I love driving.
Discussion
Bayerischer said:
Urban Sports said:
The weather looks good for tomorrow, I'm off work and have a day to kill, best of all I have North Wales on my doorstep!
So it's going to be roof off and a few hours over at the evo triangle!
Probably a few beers when I get back as well!
Brum brum
I'll keep an eye out for youSo it's going to be roof off and a few hours over at the evo triangle!
Probably a few beers when I get back as well!
Brum brum
CapriV6S said:
Was in wife's Micra last week, west coast of Scotland, narrow single-track road with blind bends about 10 miles. Was trying quite hard with the 998 although still keeping things safe as its my wife's car, but got totally wasted by a local Mercedes Sprinter van, some really really impressive driving there.
Ever seen a medium-wheelbase Mercedes Sprinter driving sideways???? Not just once, it was on nearly every corner. Had it drifting like a Mk2 Escort rally car. Am glad I wasn't coming the other way.
First time I drove the Bealach Na Ba, I was in an S2000. As you may know, although it's twisty and full of hairpins, you can see nearly all of it, allowing for some fun. That first time, however, about half way down I caught a flash of orange in my rear view mirror that kept getting closer.Ever seen a medium-wheelbase Mercedes Sprinter driving sideways???? Not just once, it was on nearly every corner. Had it drifting like a Mk2 Escort rally car. Am glad I wasn't coming the other way.
It was a TNT delivery transit being driven by someone who clearly knew the road inside and out. I pulled in and let him past. And couldn't catch him
I've never seen someone else driving on B-roads in a spirited way, although these are the local ones on the outskirts of north london so that's probably why; would love to see another well driven car every now and then.
I do love that feeling when you come out of a T-junction to see a long, empty twisty B-road stretch out in front of you.
I do love that feeling when you come out of a T-junction to see a long, empty twisty B-road stretch out in front of you.
Had a major sideways moment in the golf yesterday in the lakes, stone chippings all over the road on a long fast sweeper, I hit it at... some speed.. probably a good 50 degrees sideways, held it and four wheel drift for a good while.
The stability control probably helped(it did flicker a few times), but I felt like a bit of a legend afterwards regardless, because it was a 'real' test, in a way that inducing oversteer in a sports car doesn't really do.
Yeah, major 'love driving' moment.
The stability control probably helped(it did flicker a few times), but I felt like a bit of a legend afterwards regardless, because it was a 'real' test, in a way that inducing oversteer in a sports car doesn't really do.
Yeah, major 'love driving' moment.
Jimmy No Hands said:
Had a 182 roll up behind me the other day on the drive home from work. Had a spirited fifteen minutes or so and he was glued to me on the roundabouts. I think RenaultSport drivers just have an unwritten rule that when they bump into each other they have a little hoon.
Having owned my 182 for just under two weeks now (and constantly just going for a drive, loving it) I can agree with the last part. Helps that my commute features some lovely roads, another 1*2 (couldn't tell which, he was following me) and I had about 15 minutes of really good hoon-age, before we went our seperate ways at a roundabout, exchanging beeps and a thumbs up! Then there was the Megane that I couldn't keep up with the other day....
My E65 isn't really a car for 'hooning'. For one it's a diesel, and as much as it's fast and quiet and eats up huge journeys in utter luxury, there's nothing very enjoyable about bouncing it off the rev limiter on a B-road. It just doesn't suit it somehow. It's a bit like going to a rave in a dinner suit; there's nothing to stop you but it doesn't really feel right.
The wife's new E92 325i, though, that's a different kettle of fish. I shan't say too much, but all you need to know is 3.0 litres of Munich's finest, a sunny day, deserted roads in the Durham Dales and a fuel card - destination Hartside cafe 2000 feet up the top end of the Pennines.....
The wife's new E92 325i, though, that's a different kettle of fish. I shan't say too much, but all you need to know is 3.0 litres of Munich's finest, a sunny day, deserted roads in the Durham Dales and a fuel card - destination Hartside cafe 2000 feet up the top end of the Pennines.....
Reminds me of when I was a lad.
Drive back of dropping the girl friend off, in the old mk3 Spitfire and a car started to follow me. I pick up the pace, they pick up the pace. I dived through a few corners and the enthusiastically followed. I was thinking this is fun. Then we got to a little bit of a straight road and the car lit up like a Christmas tree all flashing blue and red lights! Whoops!
I survived with a telling off.
The moral of the story is: Don't assume the lights following you are safe
Drive back of dropping the girl friend off, in the old mk3 Spitfire and a car started to follow me. I pick up the pace, they pick up the pace. I dived through a few corners and the enthusiastically followed. I was thinking this is fun. Then we got to a little bit of a straight road and the car lit up like a Christmas tree all flashing blue and red lights! Whoops!
I survived with a telling off.
The moral of the story is: Don't assume the lights following you are safe
vexed said:
Does no-one else worry that if someone is sticking to your tail on a good stretch of B-road, that it is an unmarked car? I only tend to enjoy it when I have slowed down and had a look at the person driving and checked there are no extra bits of kit on the dashboard etc!
Nope. I don't really break the limit anyway. That's half the fun, getting a really good drive within the limits.vexed said:
Does no-one else worry that if someone is sticking to your tail on a good stretch of B-road, that it is an unmarked car? I only tend to enjoy it when I have slowed down and had a look at the person driving and checked there are no extra bits of kit on the dashboard etc!
Yep! Particularly if it's a Volvo or a BMW and, rather illogically, if it's white!The car in my previous post was NOT unmarked, at the time it just never occurred to my it could be the Plod.
all very nice and we are all guilty of using the loud pedal to vent some frustration or get some enjoyment. Personally it nearly killed me and frankly you might think the roads are empty until you meet someone with the same assumption. Without sounding the killjoy, id keep it to the track not the queens highway. Totalling your car, yourself or worst still someone else is a millstone around your neck for the rest of your life. This country is just too conjested for hooning in my humble opinion.
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