#286533 - 26/09/2006 19:46
Re: Driving in Scotland
[Re: Cris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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Loose your licence for doing 80mph! Even I could do that in my Smart 
Recently got 5 points + 300 quid for 102. Anything under 100 is sorry officer, 3 points and 60 quid, don't do it again.
Of course ymmv, and speed kills.
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#286534 - 27/09/2006 06:26
Re: Driving in Scotland
[Re: rob]
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Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3995
Loc: Manchester UK
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That was lucky, I thought there was no room for negotiation when you got over 100.
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#286535 - 27/09/2006 06:48
Re: Driving in Scotland
[Re: rob]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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Loose your licence for doing 80mph!
Or 71mph in North Wales with the "zero tolerance" Chief Constable, with his own self righteous blog. First thing I was told when I started going regularly was leave time and go at 65 on the A55. The "average speed check" gizmos don't give you a good feeling either, especially when you're on an empty road at 6.00 a.m.
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#286536 - 27/09/2006 23:05
Re: Driving in Scotland
[Re: FireFox31]
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Registered: 25/06/2002
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Now I understand Lotus Elise, BMW, motorcycles, WRX, etc, and how they fit UK roads like a glove.
OK, now while I like all four of those vehicles, I think the ship sailed a
while back on BMWs being small, small-engined, and light on petrol.
Put a BMW 3-series coupe from 1987 next to one from 2004.
The difference is shocking.
The 2004 is a big fat pig with probably 1000 pounds on the 1987.
Is that bad? Not necessarily. But it's different.
Of course, the more modern car has a bigger engine, lots more HP, plus ABS,
DSC, and nice suspension, so it still handles extremely well with the extra
weight and size.
But it is a totally different type of beast from the 3-series of 20 years
ago, and quite a different animal from the Lotus Elise or a motorcycle!
I think an M3/330ci would be more at home on the Autobahn than speeding
through the UK hedgerows and backroads.
Though I mean no disrespect to a fine automobile that Car and Driver has
ranked #1 for more or less 10 years in a row.
Of course, BMW has made tiny cars in the past....
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#286539 - 28/09/2006 04:59
Driving in Cornwall (yesterday)
[Re: FireFox31]
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Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14484
Loc: Canada
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60mph, both ways == 120mph max approach speeds.  Cheers
Edited by mlord (28/09/2006 05:00)
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#286540 - 28/09/2006 06:15
Re: Driving in Cornwall (yesterday)
[Re: mlord]
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
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are you two wheels up on the verge there Mark? That is tight!
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#286541 - 28/09/2006 09:00
Re: Driving in Cornwall (yesterday)
[Re: mlord]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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120mph max approach speeds
I only ask....if you were avoiding an oncoming car, how did you get to take a photo?
When the Boxette was 16, I towed her Citroen Saxo to Cornwall on a trailer for our fortnight's holiday and took her out to practise driving round those narrow lanes: Those that came to the Cambridge meet will notice that my hands still shake!
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#286542 - 28/09/2006 09:45
Re: Driving in Cornwall (yesterday)
[Re: boxer]
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2489
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Mark looks like the passenger (can see the tax disc).
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#286543 - 28/09/2006 12:33
Re: Driving in Scotland
[Re: rob]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1900
Loc: London
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I got 6 points and £500 in Hampshire a couple of years ago for 101
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#286544 - 28/09/2006 12:45
Re: Driving in Cornwall (yesterday)
[Re: CrackersMcCheese]
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Registered: 29/08/2000
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Loc: Canada
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Yuh, SWMBO snapped that pic from the copilot's seat. I believe both cars were crawling at about 35mph when we met up, timing it for a slight widening of the road (on the right side of the pic). Perfectly normal, for here. Despite the 60mph speed limit (quite reasonable for a local), the best I ever dared that day was 50mph on those stone-walled tunnels. Later, going through a small village, we almost became part of a complete deadlock at a 90 degree corner, with a bus coming the other way, and the other rental ("tourist") vehicles in front not leaving it any space. Five or six other vehicles on the bumpers in both directions cemented the jam. We curb crawled onto a side alley and left them all there. Here's a photo of another similar scene we encountered. [EDIT] There were NO parked vehicles in this scene! [/EDIT]  Cheers
Edited by mlord (28/09/2006 12:47)
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#286545 - 28/09/2006 15:37
Re: Driving in Cornwall (yesterday)
[Re: mlord]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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Despite the 60mph speed limit (quite reasonable for a local), the best I ever dared that day was 50mph on those stone-walled tunnels
Take a mental note then, never and I mean ever get into my van when I am driving in the dales around here, lots of walls lots of bends, lots of fun! It is more fun at night, and safer too as you can see people headlights ahead.
I don't think I have ever seen a car accident on these roads, plenty bikers don't make it though. To be serious for a moment, you don't have to do 60mph, and if you do get overtaken it is by a local (and I mean local!) I can remember one time I went to visit one of our guys up in the dales and we went back to the telephone exchange for lunch, he over took me on what looked like a blind bend to me, what I didn't know was where to look to see what was coming, we were in transit vans and it was very tight, I can imagine it would have been pretty scary to meet us on that corner
Cheers
Cris.
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