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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:10 PM
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:16 PM
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Oh dear.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:18 PM
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Why, there are no double yellows
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:19 PM
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Women drivers......
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:20 PM
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oops
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:23 PM
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Got oo excited to see the Shell I suppose.....
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:26 PM
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Is that Aberdeen ? on the way out to Dyce ?

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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:33 PM
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Yup its Gt Northern rd, Aberdeen.

I didnt take the pic myself and I cant understand how it got there.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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cant understand how it got there.
Wet road + stoooopid driver ?
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:44 PM
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Yeah, but the strange thing is there is a roundabout of death (read very busy) 50 yards behind it, and I think thats in rushhour. Couldn't have been going that fast out of said roundabout I would have thought. Ah well, I suppose we'll never know.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:46 PM
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Anyone notice the writing on the bus

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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:49 PM
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There are some very bad drivers out there.
And some very stupid ones.
Then there are some who are both bad and stupid. Looks like one of these guys was driving this poor Nissan.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:55 PM
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Actually quite easy if you've been used to FWD all your life.

Boot it out of nice greasy roundabout. Back starts to go. Lift off to quickly. Over correct a few time. Back hits kerb - railing takes the back nicely up to the point you see.

I was fortunate - I learned about the diff between FWD and RWD by going from a mini to an MG Midget aged 17 3/4. First wet roundabout was still an experience even with 60ish bhp.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:56 PM
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Ha Ha Ha ,other peoples misfortune ,Nice colour though.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Moonloops
Anyone notice the writing on the bus

bet you always won the where's wally competitions
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 03:58 PM
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There he is!!
THERE HE IS!!
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 04:43 PM
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Im stuck in traffic at that roundabout all the time. I wish id seen that plonker standing next to his / her car afterwards. Ill bet the driver receivced a few choice comments from passing drivers. I cant say it enough, what a ****.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by dsmith
Actually quite easy if you've been used to FWD all your life.

I was fortunate - I learned about the diff between FWD and RWD by going from a mini to an MG Midget aged 17 3/4. First wet roundabout was still an experience even with 60ish bhp.
I was lucky too. I had plenty experience on Gran Turismo to teach me about physics.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 06:37 PM
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Hmmm maybe that was the problem. Too much gran turismo led to the impression that all cars bounce off armco with no damage
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Moonloops
Wet road + stoooopid driver ?
Very stoooopid - I seem to remember it's a 30 limit there. Certainly not over 40.
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Old Mar 28, 2006 | 09:41 PM
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There's a sitting on the fence joke there somewhere
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 05:22 AM
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Stranger place to park a Lambo'!!!



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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 08:21 AM
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i would have looked after that better
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by martyrobertsdj
Stranger place to park a Lambo'!!!


He needed to chain it to the lamp post, paranoid it'd be stolen

But what a shame
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by dsmith
Actually quite easy if you've been used to FWD all your life.

Boot it out of nice greasy roundabout. Back starts to go. Lift off to quickly. Over correct a few time. Back hits kerb - railing takes the back nicely up to the point you see.

I was fortunate - I learned about the diff between FWD and RWD by going from a mini to an MG Midget aged 17 3/4. First wet roundabout was still an experience even with 60ish bhp.
Thats it exactly. I saw a similar thing happen to a Saphire Cosworth. Except it was lights not roundabout. Course you have the excuse of the arrival of lots of boost in the Cosworth.
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 09:34 AM
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 10:53 AM
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I learnt to avoid this in a Capri, simple answer is to buy front wheel drive if you are lacking in talent.

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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by rossyboy
Yup its Gt Northern rd, Aberdeen.

I didnt take the pic myself and I cant understand how it got there.
Full story here,why don't you ask him yourself :

http://forums.350zukownersclub.com/i...showtopic=3038
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Old Mar 29, 2006 | 12:00 PM
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Old Mar 30, 2006 | 09:06 AM
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This belongs to a guy from the 350Z forum, fair play to him for the parking

Let's not get all high and mighty about poor drivers though, these things happen from time to time. I'm sure we've all had moments which make you think "er, that was a bit quick!"

No disrespect here to Scooby drivers (I was one for 4 years!) but Scoobies are inherently very stable cars. It's often said that it takes a very good driver to keep pace with a pants driver in a Scooby. Again, no disrespect, but Scoobies really are idiot-proof.

The 350 is an "old skool" beast, and it really doesn't take a great deal to provoke the rear end. A quick start into a roundabout for example can see you drifing around rather than driving.

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