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M25 happy 25th

Post by sonny » Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:40 pm

:jump_clap:

Happy Birthday

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Re: M25 happy 25th

Post by PJC » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:52 am

Hard to think how we ever managed without it.

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Re: M25 happy 25th

Post by sonny » Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:21 pm

Yep the north and south circler did that job until then.
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Re: M25 happy 25th

Post by Mr V10 » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:35 pm

15) Chris and Sue Glazier, of Ashford, Kent, chose to spend their wedding night driving the M25.

Very odd. :shock:
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Re: M25 happy 25th

Post by bam_bam » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:44 pm

I drove around the M25 after an argument with my 'ho recently, I left after she came home drunk at 1am.
I told my mate and he said that people used to 'race' around it when it first opened, trying to get around it under an hour. :shock:
Any truth or stories about that?
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Re: M25 happy 25th

Post by HYFR » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:34 pm

bam_bam wrote:I drove around the M25 after an argument with my 'ho recently, I left after she came home drunk at 1am.
I told my mate and he said that people used to 'race' around it when it first opened, trying to get around it under an hour. :shock:
Any truth or stories about that?
how fast did you do it in ??

last time I had an argument with my missus I stormed out in the RS 4 for a spin, only to forget my wallet and when turning on the ignition the fecken fuel light came on!

suffice to say I just parked up somewhere to pro long the effect

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Re: M25 happy 25th

Post by HYFR » Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:35 pm

that would be a good race .... start at the same junction, but go in opposite directions, then first back to the starting junction ...

only prob would be all the gantry cameras

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Re: M25 happy 25th

Post by bam_bam » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:05 pm

About 2 - 3hrs. Got home and slept in the naughty bed. There was some stupid quick driving but also a lot of SPECS camera sections. Those overhead gantry cameras work? I've been through some those proper quick!
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Re: M25 happy 25th

Post by HYFR » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:08 pm

no they dont work yet

atm only when the speed is reduced (variable)

current law doesnt allow them to prosecute if there is no speed restriction (although some still flash you >85mph)

but its only a matter of time as they are installing them everywhere

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Re: M25 happy 25th

Post by sonny » Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:17 am

bam_bam wrote:I drove around the M25 after an argument with my 'ho recently, I left after she came home drunk at 1am.
I told my mate and he said that people used to 'race' around it when it first opened, trying to get around it under an hour. :shock:
Any truth or stories about that?
Yes mate it was true. I cant remember the name of the event. Funnily I was chatting to a ex copper today about it, he used to do it on his bike.
aka_dk wrote:no they dont work yet

atm only when the speed is reduced (variable)

current law doesnt allow them to prosecute if there is no speed restriction (although some still flash you >85mph)

but its only a matter of time as they are installing them everywhere
Iv just renewed my road angel ( 3 year subscription) and its very accurate as to what gantries are working. Example, in the Surrey stretch think from, the M23 jct toward the A3 there are 15 gantries only 3 have camera boxes on them (hidden by signs). The it goes into the VAR limits.
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Re: M25 happy 25th

Post by P_G » Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:10 pm

I've done it many moons ago when I used to live in London and SPECS was just someones imagination. Best I could do was approx. 1hr 30 mins. Know bikers that have done it in <50 minutes. :shock:

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