As the insurers seem to expect the end of the world:
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=24379&...e
... I wondered what motoring moment we would think of as the highlight of our time, whilst the sky blackened, the volcanoes started, and our life flashed before our eyes?
For me, it would probably be the free afternoon's tuition at Silverstone, spent variously in a 911, a 355, and a Viper.
Any other suggestions? (subject to moderating policy, of course!)
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Thrashing my 330d (that takes some doing by the way) accross some of the quietest best built (at EU expense) roads that I have ever seen....southern Spain by the way. Just need a quiet word about adverse camber with the engineers though.
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Driving to a meet with my pack of hounds in the back of an ancient Ford Transit (virtually in there with you).
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Dodge Ram, Andes Mountains, lots of snow.
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Wedding day, pulling away from church, Aston Martin V8.
Made a special day that little bit extra special.
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Ride through northern France as a passenger in GWC 8 G, Ford's silver prototype 'road car' GT40.
But if the world was going to end I think I'd take my best picnic ever to the beach and splash about in the sea (weather permitting).
Cheers, Sofa Spud
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Armageddon may be closer than you think. The super volcano under under yellowstone national park erupts every 600,000 years. The last time it erupted.... 630,000 years ago. The last time it went off it reduced the population of earth to about 10,000. I kid you not. To survive all you'll need is a gun and plenty of bullets.
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Off topic, re. Yellowstone. A park ranger noticed the water level was getting lower on one side of a lake and higher on the other. This could only mean the land is slowly tilting as the pressure in the caldera builds up.
There is a theory among some geologists that's even scarier than the yellowstone one. This is that large sections of the tectonic plates have very occasionally collapsed down into the magma, after which a new 'skin' forms.
cheers, SS
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Something quick and fun, around Corsica - a Westfield or Caterham probably.
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Lee
MINI adventure in progress
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The very top of St Gotthards pass in my spider.
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Literally dozens of similar experiences of all types in many different countries as a motoring correspondent for 15 years.......
All at someone else's expense.
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Does it start to get boring after, say, ten years?
Or does the knowledge that someone else is paying and it's not your car keep the spark going?
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Last summer. My Alfa, my new wife and the St Bernard Pass twixt France and Italy.
:o)
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Last summer. My Alfa, my new wife and the St Bernard Pass twixt France and Italy.
Never tell that story while drunk ND. I reckon if you were to accidentally refer to 'Last summer. My Alfa, my St Bernard and the Wife Pass twixt France and Italy' I don't reckon you'd get away without some serious injuries ;)
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A valid point Monsieur Le Grizzli. Pass the brandy. [hic]
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December 1990, Mk 1 XR2, snow-filled car-park, empty apart from me and a guy in a cavalier at the other end. Round and round and round, handbrake, wheelspin, forwards backwards, giggling like an idiot!! Top fun.
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Dr Alex Mears
Seat Leon Cupra
If you are in a hole stop digging...unless
you are a miner.
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Start to get boring?
You must be joking..:-)
Never.
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Sitting on a tree at a Caravan Club rally with a rocket propelled grenade launcher...
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Easier to send an e-mail to the Top Gear production crew.....:-)
Seriously, although I never could understand anyone wanting to tow their house behind their car, I do appreciate that for many thousands it forms a carefree, independent holiday or break and long may they enjoy them.
Just remember to pull over occasionally and allow a growing queue of vehicles to overtake - providing it's a safe place to do so.
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Age 17, being given the loan for an evening of an XK120. Scared the **** out of me at the time!
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Terry
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Yep - my Brands Hatch rally course in a Ford RS200 would come top of a fairly short list. A very close second would be the first time I went over the top of a giant sand dune in a Toyota Landcruiser - I think my fingernails are probably still embedded in the dashboard :)
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The first time I ever rode a motorcycle. Only about a mile on my way home from the dealers, nervous as hell, tears streaming down my face because I had no goggles but I can still remember the feeling of excitment and freedom like it was yesterday.
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