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lestershaw
Original Poster
1,377 posts
27 months
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Hi everyone who knows me, I am 60 next week and to celebrate I am going here to do what is being done in the video link below, I was going to drive in the chim but it's too loud for Switzerland. If I don't come back does anyone want to make an offer on my car and I will give the info to my brother who will be coming with me Lester http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSvuHSqqGSw&fea...
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Quietlybonkers
3,192 posts
13 months
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Have a great time Lester - bagsy me have first dibs on the Takely terror... 
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Milky400
736 posts
47 months
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something wrong with you...........................
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JPW231
274 posts
80 months
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Ribol
9,174 posts
127 months
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lestershaw said: .........I was going to drive in the chim but it's too loud for Switzerland. Lame excuse, I have been there in mine loads of times, are you sure you're not a Griff owner? I woundn't mind doing that though 
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Alexdaredevilz
4,262 posts
48 months
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Got room for one more? Haha
But on a serious note I got a stock silencer/exhaust you can borrow if you want to take the Chim,
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sgrimshaw
3,083 posts
119 months
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lestershaw said: I was going to drive in the chim but it's too loud for Switzerland Is there an actual db limit for Switzerland?
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haircutmike
6,766 posts
73 months
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C15
315 posts
112 months
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I go to Switzerland in my very loud Griff at least a few times a year no problems just lots of annoyed looks..
No limit unless you are registering it and then the same as all over Europe.. 95dB..
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Quietlybonkers
3,192 posts
13 months
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C15 said: I go to Switzerland in my very loud Griff at least a few times a year no problems just lots of annoyed looks..
No limit unless you are registering it and then the same as all over Europe.. 95dB.. I have heard Lester's car - sounds like about 195 dB 
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Alexdaredevilz
4,262 posts
48 months
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Quietlybonkers said: I have heard Lester's car - sounds like about 195 dB Pre cats out, Clive decat Y-piece and sleeved back box Loudest combo going!
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lestershaw
Original Poster
1,377 posts
27 months
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Alexdaredevilz said: Got room for one more? Haha
But on a serious note I got a stock silencer/exhaust you can borrow if you want to take the Chim, thanks Alex, i do have a quiet exhaust somewhere at hilton and moss, i didnt fancy the drive there and back without a co driver, i was due to take my son, booked it all up and then he told me he hasnt got his passport back yet !! bottle job i reckon, so my brother is coming, flying to milan for two nights, back on sunday. maybe a few of us youngsters can do a road trip there another time :-) show you the video on my return
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lestershaw
Original Poster
1,377 posts
27 months
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C15 said: I go to Switzerland in my very loud Griff at least a few times a year no problems just lots of annoyed looks..
No limit unless you are registering it and then the same as all over Europe.. 95dB.. i was speaking to a guy, called phil? looks just like Damon Hill, at hilton and moss open day, he is a sports car writer/author. he lives in switzerland and warned me against going in a loud car as there is a good chance of being stopped by the BiB
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Goaty Bill
1,185 posts
20 months
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I should have thought owning a 500 would have provided more than enough opportunity for a violent death to satisfy most men. Clearly you are not normal Lester (or you don't do enough  ) When my son was about 13, I got him a season pass to Thorpe Park. He told me he spent the whole day there riding all of the biggest, fastest, scariest etc. I said something like; "don't any of those rides make you ill or something after all those hours?" To which he replied; "After 5 years riding shotgun in the TVR every weekend, I don't think there is a ride in the world that can scare me. They're all kind of boring really.". Have fun Lester 
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Ribol
9,174 posts
127 months
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lestershaw said: ..............warned me against going in a loud car as there is a good chance of being stopped by the BiB I am sure that if someone wants to go over there and act like an idiot then it won't go down well and they will probably get nicked for something, with or without noise. I dare say that someone like yourself who is sensible as you obviously are (see above  ) wouldn't have any issues at all. The endless tunnels and decent roads might prove to be a little too much of a temptation though 
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lestershaw
Original Poster
1,377 posts
27 months
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Goaty Bill said: I should have thought owning a 500 would have provided more than enough opportunity for a violent death to satisfy most men. Clearly you are not normal Lester (or you don't do enough ) When my son was about 13, I got him a season pass to Thorpe Park. He told me he spent the whole day there riding all of the biggest, fastest, scariest etc. I said something like; "don't any of those rides make you ill or something after all those hours?" To which he replied; "After 5 years riding shotgun in the TVR every weekend, I don't think there is a ride in the world that can scare me. They're all kind of boring really.". Have fun Lester Thanks Goatee yes ive scared myself and others a few times :-) but not doing enough ? i used to go mountain biking most nights until i got my TVR and then i put on 2 stone whilst the bike gathered cobwebs. i have evened it out a bit now and do a bit of both and i have lost the 2 stones. i will definately take the TVR abroad either this year or next though
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lestershaw
Original Poster
1,377 posts
27 months
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Ribol said: I am sure that if someone wants to go over there and act like an idiot then it won't go down well and they will probably get nicked for something, with or without noise. I dare say that someone like yourself who is sensible as you obviously are (see above ) wouldn't have any issues at all. The endless tunnels and decent roads might prove to be a little too much of a temptation though i have hired a punto thingy, that should be nice ho ho
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lestershaw
Original Poster
1,377 posts
27 months
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Just to confirm, i will be doing the same jump off the same bridge, and the more i look at it i think,
its a TVR jump, no ABS, no traction control, going too fast to stop properly, out of control again, and the prospect of leaving giant skid marks lol i just hope the equipment wasnt made in Blackpool and that its held together with more than glue
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Chilliman
3,426 posts
30 months
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Good luck Lester and have a great time I'm getting a whizz round Silverstone in a 360 and an AMV8V for my birthday this year.. bit tame compared to your exploits though (specially as they'e both slower than the Chim...in a straight line anyway) Oh, and come back in piece please
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Quietlybonkers
3,192 posts
13 months
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Chilliman said: Oh, and come back in piece please One piece.....or pieces, Dick?
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