Heddlu - Robbing B*stards!
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,072
Likes: 29
From: Southampton/Winchester
Point 1 - the badger had been long dead and therefore it was its rigamortis state that was potentially damage causing. Had the impact been a few inches higher, the damage would have catastrophic. I'm sure the stewards at Combe would remove the corpses.
Point 2 - yes, Keith's number plate is stupid, like mine.
Point 2 - yes, Keith's number plate is stupid, like mine.
Registered User
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 3,130
Likes: 4
From: Cirencester
I exaggerate for effect, Graham. I was putting the case for the defence in equally forthright terms as Mike's somewhat sanctimonious 'utter bewilderment' at us (and many other car enthusiasts) enjoying something he previously enjoyed too (until you told him he shouldn't, of course).
And, when you say that the badger nearly destroyed your intercooler, describe the actual damage done? My recollection was that, other than some raw badger meat on your front wing, there was none. Do you, in fact, mean it had the potential to do damage (as does one of Castle Combe's bunnies)? Is this the same 'nearly' as when I was nearly run over and killed because I was standing on the very spot where a car mounted the pavement and crashed a week later?
As for speeding convictions, like me, all yours seem to be the result of absentmindedly drifting over the limit during mundane commuting, rather than the perceived imminent ban associated with driving a sports car in the countryside? It's possible, but are we overstating the issue?
Yes, I'm being flippant, but it seems that this thread about KW's numberplate indiscretion has gone postal.
And, when you say that the badger nearly destroyed your intercooler, describe the actual damage done? My recollection was that, other than some raw badger meat on your front wing, there was none. Do you, in fact, mean it had the potential to do damage (as does one of Castle Combe's bunnies)? Is this the same 'nearly' as when I was nearly run over and killed because I was standing on the very spot where a car mounted the pavement and crashed a week later?
As for speeding convictions, like me, all yours seem to be the result of absentmindedly drifting over the limit during mundane commuting, rather than the perceived imminent ban associated with driving a sports car in the countryside? It's possible, but are we overstating the issue?
Yes, I'm being flippant, but it seems that this thread about KW's numberplate indiscretion has gone postal.
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 3,890
Likes: 5
From: New Milton, Hants
So, Gspot, you got 9 points in a year and you hit a stationary badger corpse that the cars in front and behind you avoided? I think I'll avoid tracks while you're on them, you clumsy bugger.
Mike - this is how I remember our track vs road conversation.....
https://youtu.be/SUGqTTBoOkw
Still love you both though xxx
Mike - this is how I remember our track vs road conversation.....
https://youtu.be/SUGqTTBoOkw
Still love you both though xxx
Registered User
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 12,330
Likes: 0
From: Frustration
You can't drive on the road like you can on a track unless you are the world biggest f ucking moron and you'll crash almost immediately.
I love driving on track as you can push the limits of the car.
Driving on the road is just great fun. You are no longer driving to the limits of the car, but to the limits of the road.
But you can't complain at getting a fine if you do something illegal.
I don't really get private plates, especially oddly spaced ones. If you're going to have a bit of fun on the road, you want to be as forgettable as possible.
And if you do get pulled by the fuzz, you want to be as unoffensive as possible and give them nothing to pick over.
I love driving on track as you can push the limits of the car.
Driving on the road is just great fun. You are no longer driving to the limits of the car, but to the limits of the road.
But you can't complain at getting a fine if you do something illegal.
I don't really get private plates, especially oddly spaced ones. If you're going to have a bit of fun on the road, you want to be as forgettable as possible.
And if you do get pulled by the fuzz, you want to be as unoffensive as possible and give them nothing to pick over.
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 1,924
Likes: 32
You can't drive on the road like you can on a track unless you are the world biggest f ucking moron and you'll crash almost immediately.
I love driving on track as you can push the limits of the car.
Driving on the road is just great fun. You are no longer driving to the limits of the car, but to the limits of the road.
But you can't complain at getting a fine if you do something illegal.
I don't really get private plates, especially oddly spaced ones. If you're going to have a bit of fun on the road, you want to be as forgettable as possible.
And if you do get pulled by the fuzz, you want to be as unoffensive as possible and give them nothing to pick over.
I love driving on track as you can push the limits of the car.
Driving on the road is just great fun. You are no longer driving to the limits of the car, but to the limits of the road.
But you can't complain at getting a fine if you do something illegal.
I don't really get private plates, especially oddly spaced ones. If you're going to have a bit of fun on the road, you want to be as forgettable as possible.
And if you do get pulled by the fuzz, you want to be as unoffensive as possible and give them nothing to pick over.
Says the one who got fined for his diddy PRIVATE number plate back when he had an S
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 8,076
Likes: 86
From: Costa del Cornwall
Especially ones that try to pretend numbers are letters, that really doesn't work. I'm all for plates that mean something to the owner, like mine it's my initals, I'm not showing that I can spell JOHN with 7HON.
cleaver ones I like
UME 1M spaced to U MI 1M southern comic Jimmy Jones
50 5EXY Mary Millington porn star
COM1C Jimmy Tarbuck
MAG1C Paul Daniels
Other than that forget it.
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 2,908
Likes: 56
Originally Posted by Ultra_Nexus' timestamp='1476479734' post='24084354
You can't drive on the road like you can on a track unless you are the world biggest f ucking moron and you'll crash almost immediately.
I love driving on track as you can push the limits of the car.
Driving on the road is just great fun. You are no longer driving to the limits of the car, but to the limits of the road.
But you can't complain at getting a fine if you do something illegal.
I don't really get private plates, especially oddly spaced ones. If you're going to have a bit of fun on the road, you want to be as forgettable as possible.
And if you do get pulled by the fuzz, you want to be as unoffensive as possible and give them nothing to pick over.
I love driving on track as you can push the limits of the car.
Driving on the road is just great fun. You are no longer driving to the limits of the car, but to the limits of the road.
But you can't complain at getting a fine if you do something illegal.
I don't really get private plates, especially oddly spaced ones. If you're going to have a bit of fun on the road, you want to be as forgettable as possible.
And if you do get pulled by the fuzz, you want to be as unoffensive as possible and give them nothing to pick over.
Says the one who got fined for his diddy PRIVATE number plate back when he had an S
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,019
Likes: 5
Originally Posted by Ultra_Nexus' timestamp='1476479734' post='24084354
Driving on the road is just great fun. You are no longer driving to the limits of the car, but to the limits of the road.
I don't really get private plates, especially oddly spaced ones.
Especially ones that try to pretend numbers are letters, that really doesn't work. I'm all for plates that mean something to the owner, like mine it's my initals, I'm not showing that I can spell JOHN with 7HON.
cleaver ones I like
UME 1M spaced to U MI 1M southern comic Jimmy Jones
50 5EXY Mary Millington porn star
COM1C Jimmy Tarbuck
MAG1C Paul Daniels
Other than that forget it.
PEN 1 S - Steve Parrish