Mine's green, but never been near South Mimms in my life.
:o
Just goes to show some Miggy drivers are awful, like the very dirty gold/champane one that goes down Allington lane most mornings about 7am and 3inches from my bootlid in the fog/mist/rain, he must have the best eyesight of any driver I have ever seen. ::)
QuoteMine's green, but never been near South Mimms in my life.
:o
Just goes to show some Miggy drivers are awful, like the very dirty gold/champane one that goes down Allington lane most mornings about 7am and 3inches from my bootlid in the fog/mist/rain, he must have the best eyesight of any driver I have ever seen. ::)
Is that the 'rat run' just down the road from Fair Oak to Botley? knew it well once, cutting through in a Ford Cortina from 1976 to 1982, with other drivers just like that one you metion! ;D ;)
Back to the thread, I have a green miggy, and I travelled down past Minns Services................
.......................................over ten days ago and my miggy is a 'W' reg! ::) ::) Phew!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
Its fits my description........
.....but I dont go south of the gap!
Plus, I would be driving fairly sedately to conserve fuel.
One question, how do some lorries get round the speed limiter, had a Uk registered one pass me at 70+ this morning (40ft Artic)
QuoteIts fits my description........
.....but I dont go south of the gap!
Plus, I would be driving fairly sedately to conserve fuel.
One question, how do some lorries get round the speed limiter, had a Uk registered one pass me at 70+ this morning (40ft Artic)
Whats the deal on A roads? Some crawl at 45mph, some do the full 60.
same sized trucks too.
Once was past by a nicked 40ft Artic, he was doing 90+ :o
| Vehicle | Built up area (street lit) | Single Carriageway | Dual Carriageway | Motorway |
| (http://www.no-excuses.org.uk/images/icon_carbike.gif) | 30mph | 60mph | 70mph | 70mph |
| Car/Bike | ||||
| (http://www.no-excuses.org.uk/images/icon_carcaravan.gif) | 30mph | 50mph | 60mph | 60mph |
| Car & Pikey Wagon/Trailer | ||||
| (http://www.no-excuses.org.uk/images/icon_bus.gif) | 30mph | 50mph | 60mph | 70mph |
| Bus | ||||
| (http://www.no-excuses.org.uk/images/icon_lorry.gif) | 30mph | 50mph | 60mph | 70mph |
| Lorry - less than 7.5 tonne | ||||
| (http://www.no-excuses.org.uk/images/icon_lorry.gif) | 30mph | 40mph | 50mph | 60mph |
| Lorry - more than 7.5 tonne |
Close to south mimms...you are soooo f-ing lucky I choose not to drive over you when you cut me up by the Services.Gotta catch me first ;D
Rest assured if there's another repeat I WILL DRIVE MY TANKER ALL OVER YOU!!!!!!!
Rant over.
QuoteQuoteMine's green, but never been near South Mimms in my life.
:o
Just goes to show some Miggy drivers are awful, like the very dirty gold/champane one that goes down Allington lane most mornings about 7am and 3inches from my bootlid in the fog/mist/rain, he must have the best eyesight of any driver I have ever seen. ::)
Is that the 'rat run' just down the road from Fair Oak to Botley? knew it well once, cutting through in a Ford Cortina from 1976 to 1982, with other drivers just like that one you metion! ;D ;)
Back to the thread, I have a green miggy, and I travelled down past Minns Services................
.......................................over ten days ago and my miggy is a 'W' reg! ::) ::) Phew!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
Hi Lizzie
It is indeed, except it goes from Fair Oak to West End now. You must be a very well travelled person, in fairness to the road it can be fun at the right time of day, but not in rush hour madness. Allthough it was once a country lane it is now a normal main road that is busy most of the day.
Mike
QuoteQuoteQuoteMine's green, but never been near South Mimms in my life.
:o
Just goes to show some Miggy drivers are awful, like the very dirty gold/champane one that goes down Allington lane most mornings about 7am and 3inches from my bootlid in the fog/mist/rain, he must have the best eyesight of any driver I have ever seen. ::)
Is that the 'rat run' just down the road from Fair Oak to Botley? knew it well once, cutting through in a Ford Cortina from 1976 to 1982, with other drivers just like that one you metion! ;D ;)
Back to the thread, I have a green miggy, and I travelled down past Minns Services................
.......................................over ten days ago and my miggy is a 'W' reg! ::) ::) Phew!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
Hi Lizzie
It is indeed, except it goes from Fair Oak to West End now. You must be a very well travelled person, in fairness to the road it can be fun at the right time of day, but not in rush hour madness. Allthough it was once a country lane it is now a normal main road that is busy most of the day.
