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General => General discussion => Topic started by: bondbill2k2 on 26 January 2009, 10:02
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So who does it?
So many times ive been bored after going out on way home thinking "im not tired and i dont feel like going home"
So ill just drive in a direction and go for a cruise often with a mate, pop to asda first grab some munchies and drive for like 3-4 hours for sake of it?
Not going fast even most time, cruise and enjoy the night & quietness :smiley:
If you are one of these people then check out the night drive maps over on this Vws site
http://www.night-driving.com/
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me and a mate when we lived in Clacton decided we might go clubbing in Ipswich and set out but were having such a good laugh we missed the turnoff and eventually ended up in London. Got back at 4 in the morning. Sometimes spur of the moment trips are the best things. Only one downside to this story - it was in a Ford Orion 1.4! :grin:
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258 from Eupen in Belgium to Nurburg in Germany. More than worth missing the autobahn for. Although I'm going somewhere when I'm on it, I often wind up driving it late evening and enjoying it very, very much.
I also love driving the B3081 Verwood to Shaftesbury when it's quiet - listed in one of the motoring mags a while back as one of the UK's most challenging roads.
I had a very memorable drive at about 3AM coming back from the Isle of Wight a couple of years back - A36 south of Bath came alive when enough speed was added to it and enough traffic was deleted from it.
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I used to drive from Bournemouth to Bristol, via Blandford, Sturminster Newton, Henstridge, Castle Cary, Binegar and ending up on the A37. I did this every week for three years while I was at Brunel college doing my engineering license. Always at night time, usually after kicking out time from the Steam House in Southbourne on a Sunday night. (Rock night) Really enjoyed it. Needless to say I got to know that route very well.
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Doesn't sound like you went B3081 though. Shame, it's a much better road than those leading up the way you've described.
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B3081 does ring a bell, but I did not take much notice of the road identities. I had an Audi coupe back then. The old angular one rather than the jelly mould one.
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My normal one if only want to go out for 1 or 2 hours is the smaller roads that run parralel with the A449 then cruise round cannock chase area and take a long detour way back
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Love going for random drives!
Whilst I was at uni, me and all my mates used to have a thing called 'random trip' whereby as soon as someone said the words 'random trip' we used to have to drop everything, get in the car and just drive and see where we ended up
Was great fun and always a right laugh!
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Love going for random drives!
Whilst I was at uni, me and all my mates used to have a thing called 'random trip' whereby as soon as someone said the words 'random trip' we used to have to drop everything, get in the car and just drive and see where we ended up
Was great fun and always a right laugh!
:grin: might suggest this idea to mates
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Did this last night with my mates in and around Yeovil, him in his VR6 and me in the GL, just cruising along with a mate in each car, night time driving is really calming, I do it by myself sometimes, just for the hell of it as it's relaxing.
Glad I'm not the only one.
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I can never afford to get to work never mind go on a cruise! :grin:
It's a good idea though if you have a few mates (and have just been paid :wink:)
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I'm doing a mega cruise in a few weeks time. Driving from Madrid, Spain to Leipzig, Germany. Just bought a car for said journey as I am paying through the nose for hire cars every time I go there. Details of the car coming soon, and its a VAG!
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need to do one of these cruises to bristol one day to see DH :grin:
through the roads he says are awesome ofcourse, need to experience G force in a boat :grin:
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need to do one of these cruises to bristol one day to see DH :grin:
through the roads he says are awesome ofcourse, need to experience G force in a boat :grin:
If you rock it too much, you'll turn it over. There is a nice blind summit at Sturminster Newton, where, if you know the road well enough and know hpw it curves at the top, you can get a nice jump with a soft landing, because the road comes up to meet you rather than you landing on it........er.........so I have been told! :lipsrsealed:
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every week almost. not sure if you heard what happened though last friday. but basically had the local chav cruisin crew chasing/looking for me all nite, what are they like!!! didnt really do a lot to piss them off. but anyway before that it was all good, a few dubs out, just pull up and chat, go for a drive or wateva.
never been for a nite cruise, as in gone for a long drive to a random place. sounds fun :evil:
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Pirbright bends :)
From Frimley to Guildford, or back from Guildford to Farnborough going the back roads.
I love night driving! Used to always just go for a drive in my car when I first passed, don't do it so much now I have a full time job :(
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Did this yesterday with a few other mates (didnt have dubs tho :sad:) still a good hour of driving on some back roads was a good drive
Dan
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my g/f loves going for drives just drive for bout 40-50miles then set tomtom to take us home but she always wants to park upsomewhere quiet along the way... :laugh: :wink: :smug:
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my g/f loves going for drives just drive for bout 40-50miles then set tomtom to take us home but she always wants to park upsomewhere quiet along the way... :laugh: :wink: :smug:
Those were the days................... :smiley:
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Pirbright bends :)
From Frimley to Guildford, or back from Guildford to Farnborough going the back roads.
