Great drives when you least expect it?
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Today I had a great drive. I really wasn't expecting it as I found myself in Coleraine this lunchtime, in a rented Astra 1.8 SRi and needing to get back to Belfast City Airport.
So I took the coastal route and ended up having a whale of a time. What a great place NI is to drive - it just goes to show how much fun you can have somewhere that the police have more important things on their mind than persecuting motorists. I didn't see a a scamera or a trafpol the whole time I was there!
The car was of course pretty crap - wheezy and weak engine that sounded like death above 5k rpm, usual VX can of rubber cogs in treacle gearbox and steering that confuses feedback with kickback, but nonetheless I had great fun wringing every last possible ounce of performance out of it and every last drop of grip from the fat Bridgestones.
The road on the other hand was brilliant - well surfaced and varying from gentle sweepers to up and downhill hairpins, long straights and challenging crests and dips, some sufficient for a little airtime and of course fabulous scenery all the way.
Anyone else had a great drive when they least expected it?
So I took the coastal route and ended up having a whale of a time. What a great place NI is to drive - it just goes to show how much fun you can have somewhere that the police have more important things on their mind than persecuting motorists. I didn't see a a scamera or a trafpol the whole time I was there!
The car was of course pretty crap - wheezy and weak engine that sounded like death above 5k rpm, usual VX can of rubber cogs in treacle gearbox and steering that confuses feedback with kickback, but nonetheless I had great fun wringing every last possible ounce of performance out of it and every last drop of grip from the fat Bridgestones.
The road on the other hand was brilliant - well surfaced and varying from gentle sweepers to up and downhill hairpins, long straights and challenging crests and dips, some sufficient for a little airtime and of course fabulous scenery all the way.
Anyone else had a great drive when they least expected it?
This weekend gone went out for a blast through Keighley towards Skipton. Was in a modified Range Rover Sport TDV8 so wasnt expecting it to be any good but actually held the road well, had a good shove and suprisingly noise. Roads werent amazing but the fact that I wasnt expecting the car to be any good made it a really good drive.
Yeah, was mid Dec last year. Was working till late near Gloucester, finally got out about 23:00. Felt shattered, not looking forward to the 150 mile drive home to the south coast at all. 20 miles or so after leaving, got stuck in some stupid road works, had to wait 15 mins for a poxy convoy vehicle to escort us through the road works.....did not need that at all!
Finally made it to the M4 then off onto the A34, by this time it's gone midnight!
If anyone knows the A34 it's a fairly undulating, curvy section of dual carrigway, usually clogged with trucks playing the who-can-take-the-longest-time-to-overtake game!
Not at midnight mid Dec it wasn't Had an absolutely blinding drive home from that point on. No traffic, no speed cameras etc....
Only problem was, by the time I got back 1ish I was so wired from the adrenalin I couldn't bloody sleep anyway
Finally made it to the M4 then off onto the A34, by this time it's gone midnight!
If anyone knows the A34 it's a fairly undulating, curvy section of dual carrigway, usually clogged with trucks playing the who-can-take-the-longest-time-to-overtake game!
Not at midnight mid Dec it wasn't
Had an absolutely blinding drive home from that point on. No traffic, no speed cameras etc....Only problem was, by the time I got back 1ish I was so wired from the adrenalin I couldn't bloody sleep anyway
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