Mike
That is how I remember it Mike, and actually I really meant West End not Botley; my memory nowadays!! ::) ::) ::) ::)
Yes as I was brought up in a Royal Navy family that moved on average every 18 months over 26 years, then being a business woman who controlled areas / regions / divisions spread over the whole of the South of England, then the whole Country, you could say I am well travelled!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
I revisited Fair Oak about 8 years ago and couldn't believe how much has changed, especially with houses everywhere and new roads! :o :o :o
When I first moved into Fair Oak (4 Brook Road) the village was separate from Eastleigh, and gradually we saw building start to connect it all up, and now........ :o :o :o :o :o :o
QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteMine's green, but never been near South Mimms in my life.
:o
Just goes to show some Miggy drivers are awful, like the very dirty gold/champane one that goes down Allington lane most mornings about 7am and 3inches from my bootlid in the fog/mist/rain, he must have the best eyesight of any driver I have ever seen. ::)
Is that the 'rat run' just down the road from Fair Oak to Botley? knew it well once, cutting through in a Ford Cortina from 1976 to 1982, with other drivers just like that one you metion! ;D ;)
Back to the thread, I have a green miggy, and I travelled down past Minns Services................
.......................................over ten days ago and my miggy is a 'W' reg! ::) ::) Phew!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
Hi Lizzie
It is indeed, except it goes from Fair Oak to West End now. You must be a very well travelled person, in fairness to the road it can be fun at the right time of day, but not in rush hour madness. Allthough it was once a country lane it is now a normal main road that is busy most of the day.
Mike
That is how I remember it Mike, and actually I really meant West End not Botley; my memory nowadays!! ::) ::) ::) ::)
Yes as I was brought up in a Royal Navy family that moved on average every 18 months over 26 years, then being a business woman who controlled areas / regions / divisions spread over the whole of the South of England, then the whole Country, you could say I am well travelled!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
I revisited Fair Oak about 8 years ago and couldn't believe how much has changed, especially with houses everywhere and new roads! :o :o :o
When I first moved into Fair Oak (4 Brook Road) the village was separate from Eastleigh, and gradually we saw building start to connect it all up, and now........ :o :o :o :o :o :o
Brook Road is about 1/4 mile from me, I'm in Yew Tree Close (small close of bungalows off the Winchester Road)
My parents moved to Fair Oak in about 1967/8 I was about 2 or 3 years old and I am still living here now :o
Wanted to move away but wife won't allow it, her family history is here, and she has a relative in virtually every old road here.
When we grew it was a village, now it is a small town with all the small town problems :(
Mike
Firm I used to work for had a 2800 DAF that was said to do 90, it was fitted with the diff out of a coach.QuoteQuoteIts fits my description........
.....but I dont go south of the gap!
Plus, I would be driving fairly sedately to conserve fuel.
One question, how do some lorries get round the speed limiter, had a Uk registered one pass me at 70+ this morning (40ft Artic)
Whats the deal on A roads? Some crawl at 45mph, some do the full 60.
same sized trucks too.
Once was past by a nicked 40ft Artic, he was doing 90+ :o
National speed limit for a HGV on single carriageways is 40 MPH.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070304
.. and I would be very surprised if a HGV engine was still pulling at 90 MPH. They have quite narrow power bands and I seriously doubt they'd be geared to do significantly than the governed speed. Otherwise the top couple of gears would be redundant.
Kevin
QuoteFirm I used to work for had a 2800 DAF that was said to do 90, it was fitted with the diff out of a coach.QuoteQuoteIts fits my description........
.....but I dont go south of the gap!
Plus, I would be driving fairly sedately to conserve fuel.
One question, how do some lorries get round the speed limiter, had a Uk registered one pass me at 70+ this morning (40ft Artic)
Whats the deal on A roads? Some crawl at 45mph, some do the full 60.
same sized trucks too.
Once was past by a nicked 40ft Artic, he was doing 90+ :o
National speed limit for a HGV on single carriageways is 40 MPH.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070304
.. and I would be very surprised if a HGV engine was still pulling at 90 MPH. They have quite narrow power bands and I seriously doubt they'd be geared to do significantly than the governed speed. Otherwise the top couple of gears would be redundant.
Kevin
This was pre limiter.QuoteQuoteFirm I used to work for had a 2800 DAF that was said to do 90, it was fitted with the diff out of a coach.QuoteQuoteIts fits my description........
.....but I dont go south of the gap!
Plus, I would be driving fairly sedately to conserve fuel.
One question, how do some lorries get round the speed limiter, had a Uk registered one pass me at 70+ this morning (40ft Artic)
Whats the deal on A roads? Some crawl at 45mph, some do the full 60.
same sized trucks too.
Once was past by a nicked 40ft Artic, he was doing 90+ :o
National speed limit for a HGV on single carriageways is 40 MPH.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070304
.. and I would be very surprised if a HGV engine was still pulling at 90 MPH. They have quite narrow power bands and I seriously doubt they'd be geared to do significantly than the governed speed. Otherwise the top couple of gears would be redundant.
Kevin
i knew a paddy whose magnum480 could change down a gear at 110kmh but with a diff so high he didn't have torque to get needle off clock at 125kmh. and the git still wouldn't tell me how he overidden the limiter.
