Great driving and footage. I’m a regular there but depending on the TDO, it can get a little oversubscribed. I’ve done 4 this year with Javelin and the amount of incidents and red flags is quite concerning. I’m back in August but with a different TDO who limit the amount of entries, so fingers crossed I get more track time and less idiots.
@itissnippy2 ай бұрын
I copied this exactly, works a charm, thank you! How do you run permanent power to the camera though? Do you run a USB cable out the 12v round to the camera? I didn’t notice a power in on the media mod, is it the mini usb in? Love your videos sir
@WhiteRoseDrives2 ай бұрын
Hello! Thanks for the kind comments 😍 I have a USB socket in the rear bulkhead, although before that was fitted I just used to run a really long USB cable from the cigar lighter to the GoPro.
@WhiteRoseDrives2 ай бұрын
BTW @itissnippy - circa 2:19 in, you can see the two, long, USB cables running out of the cigar lighter and back via the passenger seat. At a few seconds later, at 2:25, you can see the blue USB-C plug going into the GoPro media mod.
@itissnippy2 ай бұрын
You’re a gentleman. I shall be adding that this weekend!
@itissnippy2 ай бұрын
Yum! Looks like heaven. Any chance you fancy sharing where that is pretty please?
@WhiteRoseDrives2 ай бұрын
Don't tell everybody 🤫 but it's the Gorges de Daluis maps.app.goo.gl/VE23J4fYE41ypSWU7
@itissnippy2 ай бұрын
Oh and I just happen to be driving through France in August! I’ll be sure to check it out, many thanks for the tip
@JimmyJimboG2 ай бұрын
Great video Mark
@WhiteRoseDrives2 ай бұрын
@@JimmyJimboG You would have enjoyed the roads James 😁
@chrischadwick53952 ай бұрын
Oh my god I need to go there!
@WhiteRoseDrives2 ай бұрын
💯 Chris. The driving was amazing on this trip. Properly good fun roads 😁
@DarrenCheesbrough2 ай бұрын
That’s sounds fantastic Mark! Love the view, it feels like being a passenger!
@WhiteRoseDrives2 ай бұрын
It’s compelled me to look at upgrading audio capture in the car Darren - in reality the noise was even more spectacular! The engines reverberated off the canyon walls, and it was incredible. PPE “cat in the can” makes an ace noise. You have the same exhaust don’t you? 👂
@DarrenCheesbrough2 ай бұрын
@@WhiteRoseDrives Erm no.. Mine is just a standard 420R exhaust! I didn’t realise you had that. I’m going to watch it again now!
@a647383 ай бұрын
According to my GPS I once had a average speed for 2100km/h over 850km with my 126hp Mercedes 190E at public road ;)
@WhiteRoseDrives3 ай бұрын
😂🚀
@RichardJ.Schueler3 ай бұрын
please tell me you have cruise control on that thing
@WhiteRoseDrives3 ай бұрын
@@RichardJ.Schueler There are no driver aids in a Caterham. None 🤣 (that was a looonnnnggggg 7 hours of driving …)
@RichardJ.Schueler2 ай бұрын
@@WhiteRoseDrives i can imagine it was long without any aids, especially without cc on the hw, really takes some weight off
@user-sk2pq2uq7t5 ай бұрын
Hi …. Really late to the party … I have just bought an R400, and now I’m worrying about noise restrictions on track days …. I’ve bought a baffle device, but still not sure …. What exhaust do you run to beat the noise restrictions ?
@WhiteRoseDrives4 ай бұрын
You’ll be fine at most circuits if it’s a standard R400. Mine is tuned, which makes it a bit louder. The only time I’ve had an issue was on a low noise day at Brands, and even then a baffle device stuck in the end of the exhaust sorted it 👍
@user-sk2pq2uq7t4 ай бұрын
@@WhiteRoseDrives thanks for the response …. Mine is standard so hopefully from what you say will be fine … just out of interest, what tune have you done …. Is it Throttle bodies, or something more ….. I must admit, it feels good as standard, but we all like a bit more hp !!
@WhiteRoseDrives4 ай бұрын
@user-sk2pq2uq7t You’ll be absolutely fine then, yes! I never had any noise issues before my tune. It’s a Premier Power 225 upgrade - but they don’t exist any more, sadly. You could do much the same with ITBs and a map anyway. If I’m candid, I wouldn’t bother. The R400 is nippy enough. The one (well two) upgrades I would do though is the ultra lightweight flywheel (even lighter than the lightened flywheel it already has) and competition clutch. The ULWF makes the engine spin up and down so fast it’s incredible! Heel n toe downshifts are a delight 😍 and the comp clutch is like an on/off switch 😂 High speed gear changes are almost like a DCT. Incredible.
