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fedezyl · 10-29-2003, 10:31 AM

Hey I wouldn't mind flying to the old continent and racing a rental car over there!!

LOL, if I ever move there count me in though!

Jabba · 10-29-2003, 10:31 AM

I have been over 170 MPH through some sections and others I wouldnt want to go much more than 7 MPH....(the road surface being so crap)

TT · 10-29-2003, 10:34 AM

JW's official meeting, the M25 24h

sound cool! I wonder how many of us will return to their country with their car and their driving license

gis · 10-29-2003, 10:36 AM

well i sure as hell would get stopped,unless jabba wants to drag me along at the back of the diablo,just use a nice strong rope and ill be fine,ill be the fastest un-modded saxo ever,lol

Jabba · 10-29-2003, 10:38 AM

I find a 3-4 hour race more appealing somehow...a) your not going to end up with a car like the F50 in gumball 3000 stone chipped to hell and generaly fucked and a pile of shit after the race......b) my cars often break down (in the spirit of Italian supercars) so its always nice to be quite near home c ) pure driving experience with none of that other fucking around...(bandits, mafia, corrupt police officers and drunken fools etc)

Jabba · 10-29-2003, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by gis

well i sure as hell would get stopped,unless jabba wants to drag me along at the back of the diablo,just use a nice strong rope and ill be fine,ill be the fastest un-modded saxo ever,lol

Maybe we could have a handicap system where youre given a headstart gis...I will have to give it ago sometime to see roughly how many hours I could do a whole lap in....

fedezyl · 10-29-2003, 10:48 AM

is there any gatsos in the M25?

TT · 10-29-2003, 10:49 AM

How long is the whole lap BTW? Because the M25 is famous all over Europe But I don't really know how long it is the whole thing.

fedezyl · 10-29-2003, 10:52 AM

yeah, is it like the highway that surrounds london?
Like Paris périphérique?
If not we could have a track day too...that' would be awesome, like all going to the Nurburing, or Silverstone

Jabba · 10-29-2003, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by fedezyl

is there any gatsos in the M25?

In the sections where they are working on the road (contra flow) usually yes...although I guess the points on your licence are not going to matter if your not based in the UK...

I did a recent trip from Brighton to Herfordshire only last week (355 and Diablo) probably on average a two hour thirty minutes journey...coming back we did it in just over 1 hour...and didn't drop below 100 much....max speeds around 160 in the 355 and over 170 in the Diablo....didn't see a police car the whole time and only the few gatsos already mentioned...

fedezyl · 10-29-2003, 11:03 AM

oh...did you get any tickets from the gatsos?? lol!

The only thing I need is a car then, and we can definetely do the Jabba's 24 hs..

Hey jabba did you ever get to top speed in your diablo?

Jabba · 10-29-2003, 11:06 AM

Nope never broken the 200 mph barrier yet...

fedezyl · 10-29-2003, 11:10 AM

LOL...isn't it tempting? you should take a little trip to germany....
I think i'm getting adicted to speed....the other day I was "racing" (more like I got my ass kicked several times) a friend in his Bike and I got to 135 mph in my dad's car...very close to top speed...and i'm like...well...I need more...maybe around 155 mph...
Anyways, hey you never take vacations do you?

Jabba · 10-29-2003, 11:15 AM

The longest ring road in the world, the M25 was designed to make traffic drive around London instead of through it.

It is 195.5 km (121.5 miles) long.

It cost an estimated £909m to build (£7.5m per mile).

It does not completely encircle London as the eastern crossing at Dartford is formed of the A282 which is a general purpose road partly in Kent and partly in Essex linked by the Dartford tunnel and bridge which are tolled highways.

Between junctions 15 and 14 (M4 to A3113) the M25 carries 165000 vehicles per day* making it the busiest motorway in the UK.

There are 31 junctions (32, if Junction 21A is counted separately) numbered from Junction 1 south of the Dartford Tunnel clockwise round to Junction 31 north of Dartford Tunnel connecting with A13.

These interchanges include nine major motorway-to-motorway interchanges.

The signing system on the M25 uses five key destinations - Heathrow, Gatwick, Dartford Tunnel, Harlow and Watford. At the approaches to the M25 the signs show the next key destination. The idea of this is to help drivers go the right way round it.

An average of 20,000 trees per mile have been planted alongside and near the carriageways.

Four service stations were originally planned. At the moment there are only three, Clacket Lane between Junction 5 and 6, South Mimms at Junction 23 and Thurrock between Junction 30 and 31. The fourth proposed site was at Iver on the five mile length between Junction 15 and 16.

When it's quiet you can stay on it for hours and still end up in the same place.

When it's busy you can stay on it for hours and still end up in the same place.

In the year 2000 novelist, poet and "psychogeographer" Iain Sinclair walked anti-clockwise around the motorway for his book London Orbital.

Along with the Great Wall of China, it is supposedly one of the few man-made constructions that is visible from space.

It's a metaphor for life, if you drive along it for long enough, you return to your starting point.

fedezyl · 10-29-2003, 11:28 AM

Wow!! that is wicked! is there a record for the fastest lap around it?