April 25Apr 25 37 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said: My father was a traffic policeman for many years through the fifties and sixties and had a habit of pressing an imaginary brake pedal whenever my mother was at the wheel - which used to irritate her no end and it's a trait I've inherited and has the same effect on my wife! Boy! Do I understand that. My wife was a terrible driver. Dinged or totaled every car she had. When I had my cataract surgery I couldn't drive home myself. I had to have her drive me home. Half way home she stopped at a stop sign before crossing the street with through traffic. She made a complete stop and then pulled out into the path of the car that had the right of way. Her car was totaled. And I was scared ****less. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
April 25Apr 25 22 hours ago, qqwertz said: peaking of Autobahn: this guy created some controversy a few years ago because he went more than 400 km/h Holy #&@!!!!!. Dave Simulator: P3Dv6.1 System Specs: Intel i7 13700K CPU, MSI Mag Z790 Tomahawk Motherboard, 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Video Card, 3x 1TB Samsung 980 Pro M.2 2280 SSDs, Windows 11 Home OS My website for P3D stuff: https://sites.google.com/view/thep3dfiles/home
April 25Apr 25 Author 3 hours ago, DD_Arthur said: Must admit I find high speed in cars rather horrible; it's that 'enclosed' feeling and the knowledge that if anything happens over 40mph there's a lot of energy within that mass that's got to be dumped somewhere... My father was a traffic policeman for many years through the fifties and sixties and had a habit of pressing an imaginary brake pedal whenever my mother was at the wheel - which used to irritate her no end and it's a trait I've inherited and has the same effect on my wife!😃 Yep, same here. At speed im thinking... mass and kinetic energy... and contemplating consequences. I don't press an imaginary brake pedal but when my daughter drives and we are close to granite walls (everyday occurrence here) my left leg is constantly moving away from potential impact with granite. 😁
April 26Apr 26 About 150 mph tops for me on a 190 hp motorcycle. It was on a race track, not a road. 150 mph gets your attention. It's the 70° right hand turn at the end of the front straight that makes you 💩 your pants. Tom MAKA = Make America Kind Again
April 26Apr 26 10 hours ago, tdflightsim said: About 150 mph tops for me on a 190 hp motorcycle. It was on a race track, not a road. 150 mph gets your attention. It's the 70° right hand turn at the end of the front straight that makes you 💩 your pants. Lol!🫡 When we were youngsters - before wife, kids and mortgaged bliss - a handful of friends and I would go motorcycle racing. It was kinda fun but also a great way to burn through quite a bit of cash and injure yourself into the bargain. I did it for around three years before the young lady who would become my missus wisely declared 'enough!' About five years after my inglorious racing career finished they invented 'track days' here in the UK. Wow! What a great idea! For a minimal fee you get to thrash your bike around the track to your hearts content. It's NOT racing but still great fun. Eventually three of us bought a ten year old YZF600 which had been a production racer but was now hopelessly outclassed for competitive racing. It was a bit battered but cheap as chips and came with spare wheels, spare clipons, spare footpegs, two sets fibreglass bodywork and a strong engine. We'd put it on a trailer and pile into my mates Volvo estate. At the circuit you'd generally get around three, twenty minute long sessions out on the track on the day which was enormous, exhausting fun and get to go home afterwards without hurting yourself. All at a fraction of the cost of competitive racing. We did this for five years until calling it a day....due to increasing old age!🤔
Create an account or sign in to comment