QuoteQuoteIts fits my description........
.....but I dont go south of the gap!
Plus, I would be driving fairly sedately to conserve fuel.
One question, how do some lorries get round the speed limiter, had a Uk registered one pass me at 70+ this morning (40ft Artic)
Whats the deal on A roads? Some crawl at 45mph, some do the full 60.
same sized trucks too.
Once was past by a nicked 40ft Artic, he was doing 90+ :o
National speed limit for a HGV on single carriageways is 40 MPH.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070304
.. and I would be very surprised if a HGV engine was still pulling at 90 MPH. They have quite narrow power bands and I seriously doubt they'd be geared to do significantly than the governed speed. Otherwise the top couple of gears would be redundant.
Kevin
i used to have a M reg fh12 500 volvo that used to blow the fuse on limiter regular as clockwork and it would go of the clock with ease with a trailer on it , bit freaky when you was driving on limiter and next thing you started to overtake cars at 75 -80 mph , used to get 4-5 m/g ,1400 ltrs went in 3 -4 days ,wasnt so bad when it was 60 p/ltr but got silly when it was nearer 80p,only problem going that fast is trying to stop it ,hard work and scary at 40-44 tonnes .QuoteQuoteIts fits my description........
.....but I dont go south of the gap!
Plus, I would be driving fairly sedately to conserve fuel.
One question, how do some lorries get round the speed limiter, had a Uk registered one pass me at 70+ this morning (40ft Artic)
Whats the deal on A roads? Some crawl at 45mph, some do the full 60.
same sized trucks too.
Once was past by a nicked 40ft Artic, he was doing 90+ :o
National speed limit for a HGV on single carriageways is 40 MPH.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070304
.. and I would be very surprised if a HGV engine was still pulling at 90 MPH. They have quite narrow power bands and I seriously doubt they'd be geared to do significantly than the governed speed. Otherwise the top couple of gears would be redundant.
Kevin
for those that know the A2 in kent and Swanscombe Cuttingits not me i drive a 02 plate volvo , il have to keep me eye open for that wagon ,on me daily slogs up to tilbury or thamesport
Seddon Atkinson Stratus (Iveco E400) running an Eaton Twin split 12 spped box on a M plate running solo. limiter had packed up and whiule running to Tilbury to pick up a trailer "Excelerated UP the Cutting from 50mph to 80mph at the top. This was early hour of the morning and before all the road works
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/juedu2/tractor/W657UAGT.jpg)
I once saw a car try a get the better of an Artic on a roundabout. He (the car) was in a rush and wasnt prepaiered to wait, the Artic was allready taking a big swing and just drove straight accross his bonnet like a tank. I actually thought the car driver got what he deserved. ;D ;D ;D :yHe did. The lorry driver has the right of way on the inside when turning.
Totally off-topic but just noticed lizzie you live in the same town as me.QuoteMine's green, but never been near South Mimms in my life.
:o
Just goes to show some Miggy drivers are awful, like the very dirty gold/champane one that goes down Allington lane most mornings about 7am and 3inches from my bootlid in the fog/mist/rain, he must have the best eyesight of any driver I have ever seen. ::)
Is that the 'rat run' just down the road from Fair Oak to Botley? knew it well once, cutting through in a Ford Cortina from 1976 to 1982, with other drivers just like that one you metion! ;D ;)
Back to the thread, I have a green miggy, and I travelled down past Minns Services................
.......................................over ten days ago and my miggy is a 'W' reg! ::) ::) Phew!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
QuoteI once saw a car try a get the better of an Artic on a roundabout. He (the car) was in a rush and wasnt prepaiered to wait, the Artic was allready taking a big swing and just drove straight accross his bonnet like a tank. I actually thought the car driver got what he deserved. ;D ;D ;D :yHe did. The lorry driver has the right of way on the inside when turning.
QuoteTotally off-topic but just noticed lizzie you live in the same town as me.[/quote]QuoteMine's green, but never been near South Mimms in my life.
:o
Just goes to show some Miggy drivers are awful, like the very dirty gold/champane one that goes down Allington lane most mornings about 7am and 3inches from my bootlid in the fog/mist/rain, he must have the best eyesight of any driver I have ever seen. ::)
Is that the 'rat run' just down the road from Fair Oak to Botley? knew it well once, cutting through in a Ford Cortina from 1976 to 1982, with other drivers just like that one you metion! ;D ;)
Back to the thread, I have a green miggy, and I travelled down past Minns Services................
.......................................over ten days ago and my miggy is a 'W' reg! ::) ::) Phew!! ;D ;D ;D ;)
Yes indeed LSG!! :y :y That's great as I thought I was all alone down here although I see plenty of miggy's around the town. ;)
Is your 'W' reg MV6 a white ex-plod, with two aerials on the roof by any chance? :D I frequently see it around South Ashford if it is and it has impressed me!:y :y