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[jimmas]

not me chap mine is gold although I do pass their most days

[mantahatch]

Mine's green, but never been near South Mimms in my life.
 
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!

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!!  

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!!

I revisited Fair Oak about 8 years ago and couldn't believe how much has changed, especially with houses everywhere and new roads!  

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........

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  
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

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Mine's green, but never been near South Mimms in my life.
 
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!

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!!  

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!!

I revisited Fair Oak about 8 years ago and couldn't believe how much has changed, especially with houses everywhere and new roads!  

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........

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  
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

Thanks for this Mike; it has brought back some great memories; I gave birth to two of my three children in the house in Brook Road!!  

It is certainly a small world!!

[CaptainZok]

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)

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+  

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

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.

[dieseldean]

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)

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+  

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

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.

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.

[CaptainZok]

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)

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+  

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

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.

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.

This was pre limiter.

[Lazydocker]

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)

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+  

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

When I worked recovery in Basingstoke we had a heavy wrecker that did well over 90 as I've driven it many times. The joys of responding to police emergencies with an escort

Mind you... It had a 15 litre twin turbo Caterpillar engine in it Was great to drive but literally drank the juice.... 2 Gallons to the mile when cold!!

[Mr Skrunts]

Honestly thought the HGV speed was less on motorways, nipped on google and found this.  Not 100% related to the thread but there has been a lot mentioned regards speeding and fines in other threads rently.

http://www.speedlimit.org.uk/faq.html

The ACPO Speed Enforcement Guidelines (Chart)

[bob.dent]

Right area for me but wrong car.  

Thing is Andy, even if it was a member on here I doubt if they'd own up to it......the idea of being run over by a bl00dy great truck might make them a tad shy in coming forward.

[Mr Skrunts]

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.

[JueV6]

for those that know the A2 in kent and Swanscombe Cutting

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

[Mr Skrunts]

Ready steady GO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMLbk8VEzuY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el4P4ucVXVc&feature=related

2nd ones a bit quicker  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCD63w3l2UQ&feature=related

What will drivers do to thier trucks next to make them go quicker.

Bet the limer was removed off the 3rd one.

[LaserLance]

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)

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+  

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  .

[LaserLance]

for those that know the A2 in kent and Swanscombe Cutting

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

its 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

[Bandit127]

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.

He did. The lorry driver has the right of way on the inside when turning.