Tunnels and other places to hear your engine!
Tunnels and other places to hear your engine!
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roygarth

Original Poster:

2,674 posts

275 months

Saturday 29th October 2005
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You know; slow down, open windows, floor it, grin from ear to ear!

Here's a couple in London:

1) Hyde Park Corner Underpass.

2) Railway Bridge, Latchmere Road, Battersea.

randlemarcus

13,646 posts

258 months

Saturday 29th October 2005
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3) Blackwall Tunnl
4) Rotherhithe Tunnel
5) Dartford Tunnel

warmfuzzies

4,355 posts

280 months

Saturday 29th October 2005
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Rouen.

Not in London, but good fun anyway...

t5grf

2,033 posts

291 months

Saturday 29th October 2005
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Hatfield tunnel A1M is fantastic

MTBR

328 posts

249 months

Saturday 29th October 2005
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The Mont Blanc tunnel, goes on for miles!

Also the section of Autostrada from Monaco down to Genoa, it's all viaducts and tunnels.

Hughesie2

12,770 posts

309 months

Saturday 29th October 2005
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Raven Flyer

1,645 posts

251 months

Saturday 29th October 2005
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My fav is La Turbi coming out of Monaco. Being uphill, you can hold the engine on a good loading to really hear.

The motorway from Nice to Genoa also gets my vote of one of the worlds greatest stretches of tarmac.

My all time greatest road is the ribbon of black stuff that goes from Campins to Col de Revell, north east of Barcelona, in Montsenny National Park. No tunnels, but the sound reverberates off the mountain walls as you climb from near sea level to 2400m. All 2nd and 3rd gear stuff, with the occasional 150mph plus straight. The views are breathtaking and the word 'Awesome' was invented to describe this road.

There's also a great restuarant in Campins, that is frequently host to the squad of Barcelona football team, after training sessions. BBQ'd lamb shanks to die for.

If driving down that way, the tunnel under Andorra on the N152 is also notable.

spenny_b

1,071 posts

270 months

Saturday 29th October 2005
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Not *quite* as glamourous as the above...but tunnels between Dover & Folkestone....much like the Rouen tunnels, round/tubular, so sounds better than the A1(M)/Ghonneria tunnel....

A couple of mates were round this evening, co-incidentally were reminiscing about the time when the 3 of us drove to Le Mans in our Westfields...all holding it in 2nd, from 2k to 8.5k ish....lift off..."BANG" and a 2ft flame out the side!.. ....classic....dont think we were too popular with our French cousins, however...

cyrus1971

855 posts

266 months

Monday 31st October 2005
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The Geneva - Lausanne motorway hugging the lake. Lots of low ceilinged, perfect semi-circle tunnels and not much traffic at some times of the day. One of the most beautiful motorways in the world in my opinion too.

Hughesie2

12,770 posts

309 months

Monday 31st October 2005
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t5grf said:
Hatfield tunnel A1M is fantastic




Too Wide, you need to get along to the Tunnel Run at the weekend in London, now they ARE TUNNELS !!