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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / November 2007Driving video
Now that summer is coming to an end it's finally time for a Camaro driving video. First time driving this road, so that's why I'm holding back in the corners (as you can probably tell). Of course, I'm making up for some of the lost time on the straights... :-) To give you an idea of the speeds; redline in 2nd is just over 70 mph, and in 3rd just under 100 mph. I tried to upload a video of me driving the same road back again, but that didn't work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvY5t73kipA Drive safely, Ulf >Now that summer is coming to an end it's finally time for a Camaro >driving video. First time driving this road, so that's why I'm holding >back in the corners (as you can probably tell). Of course, I'm making up >for some of the lost time on the straights... :-) To give you an idea of >the speeds; redline in 2nd is just over 70 mph, and in 3rd just under >100 mph. You drove 100 MPH along a one-lane rural road? With patches of wet pavement, no less? It's a wonder you didn't wind up wrapped around one of those trees... >>Now that summer is coming to an end it's finally time for a Camaro >>driving video. First time driving this road, so that's why I'm holding [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > You drove 100 MPH along a one-lane rural road? With patches of wet > pavement, no less? An unfamiliar one-lane rural road, no less. >>> Now that summer is coming to an end it's finally time for a Camaro >>> driving video. First time driving this road, so that's why I'm holding [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > An unfamiliar one-lane rural road, no less. I didn't know you guys were part of CT's fan club... Seriously, if you'd watched that clip carefully you'd see that I'm never outdriving my sight line. I slowed down considerably, even below the speed limit, on some of the tighter blind corners. What's the big deal about driving triple digits on a rural road anyway? I was probably safer there than I was on the freeway driving home in the dark. And it's not like my Camaro is that fast anyway... Ulf >>> You drove 100 MPH along a one-lane rural road? With patches of wet >>> pavement, no less? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Seriously, if you'd watched that clip carefully you'd see that I'm never >outdriving my sight line. What about your sight lines to those trees? If something darted out of those woods in frnot of you at 100 MPH, you'd be toast. They're also pretty darn close to the sides of the road if the rear end gets a little squirrley. >What's the big deal >about driving triple digits on a rural road anyway? I was probably safer >there than I was on the freeway driving home in the dark. At least the freeway has multiple lanes and nice, wide medians and shoulders with good visibility.  Signature"I no longer find MTR and RAD a useful medium" Carl Rogers, 9 September 2007 Message-ID: <t01Fi.49620$Um6.14486@newssvr12.news.prodigy.net> >>>> You drove 100 MPH along a one-lane rural road? With patches of wet >>>> pavement, no less? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > What about your sight lines to those trees? If something darted out of > those woods in frnot of you at 100 MPH, you'd be toast. Like what? Hitting a deer going 100 mph isn't going to kill you, especially not in a 4th gen Camaro. