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 posted on 31/5/05 at 09:24 AM |
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Grasstracking Ooops!
Had a good Sunday's racing fun-wise, if not results wise, so I decided to pop out in an open race at the end of the meeting. These are where
cars of every class compete together, but handicapped.
In class 9 we end up starting immediately (well, 75 yards) behind the class 1 minis, but they are on the lap ahead so to beat them I have to pass them
twice!.
Anyhow, beside the point, I was merrily blasting past them all, and the track was VERY dusty, so I couldn't see a whole lot, and plenty of
people were spinning, so it was just total chaos! I was just drifting around some more minis thinking how well the car was handling going round the
outside "on the loose" when I glanced left and saw..............the armco!!!!!!!!!!!
Totally caught me out, I glanced off it fairly hard, but kept my foot in and still passed the other cars, and it still drove ok so I finished, but I
have now learnt that relaxing and peeing about while racing is not a very good idea!
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NS Dev
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| posted on 31/5/05 at 03:07 PM |
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Oh yes, meant to bore you all some more and add that the impact was sufficient to dislodge the handheld extinguisher from it's bracket under my
legs, and it then proceeded into the pedal area in the next bend!!! Luckily only 2 laps to go with it rolling about near the brake pedal!!
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JoelP
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| posted on 31/5/05 at 04:24 PM |
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few things are scarier than getting debris stuck under the brake pedal
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Alan B
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| posted on 31/5/05 at 05:19 PM |
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I'd imagine being attacked by a wild grizzly bear would come close.
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JoelP
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| posted on 31/5/05 at 05:31 PM |
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maybe if he was really pissed
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 31/5/05 at 06:48 PM |
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Where would a wild grizzly bear get booze from?
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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phelpsa
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| posted on 31/5/05 at 07:24 PM |
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JoelP when he's pissed
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Jonr
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| posted on 31/5/05 at 08:06 PM |
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sort of got a small grizzly bear under the brake pedal once!!!
Was out for a drive one sunday morning in my old mini (that's got to be 15 years ago!) and found a ferret! I kept ferrets at the time so I
stopped and picked the thing up, huge beast of a hob, biggest but most good natured one I ever had. Anyway, I had nothing to put it in apart from the
back pocket of my Barbour jacket, secure enough. Yeah right, just as I approached the first traffic light on my way home, felt the ferret under my
feet, bugger got out of the pocket, wrapped himself around the pedals, mostly under the brake pedal. Light goes red and I sail through halfway under
the dash trying to retrieve the ferret. Very lucky as the only thing coming turned left and I went straight through. Ferret went straight in the
boot after that, no way out of there. Anyway, he outlasted the mini and was the nicest creature I ever had the pleasure of knowing. Great line
ferret as well, but always kept him in a proper box after that.
Hardly debris but scarey as hell to have under the brake pedal!!!!
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 31/5/05 at 10:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
few things are scarier than getting debris stuck under the brake pedal
Putting foot on brake pedal of Hilman Hunter/Rapier/Vogue (hand brake lever on offside of drivers seat) and finding that the servo has sucked all the
fluid out of the master cylinder, giving NO brake pedal as you get a few car lengths from a vehicle stopped at a busy junction with a pedestrian (with
pram) waiting to cross in front of said vehicle, from offside (no vehicles just brick wall and kerb) to the nearside (parked vehicles & no clear
exit).
Now that was scary.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 1/6/05 at 07:23 AM |
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errrrrkkkkkk!!!!!
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britishtrident
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| posted on 1/6/05 at 08:44 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by jollygreengiant
quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
few things are scarier than getting debris stuck under the brake pedal
Putting foot on brake pedal of Hilman Hunter/Rapier/Vogue (hand brake lever on offside of drivers seat) and finding that the servo has sucked all the
fluid out of the master cylinder, giving NO brake pedal as you get a few car lengths from a vehicle stopped at a busy junction with a pedestrian (with
pram) waiting to cross in front of said vehicle, from offside (no vehicles just brick wall and kerb) to the nearside (parked vehicles & no clear
exit).
Now that was scary.
The joys of single circuit brakes :-(
-- I once had a rotoflex explode on an elan and take one of he rear brake flexies with it -- on the approach to red traffic lights.
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Rorty
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| posted on 2/6/05 at 06:01 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonr
Was out for a drive one sunday morning in my old mini (that's got to be 15 years ago!) and found a ferret! I kept ferrets at the time so I
stopped and picked the thing up, huge beast of a hob, biggest but most good natured one I ever had. Anyway, I had nothing to put it in apart from the
back pocket of my Barbour jacket, secure enough. Yeah right, just as I approached the first traffic light on my way home, felt the ferret under my
feet, bugger got out of the pocket, wrapped himself around the pedals, mostly under the brake pedal.
I had that exact same experience many years ago; old Mini, ferret along road, ferret under pedals. FREAKY!
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
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