@user-sk2pq2uq7t4 ай бұрын
@@WhiteRoseDrives great advice … really appreciate it …… think you are right with the tune…. It’s a pretty rapid beast at 210hp …….. like the flywheel idea though … adds so much….. so off to the track for me in June, and see how it all goes ……
@harrisnabil5 ай бұрын
Hi not too sure how clued up you are about this but ive done the coding for my F20 M140i and for some reason whenever im starting the car up it says “battery discharge whilst station” is it possible ive got wrong somewhere with the coding? It works perfectly as well
@WhiteRoseDrives5 ай бұрын
TBH, not that clued up 😂 I was lucky in that I just followed the forum post, and everything worked as expected. If you’re having issues I really recommend dropping in on the Bimmerpost thread - there are lots of experienced folks there who may be able to offer advice and pointers 😃
@MickDrivesCars5 ай бұрын
Can't believe it's taken me 7 months to see this video! Glad I inspired this and you certainly explained it more simply than I did!
@WhiteRoseDrives5 ай бұрын
The algorithm was slow to show you something you already knew Mick 😂 Thanks for stopping by and commenting though. Keep up your excellent content, I watch regularly. And welcome to the BMW club 😊
@beforever5 ай бұрын
I don't really understand
@adamkelsall39426 ай бұрын
Goes to search for R400’s in the classifieds…….😅
@danfullstop8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video, although I didn’t need to remove the steering wheel myself to do it, it was good to see the whole process to understand it fully before tackling it myself, cheers 👍
@tepan8 ай бұрын
3:31 What do you mean by "coming towards us" and "moving away"?
@Mike-wp4el8 ай бұрын
Thanks. Where are you based? I have an Tiger supercat if you fancy a drive out sometime?
@KvltKommando8 ай бұрын
looks like youre driving in a jungle compared to where I live
@WhiteRoseDrives8 ай бұрын
😂 One has to be mindful of 🦍 🦍 🦍 crossing …
@ctrmint9 ай бұрын
How’s the Caterham wing coming along?
@WhiteRoseDrives9 ай бұрын
Still waiting for replacements to come into stock at Caterham! 🙄 No rush anyway, it’s SORN’d for now. Probably until March/April
@iofish__9 ай бұрын
The distance from the vanishing point to the driver does not change based on the speed the driver is travelling at. So, the technique cannot tell you how fast to take a bend. It just tells you to slow down as you approach it and speed up as you leave it.
@WhiteRoseDrives2 ай бұрын
Yes, precisely. If you continue to monitor the vanishing point throughout a bend though, it can tell you if a bend tightens up (for your current speed). Hence, never misjudging a bend again.
@Robert-vw3od9 ай бұрын
I was taught something very similar to this about 20 years ago, it was described to me as looking into the furthest corner and you can see the speed in this way. Also it gives you great road position
@templarworks84329 ай бұрын
the ideal speed is the limit of grip
@MelissaThompson4329 ай бұрын
Slow down into a curve/blind area. Speed up coming out of a curve/blind area. One hopes one doesn't need to say "go slow enough to stop if need be."
@makemebad19789 ай бұрын
I’m far too busy looking for pot holes to be looking that far ahead 😂
@WhiteRoseDrives9 ай бұрын
On UK B-roads that's not a bad strategy 😂
@mysticr34489 ай бұрын
Thank you for this
@rarespetrusamartean54339 ай бұрын
that's the most barebones basic thing I've ever heard. How is this not just common sense?
@fzxfzxfzx9 ай бұрын
i think it really sucks that of all the things in this world that are not scientific and predictable enough so as to facilitate its process, driving had to be one of them. people are so unpredictable everywhere, and no one learns in the same way, and we can barely agree on what constitutes the "right" way to drive. it is discouraging
@galahaaad9 ай бұрын
I was doing this even without knowing that I'm doing it
@bigaldo2469 ай бұрын
Better still….just do what the signs on the road tell you to do? IE..white lines in the middle of the road, warning signs on poles, arrow warning sign on bends etc etc. so many people ignore these signs or don’t even know what they mean.
@WhiteRoseDrives9 ай бұрын
It’s not “better” to do that, it’s something you should do in tandem! Completely with you there that so many people don’t seem to know what road markings mean. Long lines with short breaks versus short lines with long breaks, for instance.
@bigaldo2469 ай бұрын
@@WhiteRoseDrives Well all I got from your video is to train people to concentrate on that one specific area of the bend and when they can start to accelerate? Whereas I would train them to check the lines, and signs and road conditions? Ie…wet,ice,snow or tractor leaving mud or debris, pedestrians and animals vehicles broken down also diesel spills and UFO’s? You never know what’s waiting round the corner…..SLOW DOWN for the bend doing a full 360 check then when safe and no obstruction in the bend then you can accelerate safely. Served me well for my 50 odd years of driving cycles,motorbikes, cars and trucks.
@WhiteRoseDrives9 ай бұрын
It’s one skill in a short video. There’s only so much one can cover in 4 minutes 😂
@bigaldo2469 ай бұрын
@@WhiteRoseDrives🧐🧐🧐🧐is it a 4 minute bend? lol
@mick_hyde9 ай бұрын
You look like you're driving way too fast for country roads. I pity the wildlife, they haven't got a chance.
@WhiteRoseDrives9 ай бұрын
Nope. All within the speed limit and conditions.
@hb177810 ай бұрын
Can you still get this if you don’t have lane departure?
