Huge group of imprezas on M27
18 July 2005, 10:17 AM
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Huge group of imprezas on M27
Hi all.
decided to take a trip to bournemouth yesterday and on my way down at about 9/10am IO saw a type R and smiled to myself (sonic blue - very clean).
I was cruising along in a black S2000 so didn't expect any recognition only to see what must ahve been another 10 imprezas in front and a few stranglers behind, no question it was an arranged meet.
I was hoping you were on your way to bournemouth and I could come say hello, but it didn't happen as you all turned off.
Hope you all had a good day and did brighten up my journey, just wish I had been in the other car to say hello properly.
decided to take a trip to bournemouth yesterday and on my way down at about 9/10am IO saw a type R and smiled to myself (sonic blue - very clean).
I was cruising along in a black S2000 so didn't expect any recognition only to see what must ahve been another 10 imprezas in front and a few stranglers behind, no question it was an arranged meet.
I was hoping you were on your way to bournemouth and I could come say hello, but it didn't happen as you all turned off.
Hope you all had a good day and did brighten up my journey, just wish I had been in the other car to say hello properly.
18 July 2005, 02:11 PM
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We also went down to Bournemouth yesterday in our standard WR Blue Bugeye but earlier and the driving was good. Passing through Rownhams at about 08.15-ish, there was a blue classic shape with big spoiler and "WRX" sticker on back, then a silver bugeye pulled in alongside. I had overtaken the blue one a few minutes earlier going past Eastleigh on the M3 - gave him (and lady passenger?) a big wave.
Anyway, had a great long day in Bournemouth but not very nice coming home. Started back at about 20.00 but traffic was looked at a standstill ahead on dual carriageway going out of Bournemouth, so dived off and detoured via Christchurch and A35 to Cadnam. Shortly after rejoining M27, some young chap in a black hatchback lost control somehow and did a high speed S-shaped swerve from middle lane over to hard shoulder and back across traffic to slam into the central reservation. Looked like he had attempted a sudden change of lane (there was a hell of a lot of that going on) or he had a blow out or got shunted. Driver and passenger OK thank goodness - they got out immediately - and it miraculously didn't cause a pile-up (at that point). Good job I had a sixth sense and hung back in the slow lane well back from the tailgating lemmings in the fast lane. In fact it was mad all the way back to Basingstoke - the sun has made the lemmings even more stupid than usual.
Wish now I had gone back via Salisbury and my favourite empty Roman Road.
Anyway, had a great long day in Bournemouth but not very nice coming home. Started back at about 20.00 but traffic was looked at a standstill ahead on dual carriageway going out of Bournemouth, so dived off and detoured via Christchurch and A35 to Cadnam. Shortly after rejoining M27, some young chap in a black hatchback lost control somehow and did a high speed S-shaped swerve from middle lane over to hard shoulder and back across traffic to slam into the central reservation. Looked like he had attempted a sudden change of lane (there was a hell of a lot of that going on) or he had a blow out or got shunted. Driver and passenger OK thank goodness - they got out immediately - and it miraculously didn't cause a pile-up (at that point). Good job I had a sixth sense and hung back in the slow lane well back from the tailgating lemmings in the fast lane. In fact it was mad all the way back to Basingstoke - the sun has made the lemmings even more stupid than usual.
Wish now I had gone back via Salisbury and my favourite empty Roman Road.
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Originally Posted by fatmanscooby
18 July 2005, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by fatmanscooby
Twas i
on my way to Rownhams then off to Beaulie. Did it have a Carbon bonnet?
on my way to Rownhams then off to Beaulie. Did it have a Carbon bonnet?
18 July 2005, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Adam M
I wish I had known the alternative routes.
I went back the standard way and despite leaving at 5:40 spent 3.5 hours almost rolling home to north london
I went back the standard way and despite leaving at 5:40 spent 3.5 hours almost rolling home to north london
18 July 2005, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by pmarch
Not sure about the carbon bonnet - but the one I overtook going south at Eastleigh was pootling along in the slow lane and it was my wife who spotted it first. Nice exhaust note... quite a fat round end pipe.
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MMMM!! could have been me in the Blue Type R - I was heading down to the New Forest round that time and do remember "pootling" in the left hand lane - mine has bright gold wheels and a rather large Fujimoto Titanium Exhaust.
don't worry bout not being in a Scoob - usually wave back at anyone who waves!!
Ken
don't worry bout not being in a Scoob - usually wave back at anyone who waves!!
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Originally Posted by pmarch
Not sure about the carbon bonnet - but the one I overtook going south at Eastleigh was pootling along in the slow lane and it was my wife who spotted it first. Nice exhaust note... quite a fat round end pipe.
I do seem to remember an S2000 going past - I was behaving myself for once
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