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by KayGee » Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:50 pm
Andy,
certainly am, Newport Pagnell Aston factory is about 5 mins from my house. Come of M1 at J14, take NP road, as you approach NP roundabout turn right toward Bedford/Olney (If you go straight on you'll come to the old AM factories on the left and right), straight on at the next round about, AM use this stretch of road for "road testing", have done for many years. 200 metres straightish then a gentle left turn that tightens under the bridge then straight road for 3/4 mile uphill. Large Island at the top all the way round and back down the other side. Slow right hander at the bottom of the hill and under the bridge is now scary as hell and offset entry to the first roundabout catches out loads of people who panic brake as they realise there is a 40 foot artic in the road!!!
Next section is pretty straight point to point squirt, next roundabout is tight and officially right hand lane is only one for straight on traffic. Then up a rise following a left handed curve and peak over the M1 and gentle s bend into another roundabout.
Sometimes they go further up to the "new A5D" (20+ years old now!!!) if doing a test drive for a customer but that is the end of the "unofficial road test track".
When Santa Pod weekends are on, it also gets used by a lot of Sant Pod traffic as well....
Dippy, agreed from a standing start you'd put another car length on an M3 easy.
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