Kisco NY at 1:04 (our car # was #4). They had two checkpoints, the first one at 1:07 into the rally. We managed to get lost 8 instructions in, on a badly written instruction that others got caught on as well. Only we didnt recover as quickly as we'd have liked and ended up 23 minutes late to the checkpoint. On the way there were tons of dirt roads and since its been relatively dry around here, lots of gravel. The A3 handled it just fine as we drove through Upper Westchester County, New Canaan, Lewisboro etc. This is prime east coast real estate and you go past some seriously huge castles on big pieces of property, many with stables and lots of horses.

From the checkpoint on to the finish, we had smooth sailing. Still plenty of dirt roads but we finished on time.

Along the way they posted 'Sun' signs with symbols on them that we needed to record. Of the 40, we recorded 26. A real low for us as we usually get a lot more, but because it was a day rally they hid them well. Reportedly they hid a few behind signs at train stations and the like which is uncharacteristic. They usually just put them in open spaces and not private or public areas.

Points are scored 1 for each second late, and 50 for each sign missed. By my calculations we're into it about 2000 points so we won't finish as well as we normally do, but we did finish and it was good fun.

In any case, if you've never done a TSD, its great fun and you realy get to know your car well.

azoceanblue · 08-26-2007, 07:25 PM

eltonsi · 08-26-2007, 08:07 PM

April · 08-26-2007, 09:03 PM

JimV · 08-27-2007, 03:58 AM

April · 08-27-2007, 07:58 AM

08-26-2007, 04:01 PM	#2
JimV Junior Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 4,297	Rally Recap So the rally started in Mt. Kisco NY at 1:04 (our car # was #4). They had two checkpoints, the first one at 1:07 into the rally. We managed to get lost 8 instructions in, on a badly written instruction that others got caught on as well. Only we didnt recover as quickly as we'd have liked and ended up 23 minutes late to the checkpoint. On the way there were tons of dirt roads and since its been relatively dry around here, lots of gravel. The A3 handled it just fine as we drove through Upper Westchester County, New Canaan, Lewisboro etc. This is prime east coast real estate and you go past some seriously huge castles on big pieces of property, many with stables and lots of horses. From the checkpoint on to the finish, we had smooth sailing. Still plenty of dirt roads but we finished on time. Along the way they posted 'Sun' signs with symbols on them that we needed to record. Of the 40, we recorded 26. A real low for us as we usually get a lot more, but because it was a day rally they hid them well. Reportedly they hid a few behind signs at train stations and the like which is uncharacteristic. They usually just put them in open spaces and not private or public areas. Points are scored 1 for each second late, and 50 for each sign missed. By my calculations we're into it about 2000 points so we won't finish as well as we normally do, but we did finish and it was good fun. In any case, if you've never done a TSD, its great fun and you realy get to know your car well. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Account#: 412 Net 141 -- ConnCentral -- Node: 1:141/425 Remember to visit the AWOT MiniCity Daily ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ '07 A3 3.2Q DSG S-Line - Silver '09 A4 2.0TQ Avant - Brilliant Black ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ '06 A4 2.0TQ Avant - Quartz Grey - No Longer '02 A4 1.8TQS GIAC - Amulet Red - No Longer '98.5 A4 1.8TQS Wetterauer- Santorin Blue - No Longer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

08-26-2007, 07:25 PM	#3
azoceanblue AudiWorld Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 332	Sounds like you had a great time any way regardless . . . Interesting Activity!! __________________ .:\|Ruby Q.:\|:. 2009 A3 Quattro.:\|:.Aruba Blue Pearl Effect.:\|:.S line.:\|:.Nav.:\|:.Convenience .:\|:.Open Sky.:\|:.Cold Weather\|:.

08-26-2007, 09:03 PM	#5
April AudiWorld Uber User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 52,940	Hats off to you! I prefer Monte Carlo style rallyes ;-) __________________

08-27-2007, 03:58 AM	#6
JimV Junior Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 4,297	Maybe if I had a classic Alfa rally car I'd do that! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Account#: 412 Net 141 -- ConnCentral -- Node: 1:141/425 Remember to visit the AWOT MiniCity Daily ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ '07 A3 3.2Q DSG S-Line - Silver '09 A4 2.0TQ Avant - Brilliant Black ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ '06 A4 2.0TQ Avant - Quartz Grey - No Longer '02 A4 1.8TQS GIAC - Amulet Red - No Longer '98.5 A4 1.8TQS Wetterauer- Santorin Blue - No Longer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

08-27-2007, 07:58 AM	#7
April AudiWorld Uber User Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 52,940	I wonder where you'd find one of those? ;-P __________________

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08-26-2007, 08:07 PM	#4
eltonsi AudiWorld Senior Member Garage is empty, add now Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TO Posts: 1,027	Pics? Sounded fun!

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