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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: kevinz925 on 06 June 2009, 11:42
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Hey guys!
I often drive my baby out merely for fun. I believe most of you have been doing the same thing all year long. So why don't you list some driving routes in UK which you think are the best for a GTI? Just for sharing!
Please use the similar format as I do so everyone could browse it easily:
Region: Northumberland
Route: Follow A1 Northbound, take the exit to A697, switch to B6344 to the west at Weldon, all the way to Rothbury
Features: Narrow but even road, lots of bends and sharp corners, villages, rivers and forest.
Length: Roughly 14 Miles
Notes: At Rothbury, if you find youself not quite in the mood for going back, you could soldier on to the west into the Northumberland National Park
Map:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=&sll=55.247424,-1.759186&sspn=0.212145,0.469666&ie=UTF8&ll=55.286937,-1.839523&spn=0.105967,0.234833&z=12
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CBA'd to go to the effort you did but the Evo Triangle is supposed to be a very good drive.
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On the VW site there used to bit a bit where people could enter good driving routes, it was when they had that night driving advert for the Golf on TV. Not sure if they still have it though.
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I live in cumbria, so love to fly through the winding roads around the lakes. Gotta go in winter tho, as summer is full of bloody tourists grrr :cool:
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CBA'd to go to the effort you did but the Evo Triangle is supposed to be a very good drive.
Yes it it a famous route, but is too far from where I live. I will find a chance to pay a visit anyway, hope that will be some point this year !! :evil:
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I live in cumbria, so love to fly through the winding roads around the lakes. Gotta go in winter tho, as summer is full of bloody tourists grrr :cool:
You've been so lucky to live in that area you know. I've only been to Lake Distrct once and have tasted the notorious driving route A591. It was magnificent ! So as those narrow rural roads around it!
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Tbh i don't really get chance to go up there much atm, because im at uni in the midlands, but can't wait to take my valver up there. Hasn't seen home yet, cause i bought it just recently. Fun times. Also worth a blast when its dark, slightly more fun, and cause i know the roads well its not a death trip lol
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Ladybower dam in Sheffield. Snake pass. Pro drive route
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Tbh i don't really get chance to go up there much atm, because im at uni in the midlands, but can't wait to take my valver up there. Hasn't seen home yet, cause i bought it just recently. Fun times. Also worth a blast when its dark, slightly more fun, and cause i know the roads well its not a death trip lol
Congratulations for your new machine and hope you will have fun with it! It reminds me of the days when I just got mine - ceaseless test drive day and night!
I'm located in Northeast and don't have much chance to bark down (been to London twice by M1 but you can't really call the time on the motorways as proper driving, can you?). Wales is the place I always wanted to go !
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Thanks for the new motor congrats :)
Gotta say ive had to take it out every night, even just for a lil spin. Its got a bloody annoying ticking atm, and i haven't had time to look at it (cause of exams and crap) so its actually not fun to drive. Should have it sorted within the next few weeks though, then its play time.
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A fair treck for most of you guys but in the Highlands from Inverness to Ullapool or better still Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh. Fantastic scenery and a mixture of good straight empty roads and twisties.
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Ive done inverness, went up there a while back, lots of fun. Although my motor was quickly running dry of petrol and i was miles from the closest petrol station. Finally found one and the car cut out as i was pulling up to the pump lol. Lucky :cool:
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Ladybower dam in Sheffield. Snake pass. Pro drive route
2 mins away from me and was recently voted the best driving road in Britain by the Westfield drivers :cool:
Another good route is the run from Windemere to Keswick
Plus one of the better ones is Inverness to Fort William in Scotland
:cool:
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I agree with the windermere and keswick route :D plenty of petrol wasted around that neck of the woods hehe
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I agree with the windermere and keswick route :D plenty of petrol wasted around that neck of the woods hehe
I'm up there again this month. I'll be making at least two trips along there and back as I've been press ganged volunteered by the wife to see two plays at the theatre by the lake in Keswick
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o dear, at least you'll have fun on the way there, and on the way back :grin:
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A68, just be aware of the 9 cameras, (7 southbound, 2northbound, or is it the other way round!) when u see the camera sign, it is within one mile, so be sensible. Otherwise a fab and usually fairly empty road. Just b a wee bit canny at times, cos there are a couple of tricky bits.
Do it at nightime, when you cant sleep and jus gotta drive, it will leave you breathless.
Cheers
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On the VW site there used to bit a bit where people could enter good driving routes, it was when they had that night driving advert for the Golf on TV. Not sure if they still have it though.
http://www.night-driving.com/
This is what I was talking about.
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On the VW site there used to bit a bit where people could enter good driving routes, it was when they had that night driving advert for the Golf on TV. Not sure if they still have it though.
http://www.night-driving.com/
This is what I was talking about.
I've tried this website. The thing is when you click on "Find a night drive", it will display "no server found". I've tried several times, same results. :cry:
Love the music, the opening video clip and the "Philosophy" part thought ! :laugh:
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Yeah so do I. Not working for me either, my guess is that VW have ditched it. Perhaps if we all were to email them they would bring it back :smiley:
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I came across this a few weeks ago and thought it was a great idea, can't understand why VW would go through the effort of starting the site, then just not finishing it :S
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I came across this a few weeks ago and thought it was a great idea, can't understand why VW would go through the effort of starting the site, then just not finishing it :S
It used to work but it was for marketing the Mk5, but i think they woulda ditched it when the mk6 came out.
I had a Polo when i first discovered it so didn't pay too much attention, now I want it back :cry: