BluKoo
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A few years ago when I passed my test and was a "boy racer"  , we used to have what was called the "7 minute club".
It consisted of a group of idiots (me being one of them) who tried to get from Stonehaven to Aberdeen (probably about 13 miles from slip road to slip road) in under 7 minutes. Which meant we had to have an average speed of about 115mph for just under 7 minutes (anyone who knows that bit of road will know that its not gonna be easy in certain cars because of certain hills/corners).
Another thread I read tonight reminded me of it, and I was just wandering if any of you guys did something similar? Afterall, we were all young a stupid once...
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
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Hope you zipped up your flame suit.
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Pip308
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we do the ringroad challege where we order are food from the kebab van the do a loop of the basingstoke ringroad and try and get back b4 they cook it 
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Ojc
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K17VGY
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yep we used to do something similar on a stretch of road round here lots of fun at the time but when u look back at it now u realise how stupid it was
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mattk
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I maxed my punto last night for 3 miles, nearly shit my self
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andy1868
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Location: Burscough, Lancashire
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i can get around mk akina in less than 4 minutes
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by James
Hope you zipped up your flame suit.
Not everyone is an angel. And those who claim to be are liars 
As i said, this was when i passes my test (5 years ago). Nowadays i'm nothing like i was back then. I realise i'm not invincible, or uncatchable by the cops.
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ChrisBoom
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Yup, my village to the nearest petrol station, 11 mile dash of death
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lostboy
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From home to work as quick as possible, only 7 miles but the start is a windy road that alot of people take at 40, i average 80 (when its empty), i really need to grow up.
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Brett
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I used to put McD's trays under my wheels innit
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wilson_sri
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I used to be in this thing called fight club, but im not allowed to talk about it.
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Dan H
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From my mates house to mine, bwt 5 mile do it in about 4mins dont really have time to look at speedo, aint stupid enough to do it now tho, will get cought lol
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by wilson_sri
I used to be in this thing called fight club, but im not allowed to talk about it.
Were there any rules? 
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Skylined
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quote:
Originally posted by wilson_sri
I used to be in this thing called fight club, but im not allowed to talk about it.
i was scrolling down waiting for someone to say that
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bethoml
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we do a bridge run in kendal. about 1/4 mile up a slope. see how fast we can get. must good fun. i get 105
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by James
quote:
Originally posted by wilson_sri
I used to be in this thing called fight club, but im not allowed to talk about it.
Were there any rules?
I'm guessing not since he just told us
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Eck
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Me and a couple of others used to see how quick we could get along a local road (The stawnie for fifers), not sure on the time but basically who could get the max speed My mate's 172 had 146 on the clocks, I won't comment on my speed but didn't beat that!
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sand-eel
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Well there is a seaside country road people used to get proof of their acheivement where they get a bank statement with the time on it and drive as fast as possible to a town 12 miles away and get another bank statement so they can get the exact time.
Many people have crashed doing this and a guy I knew died possibly trying this on that road he probably wouldn't of crashed if another crash wasn't in his way.
I didn't try this as it is one of the up most dangerous roads driving normally.
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kz
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Yeah used to try and get to a ton in between these two roundabouts coming outta Canvey Island in my 206 GTi. Managed it once, but was very close to death so never attempted it again. Would be good to try again with the 182 for comparison though. It's a private road of course
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harrisp
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There is a long sweeping bend that comes of a dual carriageway near me that everyone tries to get the highest speed around.
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Nic Barnes
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i once drove to my mates house 7 miles away in an hour. quite impressive for saturday afternoon and football traffic in carlisle i thought.
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by harrisp
There is a long sweeping bend that comes of a dual carriageway near me that everyone tries to get the highest speed around.
Theres a corner like that near us. Its called the Muchals dip.
I thought i did pretty well going round it at 115 in my 1.6 Escort, but then heard about my 2 mates who raced round it side by side at over 140 in a Type R and an Evo madness.
[Edited on 17-03-2009 by BluKoo]
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harrisp
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quote:
Originally posted by BluKoo
quote:
Originally posted by harrisp
There is a long sweeping bend that comes of a dual carriageway near me that everyone tries to get the highest speed around.
Theres a corner like that near us. Its called the Muchals dip.
I thought i did pretty well going round it at 115 in my 1.6 Escort, but then heard about my 2 mates who raced round it side by side at over 140 in a Type R and an Evo madness.
[Edited on 17-03-2009 by BluKoo]
115 this is more like 50/60mph but most people struggle to get 30mph round it, because it so tight.
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Richardhhha
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quote:
Originally posted by pip308
we do the ringroad challege where we order are food from the kebab van the do a loop of the basingstoke ringroad and try and get back b4 they cook it
lol i used to do this just going to the ex misses, i used to come off the ring road off towards the hospital, hit that big round about once at 60 must of hit some crap on the road as next thing i knew was the car going a bit sideways, kept it going and ended up coming off the round about at around 80.... gawd things i used to do when i was younger
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