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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Martin_1962 on 29 August 2009, 20:24:27
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Quite a few years ago I had an idiot on the way home from work - had the Sunbeam at the time.
Pulled onto the main road then saw an old Astra hurtling towards me from the back, I emergency accelerated to 50 (in a 30 and he just managed to slow).
He followed right up my bum through the village until there was visibilty - then tried to overtake, however end of 30 so I booted it and lost him.
He nearly lost it on the next corner trying to get past me when I slowed for the corner.
Anyway all over me for the next half mile while the engine was warming and when I slowed, and I was not hanging about, then I said to the passenger "Shall we?" and he said "Yes".
Next bend is takeable at 70 in a Sunbeam, but not in an Astra ;D (I saw terminal understeer behind me), lost him on the straight, slowed down for a few bends and turn offs, the next tight bend I KNEW I could take at 60 in the dry and this was the last place I saw the Astra, again trying to get past when he had less grip than me and I knew the limits on that corner. I tucked in at 60 and he understeered onto the wrong side of the road at 50 or so.
After this my tyres were warm, engine warm, so I thrashed it and never saw the car again.
That driver was a total plank, you do not do 70 through a small village with blind junctions.
You do not try to pass an obvious faster, better handling car, which was being carefull past turnings and blind corners, and was pretty obvious was going to disappear into the distance once it got going.
At a later date that same corner also nearly took out a FWD hot hatch trying to follow me as I slowed down when a FWD wants to accelerate and it nearly went sideways, that was a good lesson in the different handlings of proper wheel drive and wrong wheel drive into tight fast corners.
BTW my Omega record for that corner is 50 (2.6) but I ran sticky tyres on the Sunbeam, the 2.0s rolled and didn't grip and the 2.6 tyres are not very sticky.
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Heroic.
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Shame you overcooked that corner about this time last year and hit that gatepost ::)
But respect where its due, you did roll your MV6 ;D
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Quite a few years ago I had an idiot on the way home from work - had the Sunbeam at the time.
Pulled onto the main road then saw an old Astra hurtling towards me from the back, I emergency accelerated to 50 (in a 30 and he just managed to slow).
He followed right up my bum through the village until there was visibilty - then tried to overtake, however end of 30 so I booted it and lost him.
He nearly lost it on the next corner trying to get past me when I slowed for the corner.
Anyway all over me for the next half mile while the engine was warming and when I slowed, and I was not hanging about, then I said to the passenger "Shall we?" and he said "Yes".
Next bend is takeable at 70 in a Sunbeam, but not in an Astra ;D (I saw terminal understeer behind me), lost him on the straight, slowed down for a few bends and turn offs, the next tight bend I KNEW I could take at 60 in the dry and this was the last place I saw the Astra, again trying to get past when he had less grip than me and I knew the limits on that corner. I tucked in at 60 and he understeered onto the wrong side of the road at 50 or so.
After this my tyres were warm, engine warm, so I thrashed it and never saw the car again.
That driver was a total plank, you do not do 70 through a small village with blind junctions.
You do not try to pass an obvious faster, better handling car, which was being carefull past turnings and blind corners, and was pretty obvious was going to disappear into the distance once it got going.
At a later date that same corner also nearly took out a FWD hot hatch trying to follow me as I slowed down when a FWD wants to accelerate and it nearly went sideways, that was a good lesson in the different handlings of proper wheel drive and wrong wheel drive into tight fast corners.
BTW my Omega record for that corner is 50 (2.6) but I ran sticky tyres on the Sunbeam, the 2.0s rolled and didn't grip and the 2.6 tyres are not very sticky.
Say no more ::)
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I find it worrying that you noticed that,I only know one other person who would have seen that. :-X ::) ;D ;D
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I find it worrying that you noticed that,I only know one other person who would have seen that. :-X ::) ;D ;D
As you pointed out earlier, I am Kinky Pete ;D
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So you saw someone driving like a plank, and decided to show him the error of his ways by racing him on a public highway?
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Nice ;D ;D ;D :y
I love making idiots of all the usual little lunchboxes trying to keep up with my omega ;D
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I dont usually bother these days,but I,m a great believer that it depends on the time and the place. ;)
Especially after my recent apprehension by the boys in blue on my bike.I got to keep the licence,but cant imagine ever being that lucky again. ::)
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So you saw someone driving like a plank, and decided to show him the error of his ways by racing him on a public highway?
Didn't race him - got fed up with his stupid driving - and if he had got past he would have held me up out of the limits.
Remember he was doing about 70 in a 30, going into corners so fast he was going on to the wrong side of the road, and he nearly piled into the back of me.
Last big accident there was a beer lorry crossing the road getting a rep in a Sunny - doing at least 50 and then he had a ride in a helicopter.
There are places to go fast and small villages are not the places.
BTW this was quite a while ago as I have had Omegas for 8 years and Carlton before for 5
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oh i dont know, bateing can be fun. Esp if a Bm or Audi. Clarkson is SO right :-)
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I take it you have no points on your licence Chris ? :'(
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Martin sounds like you were wearing your "Cape" again ::) ;D
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Is that the one with the big S on the back ? :-/
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I take it you have no points on your licence Chris ? :'(
9 iirc. But none valid. It looks a right mess, but is totally clean. :-).....at the moment at least.
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I kept mine clean from 79 (when it was very dirty)until April this year.I think I felt a bit invincible tbh,but then got a reality check which scared the crap out of me. ::)
Still struggling with staying at "licence keeping speeds"on the bike though tbh ::)
Dont find it a problem in the car though.
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I kept mine clean from 79 (when it was very dirty)until April this year.I think I felt a bit invincible tbh,but then got a reality check which scared the crap out of me. ::)
Still struggling with staying at "licence keeping speeds"on the bike though tbh ::)
Dont find it a problem in the car though.
You will have to get some smaller arms for your pedals Albs ::) ;D :P
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break off . :P ;D ;D ;D
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i was on the m1 early hours of bank holiday monday had the cruise set to about mid eighties as i approached a junction a 5 sries bmw police car joined the motorway so i lowered the cruise to 75 until i was approx half a mile in front then went back to 80/82 about a mile further down a 53 reg vectra went past doing well over a ton and 3 mins later so did the bmw ...5 miles further down the road they're both pulled over and the vectra driver is getting a bollocking ::)...glad it wasn't me as my license is clean again