Re: Weird encounter

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <009701be7967$bb2662c0$4935883e@default> "Jim Haseltine" writes:

> Good call but living dangerously again Phil - in broad daylight, in full
> view of your neighbours (let alone your family) you take this young lady for
> a ride? Even if your wife wasn't in the country she'd have known within 10
> seconds of your car hitting the end of your drive.....

She was mowing the front lawn at the time, using the only lawnmower
in England full of Mobil 1.

The island at the end of the road, for the technically-minded, is a
'grade separated twin bridge island' - that's to say it's elevated above
the A14 - the A509 comes in from the south up a short hill.  With good
visibility for oncoming traffic, you can launch over the brow onto the
island, on 'landing' make a vicious left correction to get to the
inside, curve right just sliding on the throttle, blast across the
straight bridge section, and then power-slide around the far end.  If
you're not used to a car that doesn't 'end swap' on such maneouvres,
it's pretty startling.  No one in their right mind would try it in a RWD
car.

The first "Oh!" always comes with the correction.  The second when we
reach the end of the bridge straight and we're still accelerating.  I've
now developed the trick of saying, in the middle of the straight: "Push
yourself back in the seat for this bit."  Winds 'em up a treat.

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 Phil Payne
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