Warning to all SW Londoners..

iPete

I'm picking this up on the way home.

I've not driven on the roads in nearly 4 years :shock:

I'll being doing my best to try and not
filter up the inside of traffic
stick my hand out the window to indicate
draft large vehicles
race everything else on the road
turn Strava on

msmancunia

Nice colour!

I had to have a driving lesson last year after five years of using two wheels instead of four. Even so, I was terrified! I felt like I was driving a tank.

pitchshifter

Is that the hot one? I think I only ever see them speeding or wrapped around a tree. Either way I'll keep a look out

rubertoe

I'm just learning to drive, My instructor keeps telling me I'm not on a bike... Driving is much more terrifying than riding a bike in London that is for sure.

TommyEss

Yeah, I picked up my first car last week - had my licence 11 years, and have driven very very occasionally since then (like 2/3 times a year, tops)

iPete

11 years! fair play on getting the test done early, I know people who have just started learning in their late 20s, a real struggle.

pitchshifter wrote:

Is that the hot one? I think I only ever see them speeding or wrapped around a tree. Either way I'll keep a look out

Spot on (with the tree bit), 2.0 16v with 182 horses, nearly as many as my legs apparently

rubertoe wrote:

I'm just learning to drive, My instructor keeps telling me I'm not on a bike... Driving is much more terrifying than riding a bike in London that is for sure.

With you on that! Did my CBT last year for the hell of it (decided I hated mopeds after) & kept drifting it over to the left of the road!

bigmat

rubertoe wrote:

Driving is much more terrifying than riding a bike in London that is for sure.

The truth. Non-cyclists just can't get their head round it though, they seem to assume riding a bike must feel like dancing naked on a motorway.

Headhuunter

4 years? That's nothing, I passed my test when I was 17 in 1990. I've never owned my own car and haven't even driven a car since 1996... Nearly 20 years...

Headhuunter

BigMat wrote:

rubertoe wrote:

Driving is much more terrifying than riding a bike in London that is for sure.

The truth. Non-cyclists just can't get their head round it though, they seem to assume riding a bike must feel like dancing naked on a motorway.

Yeah people always say that to me - "wow, I wouldn't even drive in London and you CYCLE?!"

keyser__soze

It is a bit of an eye-opener driving across town. People always say drivers should try cycling, I think it's probably good for us faster cyclists to drive every now and again - what seems to us to be a reasonable undertake or filtering or pulling ahead at junctions can be pretty scary for conscientious drivers trying not to hit anyone.

Sadly there's still a large proportion of drivers that really don't care of course...

DannyJames

Nice car we have a Ph1 172 and it still puts a smile on my face

Take a look at cliosport.net loads of helpfull people on the forums if you come across any problems or need to find a specialist in your area

suzyb

BigMat wrote:

rubertoe wrote:

Driving is much more terrifying than riding a bike in London that is for sure.

The truth. Non-cyclists just can't get their head round it though, they seem to assume riding a bike must feel like dancing naked on a motorway.

The few times I've been in London driving has looked more terrifying than cycling to me.

iPete

DannyJames wrote:

Nice car we have a Ph1 172 and it still puts a smile on my face

Take a look at cliosport.net loads of helpfull people on the forums if you come across any problems or need to find a specialist in your area

Been a member for years, my last car was a Mk1 Ph3 1.4 in blue, this is something of an upgrade :twisted:

The Rookie

Nice choice, 172 or a 182?

iPete

182

That was a little unnerving but ok, my width awareness worries me but wow not even given it some but you can tell the power is there waiting!

Cruise control is a bit cool (I'm so behind the times).

veronese68

I worked at Radbourne Racing when the 5GT Turbo was current. They were a hoot, then we tuned them. We also used to mess around with the mid engined Turbo2s, a quick one would pull wheelies. What a laugh.

dhope

Ah, reminds me of my last car about 7 years ago, a Peugeot 306 GTi-6

Big_Paul

I'm supposed to be buying my Boss' LWB Terrano off him, it'll probably do less than 20 miles a week in all honesty, but when I do need a vehicle I need something that I can throw junk into and has a good towing capacity. Sadly SWMBO does not like me using her new Fabia for such things.