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How to tell if its been tracked?

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I'm going to look at another S2 this Friday [;)] Seems like a reasonable description except I suspect it may have been a track day car. Cross drilled disks, sports steering wheel and a couple of other bits that escape me. Top end rebuild (it's only showing just short of 100k) done last year.

Is it a bad thing if it has been tracked?
Anything in particular apart from the usual corrosion points to look out for?

Phil

oh, and it's red!

 
Some people fit cross drilled discs for looks and despite my having some they aren't really necessary for the track so it's as likely it was done for road use. Similarly the steering wheel is a very common upgrade for road use.[FONT=verdana,geneva"] [FONT=verdana,geneva"]Of course the car could have been used on track. If it has been recently then there will either be a second set of wheels hidden away or the tyres will have some odd wear on them and it will likely have harder brake pads.[FONT=verdana,geneva"] [FONT=verdana,geneva"]A car used on track needn't be bad news though. It could be argued that a trackday is no more extreme than the car was designed for and provided the driver has some mechanical sympathy, primarily around letting things cool down and not over-revving the engine on downshifts. On the upside regularly tracked cars tend to be fastidiously maintained with far more regular servicing than normal and plenty of parts upgraded long before they might need to be for road use.[FONT=verdana,geneva"]
 
Just a thought; when you go to see it tell the owner you intend to do trackdays in it and if he has done any himself then he'll almost certainly admit it and start telling you about any upgrades it already has. Sneaky-ish but no more so than selling a tracked car without admitting it has seen track time.
 
It's not got its original alloys on at the mo so there could be a spare set kicking around.....but then they could just have wanted cup 1's instead of d90's. I'll try the 'sneaky' approach but I guess it comes down to condition of the car and the 'feeling' I get from the owner.

Phil
 
look at the windscreen if it looks like its been sandblasted then its a fair bet its a track car. also slid the drivers seat right forward and right back to see if theres any markings on the carpet where bucket seats may have been fitted.
 
Blasted windscreen could be a good shout but mine was blasted before it became a track slag - from life in the fast lane (of the M5, M6, M1 etc.)
 
I agree with everything said earlier by Fen -- I track my car and pay plenty of attention to it's upkeep. Driving it sympathetically, even when going as fast as I can.

Of course, the real problem is that there are those who thrash their cars on track and overlook some maintainance -- how to spot them? I can only tell when in the passenger seat on track, then I wish I wasn't !!!

paul f
 
It could have been driven unsympathetically on the road, or with care on the track. Without knowing the current (and previous) owner(s) there is just no way of knowing. Just because it has/has not been on track is no indicator of it's likely condition.
 
All good stuff above. If it's been tracked since the drilled discs were put on and the driver used the brakes heavily they may have cracks coming from the holes towards the centre and edge. If it's gone into a gravel trap there may be gravel still under it or peppered sills.
 
Well, I needn't have worried. I looked at the car last night and it was in great superficial condition. However the n/s front chassis rail (in the engine bay below the expansion tank) had some accident damage indicating a front ender at some point. Seemed not to be recorded on the log book though. The o/s sill looked a bit odd too, (bottom) line of the sill was fractionally lower than the bottom of the rear quarter and appeared to have some paint repair around it.

Add to this a bass box in the boot and oversized speakers in the door cards - I decided it wasn't for me.

Phil
 
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