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Good luck with that. We are still waiting to find out if hes ever driven on an autobahn :D

 

I know - it does seem bizarre. He claims to want to save others when he and everyone else is driving. He must have done much research into what is the safest car, and I'm very interested to find out what this car is...

 

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Justin Smith - if you can't remember what car you drive, then perhaps you shouldn't be driving. AT ANY SPEED.

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I know - it does seem bizarre. He claims to want to save others when he and everyone else is driving. He must have done much research into what is the safest car, and I'm very interested to find out what this car is...
Isn't Justin the guy that drives in the middle lane for as long as he can't see someone in the inside lane?

 

If so I'm pretty sure that he drives a Peugeot.

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Isn't Justin the guy that drives in the middle lane for as long as he can't see someone in the inside lane?

 

If so I'm pretty sure that he drives a Peugeot.

 

Oh, yes he is and he dares to have a pop at me stating I don't care about road safety. Oh the merciful irony.

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Oh, yes he is and he dares to have a pop at me stating I don't care about road safety. Oh the merciful irony.

 

\rest safe in the knowledge that if Justin thinks what you do in a car is bad - it probably isn't. And vice versa.

 

 

JUSTIN SMITH What car do you drive?????

 

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Isn't Justin the guy that drives in the middle lane for as long as he can't see someone in the inside lane?

 

If so I'm pretty sure that he drives a Peugeot.

 

Do we know a model or year?

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I'd rather track my own car, but at a location with plenty of grass instead of barriers.

 

Good luck with that. I've been to most UK circuits and don't know that one. But anyhow the biggest danger is being taken off by the quick boys whilst you are trying to pass the slow ones. So best take a trailer to bring home the big bits.

 

I had dozens of accidents on karts but never so much as cut a finger. The panels are blown plastic and the dents pop out half an hour after the impact, so it is as good as new for the next race. I think the most fun was a 24 hour race in a twin engined pro kart which cost me about £150 including hiring the kart. 0-60 in 4 seconds.

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Bedford Autodrome was nice, that's where I drove the Elise and there was little danger of hitting anything other than a rabbit.

 

They were pretty strict about overtaking protocol, there were no collisions in the 4hr session I was on the track.

 

The key is that it's not a race, it's a track session. Racing will get you immediately black flagged.

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Bedford Autodrome was nice, that's where I drove the Elise and there was little danger of hitting anything other than a rabbit.

 

They were pretty strict about overtaking protocol, there were no collisions in the 4hr session I was on the track.

 

The key is that it's not a race, it's a track session. Racing will get you immediately black flagged.

 

Ah on of those events.

 

It does sound rather like driving round the ring road. It sounds nearly as exciting asusing an X-Box.

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I said track the car, I didn't say race it.

 

I can't say that I've ever spun off the ring road, hit 110 legally on a straight on the ring road, missed the breaking point for a corner and gone straight over the s bend, or had a racing instructor coach me for three laps...

 

I didn't find it boring at all, in case you were missing the point. Absolutely nothing like driving on the road.

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I said track the car, I didn't say race it.

 

I can't say that I've ever spun off the ring road, hit 110 legally on a straight on the ring road, missed the breaking point for a corner and gone straight over the s bend, or had a racing instructor coach me for three laps...

 

I didn't find it boring at all, in case you were missing the point. Absolutely nothing like driving on the road.

 

Don't go to Castle Coombe...90 bend after the main straight with the braking point ideally on top of a hill...minimal run off. Pant dirtying stuff. And then another corner later on has no more than 10m between you and a concrete wall.

 

http://www.motorsport-events.co.uk/news/wp-content/themes/motorsport-events/images/combe-circuit-map-large.jpg

 

Quarry Corner and then Tower Corner are the ones I'm referring to.

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