Motoring Moments.

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I thought I'd create this thread so you could all share some special motoring moments, whether they be on the track, city street, or around the continent.

Had a bit of a special moment today with some guy in his C63 AMG estate joining from the slip. I was in front of him, I had a feeling this chap would put the anchor down on his accelerator and I was then baring the big Mercedes star closing in on me. Proceeded to get upto speed and initiated torque speed mode of my dagdag and decided to do a short test to see how much of a distance I could make before he was up behind me.

Unfortunately, the road didn't remain long enough, and we turned off. I turned off and he decided to give me a little taste of his exhausts with a thumbs up. Special moments like this make me enjoy driving. :cool:
 
Getting lost in the mountains on Cyprus and discovering roads that looked like they were used for rally stages. 45 minutes of epic flowing twisting completely deserted smooth tarmac, and one rather annoyed GF in the passenger seat.

And all in a Chevvy Spark! :D
 
Taking a wrong turn on the way to Magny Cours and ending up driving through the middle of Paris at 4pm on a Friday afternoon in July. Not fun.
 
Finding the road up to the Minack Theatre in Cornwall was a good chance to try out my new car against a Focus ST.

Ended up with big grins for me and the guy in the Focus however I ended up with a Sick and ****ed of Girlfriend.
 
One that springs to mind is...

Night trunk to our Liverpool depot in a 44 tonner at night.

Travelling around Stoke on the A500 to J16 (to join M6 northboud) only to find it closed..do a circuit of the roundabout and follow yellow diversion signs.... Come to roundabout and...no diversion sign... so take exit only to find the road narrows...and narrows... Carrying on using "body compass" I finally decided to ring our depot and get them to "ping" our trailer just to verify I'm heading in the right general direction.

"Your in Taunton mate"

"lol.. I aint THAT lost" !!

immediately after, I round a bend only to find a mega-low bridge and no escape......

The only way out is reverse down this posh dudes gravel driveway but it's pitch black and his driveway curves.

So now I'm getting somewhat irate and elighting form the cab..still on the phone.. I go ****** and blinding (VERY LOUDLY) down the trailer to make sure I aint going to damage anything (Range Rover ?).

Householder comes marching over only to hear my fury and just waves his hand downward and walks off. ( oh ***k that)

I made the turn and boogied off .. all the way back to J16 and start the rigmarole again.. The damn yellow sign ahd fallen over !!

Yes the householder did put a claim in for his driveway to be levelled & resurfaced !!

I've since tried google earthing that route but there isn't even a bridge.. But I know there was !!
 
N43SP33D said:
mine would be speeding through leeds and getting caught by the OP on camera :P
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So it was you? No seriously? I remember the straight road after white-rose and just seeing this Supra going off like a rocket. I just remember the reg being xxx UFO.
 
Where: M25 clockwise, Bell Common Tunnel,
When: 3am, Many years

Spearing into the tunnel at c.100, not a soul around, just me, an Audi and Motorhead making my way across the landscape

The world for that moment was beautful, the combination of music and sensation of speed was almost breath taking, i always remember the drive that night as amazing
 
Having a quick go in a friends new car same day he bought it, and sending it backwards into the scenery, that stands out :p Felt bad about it at the time, but looking back it was a blessing really, car was dangerously unstable.
 
Where: Ibiza, leaving Cala Llonga, heading to Portinax
When: 2005, the morning

Leaving the resort in my hire Panda i get to the junction at the end of the road, i stop and a very black Cayenne zooms past, and another and another. i think it was six in total all marked PRESS, followed by countless Caymen

It was the press launch for the then new Cayman and one of the most banzai drives of m life in a silly 1.nothing italian thorobred
 
A few that spring to mind:

Racing a Golf R32 from Brive-la-gaillarde to Bordeaux late at night on deserted roads whilst all but one of my passengers were asleep (probably for the best) :p

Accidentally doing a massive burnout in a little village in Kent in front of a load of very angry old people.

Accidentally drifting into my uni entrance, getting applause from people walking in.

Coming off a motorway onto a two lane DC alongside a tatty looking MK3 golf. He wanted to be in my lane to turn right at the end, I wanted to be in his lane to turn left. He clearly looked at my car and thought "it's only an old volvo, I'll just boot it past him" at the same time as I looked at his and thought "it's only an old Golf, I'll just boot it past him". Turned out both of us had a lot more power than the other thought and we ended up dead level at the end and both started laughing. Turned out he had a modified VR6 engine in it.

Overtaking 14 cars in one go on a straight section of country road

Having a half hour conversation in Paris traffic with a guy driving a medical supplies van about how hot the girl sitting next to me was and why there weren't more Jags in france.

There are many, many more but I won't bore everyone :cool:
 
Vita said:
So it was you? No seriously? I remember the straight road after white-rose and just seeing this Supra going off like a rocket. I just remember the reg being xxx UFO.
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No mate it wasn't me. The car was in London at that time and sorn.
I am about to update my thread and was reading your comments earlier so thought I would have a dig ;)

And on topic, I had a play with a Lamborghini Diablo SVR, which was great fun although I dont think he was giving it WOT
 
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Outcast said:
One that springs to mind is...

Night trunk to our Liverpool depot in a 44 tonner at night.

Travelling around Stoke on the A500 to J16 (to join M6 northboud) only to find it closed..do a circuit of the roundabout and follow yellow diversion signs.... Come to roundabout and...no diversion sign... so take exit only to find the road narrows...and narrows... Carrying on using "body compass" I finally decided to ring our depot and get them to "ping" our trailer just to verify I'm heading in the right general direction.

"Your in Taunton mate"

"lol.. I aint THAT lost" !!

immediately after, I round a bend only to find a mega-low bridge and no escape......

The only way out is reverse down this posh dudes gravel driveway but it's pitch black and his driveway curves.

So now I'm getting somewhat irate and elighting form the cab..still on the phone.. I go ****** and blinding (VERY LOUDLY) down the trailer to make sure I aint going to damage anything (Range Rover ?).

Householder comes marching over only to hear my fury and just waves his hand downward and walks off. ( oh ***k that)

I made the turn and boogied off .. all the way back to J16 and start the rigmarole again.. The damn yellow sign ahd fallen over !!

Yes the householder did put a claim in for his driveway to be levelled & resurfaced !!

I've since tried google earthing that route but there isn't even a bridge.. But I know there was !!
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Link us to the route?
 
Played chicken with a tree in my first car....lesson sort of learnt

Ended up backwards in a mk2 mr2 ( not even my turbo) on a damp day at a not insignificant speed. Miraculously avoiding every possible obstacle. Lesson definitely learnt, el cheapo tyres also changed!

Most interesting thing I've ever seen though is a Scooby literally planted in the branches of a tree off a tight corner. Must have happened a while before as the car was empty but that must have been an interesting experience
 
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