@Rabidavid10 ай бұрын
Hi, first time I'd seen a video of yours, and wanted to query something relating to driving to the vanishing point, but unfortunately couldn't request directly on the video you placed. Being a motorcyclist and car driver, I'm keen to learn, even after 30 years plus of driving. Does the vanishing point technique also include the 2 second rule techniques? To gauge the distance from the bend, or how do you gauge the distance and speed, especially if you are new to driving.. just thought I'd ask. Thanks
@MultiTipsie10 ай бұрын
I think you doing a good job fir people who do not have great drivingskills! However...Nowadays everything can be a called a "technique" I suppose. In my feeling I just do that automatically and have always done. Never thought about it being a technique or something that other people might not do. As I am already very different from the rest, I am glad I am made aware of one more thing how others look at things. So thank you!
@fredMplanenut10 ай бұрын
No, the limit point is the clear area, so if there is a vehicle ahead, that becomes your limit point. Develop your own safety assessment and don't rely on what you heard somebody say. Every driver is an idiot, and every journey is a lesson.
@timschaecher289910 ай бұрын
Makes no sense to me at all.
@blacksquirrel400810 ай бұрын
This is a good approach but should be coupled with managing your speed to being able to stop in whatever visible space remains, which you were not doing.
@arnold201110 ай бұрын
First I freaked out because he was driving on the “wrong” side of the road. Second the method is very nicely explained, but my question is why? The turn of the road is in front of you so there are no options to do anything else. It is no secret. But I am only a causal driver, driving to slow probably, so I don’t see the magic. Sorry.
@unknownvinnumber10 ай бұрын
Interesting technique, but I have a question: in all the bends, the limit point will come towards you at any speed, even at very slow speeds, right? This doesn't necessarily mean you are going too fast.
@DownhillSnail9 ай бұрын
Correct, this video is completely wrong.
@JordanRocksWell10 ай бұрын
I actually saw that video before and found thast technique a bit confusing. This is so much simpler
@JagirRaoCanBeInjuriousToHealth10 ай бұрын
I"m sitting in my room and I felt that this car was really fast for such road.
@crooker210 ай бұрын
Pretty neat. I think I've been doing that naturally without really thinking about it (in both my car and motorcycle)... But it's very interesting to have it explained in detail and to be made consciously aware of it. Well done!
@randallmacdonald485110 ай бұрын
I am a retired precision driver and am a bit dismayed at using just your technique. You cannot judge a curve's safe encountering speed just by seeing how far away it is. What about good traction vs poor traction? What about that barely perceptible dip in the road just as you enter the curve? I caught a tow truck driver (here in Canada) dripping dish soap in the curve near my home. You know what he was waiting for. When I am driving, I have to know where my car's wheels' traction threshold is in my current driving conditions. That changes as it begins to rain. Driving in snow, it changes suddenly when the highway lane is clear but there is a small pile of slush between one lane and the next. The physics will shock you when your tires encounter that small pile of slush. How fast can you change your vector as you drive? How hard can you take a turn? How hard can you brake from x mph to y mph? When braking hard, what does it feel like when the brakes begin to fade due to heat? And what can you do about it should you fall into that mistake? Then, there are thousands of other things you need to take into consideration when traveling faster than you can walk. Traffic to your right? Left? Do you think someone will soon be trying to pass? Is oncoming traffic limiting your fudge factor in the turn? All these are some of the reasons that AI will never be able to out "drive" a seasoned professional. We know too much compared to the AI just looking at things as simplistically as you have just demonstrated.
@ShovelChef10 ай бұрын
I've been thinking about this, or I guess trying to do this instinctively, for basically my entire life-- running, skating, biking, driving-- but never seen anyone bother to describe it. Nicely done.
@formbyjim10 ай бұрын
Great for finding max safe speed to negotiate a bend but if you cant see around bend you must be able to stop within the distance you see to be clear. So you max speed will be governed by this and may well be much slower than just using limit point.
@devonfuse10 ай бұрын
Okay, I watched that. I have no idea what the heck you were on about, so if that is supposed to be simple, I won't bother with the complex version.
@d.e.b.b578810 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, in urban highway driving, 'vanishing point' techniques is often useless, as the blind turns and lack of shoulders, elevation changes and overpasses, make it almost impossible to plan on what's going to happen ahead. The best we can do, is watch traffic several vehicles ahead, and judge what to do by what's happening to them. Motorcycles, always assume that you are invisible, and that if a vehicle near you MIGHT turn into you, that they will. So you will always be out of the way if they do, indeed, turn into where you might be. Another, was to avoid driving in the rain whenever possible, especially driving in the rain AT NIGHT. Because if you go down on the freeway at night, you'd better be up and running 65mph in the right direction or you're going to get run over. Last for bikers, never ride the center of the lane, or in designated truck/bus lanes, because even dripping diesel fuel will make your lane slippery. so much more, but that's enough for here.
@eshatbereitsbegonnen731310 ай бұрын
I’d ask myself could I brake in time if there was a deer in the bend or a group of cyclists recovering a toppled comrade.
@eshatbereitsbegonnen731310 ай бұрын
Wait! There is a guy with the wheel on the wrong side of his car wanting to teach me about car driving skills?! 🤔😉😄