I love night driving! Used to always just go for a drive in my car when I first passed, don't do it so much now I have a full time job :(
i love that road! if your coming from pirbright the right side of it on the downhill is awesome! cos its got 2 sides you can do laps :laugh:
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If you rock it too much, you'll turn it over. There is a nice blind summit at Sturminster Newton, where, if you know the road well enough and know hpw it curves at the top, you can get a nice jump with a soft landing, because the road comes up to meet you rather than you landing on it........er.........so I have been told! :lipsrsealed:
il get the notebook out :wink:
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Pirbright bends :)
From Frimley to Guildford, or back from Guildford to Farnborough going the back roads.
I love night driving! Used to always just go for a drive in my car when I first passed, don't do it so much now I have a full time job :(
i love that road! if your coming from pirbright the right side of it on the downhill is awesome! cos its got 2 sides you can do laps :laugh:
Good stuff :)
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If you rock it too much, you'll turn it over. There is a nice blind summit at Sturminster Newton, where, if you know the road well enough and know hpw it curves at the top, you can get a nice jump with a soft landing, because the road comes up to meet you rather than you landing on it........er.........so I have been told! :lipsrsealed:
il get the notebook out :wink:
Kharekatoh, have you ever done Despeña perros? The mountain side road between Madrid and Cordoba? My 8v loved that road.
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Kharekatoh, have you ever done Despeña perros? The mountain side road between Madrid and Cordoba? My 8v loved that road.
never. not even heard of it.
I started driving legally in the UK so i havent done much road driving in spain.
Ive got access to a clio V6 when i visit spain so i'l definitly be looking for fun, fast roads to tear up the tarmac. Will sometime also make a trip in the mk3 to spain, then i'l have some fun around madrid (you will have to take me to some good roads that you know) and galicia, which 80% of the roads are fast, fun corners.
just remembered a road that my god father used to take me through...It is the perfect road in my opinion.
It is an uphill road, about 4 or 5 miles long, with a combination of slow and sharp corners, fast sweeping bends and long smooth straights. The tarmac is as smooth as a track and it is a wide road, and the edge of the road, where the markings show the road, there is about 3m of tarmac left until you start to go on the grass in some areas, and dust in others. For me that is one of the best roads i know of. Thinking about it gives me a warm feeling inside.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=Pontesampaio,+Pontevedra,+Pontevedra,+Galicia,+Spain&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=Fc8whgIdXKl8_w&split=0&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=6.881357,14.941406&ll=42.375951,-8.651905&spn=0.022382,0.038624&t=h&z=15 (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=Pontesampaio,+Pontevedra,+Pontevedra,+Galicia,+Spain&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=Fc8whgIdXKl8_w&split=0&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=6.881357,14.941406&ll=42.375951,-8.651905&spn=0.022382,0.038624&t=h&z=15)
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B3081 does ring a bell, but I did not take much notice of the road identities. I had an Audi coupe back then. The old angular one rather than the jelly mould one.
You'd know it if you'd driven it - comes into Shaftesbury down Zig Zag Hill.
The B3075 that goes north from Wareham is proper entertaining - straight, but goes up and down like mad, so much so that you'll catch air if you step the pace up.
A68 from Newcastle to Edinburgh is a stunning rural drive, too. I've nailed that late at night with a sprinter van and a twin axle trailer before now.
A483 south of Newtown in Wales is worth a mention, too.
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B3081 does ring a bell, but I did not take much notice of the road identities.
You'd know it if you'd driven it - comes into Shaftesbury down Zig Zag Hill.
Is that the way you brought Matt's gti home? He said it was quite an entertaining ride :grin:
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I love driving at night. When I had finals exams in the last year of uni, I used to go out once or twice a week and drive aroud to relax. It'd be around midnight, and coz it was summer, the nights were cool but not cold so I'd drive around with the window down.
Loved it.
Might go again this weekend. Never done a night cruise in the mkv.
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I love driving at night. When I had finals exams in the last year of uni, I used to go out once or twice a week and drive aroud to relax. It'd be around midnight, and coz it was summer, the nights were cool but not cold so I'd drive around with the window down.
Loved it.
Might go again this weekend. Never done a night cruise in the mkv.
thats sounds like - awesome.
