Roygarth

Sunday afternoon. Having polished car, run fuel tank down to the orange light, cut hair, not eaten for 2 days, donned my swimming trunks etc. I went out to car and.........it started pissing down - for 4 hours!!

So unless I can find somewhere in central London I'll have to wait until the weekend.

I'll keep you posted.

BR
Piers

Rob W.

Piers,

I seeem to recall that you work in the city/docklands? There's a really wide, straight patch of tarmac in the middle of the docklands that must be at least half a mile long - give that a try, watch out for the planes though <img src="graemlins/xyxwave.gif" border="0" alt="[bigbye]" />

Rob

Roygarth

Hi Rob

I know it well!

I was going to try Trinity Road northbound (before it starts going downhill!) just before Wandsworth roundabout. Must watch out though as Plod hides at the bottom!

BR
Piers

Christer

[quote]Originally posted by Roygarth:
<strong>Sunday afternoon. Having polished car, run fuel tank down to the orange light, cut hair, not eaten for 2 days, donned my swimming trunks etc. I went out to car and.........it started pissing down - for 4 hours!!</strong><hr></blockquote>

LOL!

Additionally, what you can do is to take the ignition key off the keyring - this will save valuable weight. Oh yeah, and shave legs but that's getting a bit hardcore.

Ruairidh

[quote]Originally posted by Roygarth:
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I was going to try Trinity Road northbound (before it starts going downhill!) just before Wandsworth roundabout. Must watch out though as Plod hides at the bottom!

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Yep I can testify to the plod-presence there.

When I was selling my first car (a banana yellow Alfa Spider) I lived in Battersea and used that stretch to let the potential buyers see how she went - well one likely lad got carried away, left his braking distance real late (we were well under the bridge by the time he hit the slow pedal) we must have been doing 60 at the roundabout.

Two things then happened - my life flashed before my eyes but before it came to the climax (so to speak) from the corner of one eye I saw a policecar just exiting the roundabout going the opposite direction up Trinity Road with both of the officers looking in our direction with that grim pleased look of "gotcha" that the Old Bill share with a bird of prey who is about to pounce on a particularly plump mouse.

Luckily for me (a) the combination of the width of the roundabout (b) the lack of traffic going our way (c) pure freaky luck and (d) the fact that the police couldn't reverse and had to go up Trinity Road meant that we were able to get across Wandsworth Bridge, hook a right down the road where in later years the paparazzi would besiege Lady Di's health club (what was that road called?) and wend our way back through Fulham & Chelsea.

..........and the little sod didn't buy the car
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pig4bill

Yeoww, moved from UK to Michigan. Believe it or not, there are places where it's not cloudy and rainy all the time.

Rob McConnell

OK Guys

Here is the definative list of successful applicants.

Piers
JohnFM
John Boggiano
John Miles + JonFKaminsky (13 Sept)
Rob McConnell (i am on hols until 10 Sept anyway)
Rob W
Riccardo
Andy Roe

I think we each need to take along wives or significant others ajudicate.

Regards
Rob
Jersey,UK

Rob McConnell

Sorry i should add Piers is the kind owner of the gadget.

Richard 92 C2

[quote]Originally posted by Rob McConnell:
<strong>OK Guys

Here is the definative list of successful applicants.

Piers
JohnFM
John Boggiano
John Miles + JonFKaminsky (13 Sept)
Rob McConnell (i am on hols until 10 Sept anyway)
Rob W
Riccardo
Andy Roe

I think we each need to take along wives or significant others ajudicate.

Regards
Rob
Jersey,UK
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Myself and Gary would like to see if we can blow the gadget too if its ok !

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greg1234

I guess you guys are afraid of some proper competition, huh....?

Roygarth

[quote]Originally posted by greg1234:
<strong>I guess you guys are afraid of some proper competition, huh....?

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I vote Greg gets a go, I'd love to know how the beast compares with the normals!

I'm off to Norfolk now:
Sector 1: 45 mins of bank holiday traffic - Grrrr!
Sector 2: 45 mins of motorway - Yawn!
Sector 3: 1 hour of glorious A/B/C roads - Yahoooo

BR
Piers

greg1234

Can the gadget not store and/or print out the results? It might be more fun to see them printed out (plus I guess it gets around the need to have an impartial observer)...

If the beast and I are permitted to join in, I vote we also measure 0-100 times. That way I'd have a chance or regaining some dignity if I fluff the start..

BTW I'm perfectly happy to be in a separate "Turbo 3.6" class. That might be a fairer way of doing things..