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LL, why were you chased?
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LL, why were you chased?
FERRYPORT
HAHA, well those that know it will know it is mainly infested with chavs and stuff, although there is odd dub appearance.
last night, got bored so followed a car around that my m8 said he knew, name is john, in his mums 4x4 thingy (grand vitaro??). turns out he got scared and i had the whole of the ferryport crew looking for my car!! i mean wtf!!!!!!!! its a bit sad that that "crew" took it that serious.
anyway, went back down there in my mates car and talked the peeps (m8 knew some of them) and they said they were looking for a red mk3 with primered bumpers lol. i talked to him about that, and said "yeah thats my m8, he cool, dont know why your chasing m8!"
later on we found him again, by chance, he stopped the 4x4 in the road, jumped out and whipped out a police kosh and came to the car. haha wtf?!?!
anyway funny as f**k and quite an eventful.
:)
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Sounds urm.... interesting lol
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Sounds urm.... interesting lol
i'll tell what will be interesting, if i go out cruisin this weekend!
LL ;)
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Is that the way you brought Matt's gti home? He said it was quite an entertaining ride :grin:
Awwww yes.
Bless, he's a bit of a squealer. :grin:
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I love driving at night. When I had finals exams in the last year of uni, I used to go out once or twice a week and drive aroud to relax. It'd be around midnight, and coz it was summer, the nights were cool but not cold so I'd drive around with the window down.
Loved it.
Might go again this weekend. Never done a night cruise in the mkv.
Thats exactly what i did in the beetle, will be in the golf this summer, can have all the windows open and its bright at 1am as it is 3pm during winter :grin:
Mass dub night cruise to a central location? :grin:
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Initially meet somewhere like Heston Services and do a lap of the M25 starting at midnight, with scheduled stops at each of the services around the loop. (3AM start would be better, especially in the summer).
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I'd be up for a midnight cruise :)
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Would be awsome for some photography aswell
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Used to go on random drives all the time, just standing around chatting and then someone would say, " I'm off to .. anybody coming" cue big convoy to the seaside normally get there early hours kip in the car or chat for an hour or 2 then mess about on the beach and in the sea then drive back. They were the days, will be doing night driving when I get the golf back on the road :)
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I used to go on a lot of random night drives before I took up 9-5 employment and a mortgage :rolleyes:
Used to love just driving about, empty roads with some good music on, smoking a fag out the window..... ahhhh the good old days!
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Window down, cool air through your hair, big empty road, you and your VW. Love it :cool:
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Window down, cool air through your hair, big empty road, you and your VW. Love it :cool:
+ one of the only road race circuits on the planet no speed limits (in places), no other traffic. mmm :smiley:
Dont even need to be going quick, its just so much fun, youtube may help if you need visuals
E.G
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Cu8BZJ_hw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Cu8BZJ_hw)
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lol looks like the car to bike ratio is reversed on the isle of man!
looks like good fun :afro:
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only max 4 weeks a year, they make that stretch of road 1 way during the TT its awesome for a blast me and the mk3 took on some bikes last year when we went for a lap. And its all legit except in residential areas aorund the course. :smiley: :wink:
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Night time cruising......hav'ent done that for a while, use to do it alot "back in the day" drive quite a bit at night whilst at work, (night shifts every 5 weeks) but it aint the same.......feel quite nostalgic now!!
As for great roads, ridden some fantastic roads abroad, Route napoleon through the frech alps...mind blowing, was voted one of the best roads in world.
and Andorra....awesome especially on a GSXR 1000, being challanged by R8s and lambo's....4 wheels go round corners and hairpins alot easier than 2!!! especially with my riding ability!!!
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I'd be up for a midnight cruise :)
+1
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258 from Eupen in Belgium to Nurburg in Germany. More than worth missing the autobahn for. Although I'm going somewhere when I'm on it, I often wind up driving it late evening and enjoying it very, very much.
Driving through the Eiffel and Ardennes is the nuts.
Last time i was there on biz we got upgraded to a fully loaded A6 drove it from DDorf to Aachen on the Bahn (fast..:grin:) then Detoured around the Tri border area for the fun of it Wicked car wicked roads and a four star hotel and bar at the end :evil:
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I had a chat with a few friends last night, and I've decided if I organize one of these, I'll be holding it nearer my area (South West). Just because I can lol!
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Weathers getting good for these now :smiley:
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Couldnt resist last night, nice and warm with windows down went for a cruise over cannock chase.
Saw fair few deer, not the only wildlife, fair few doggers in those car parks too :grin: :grin: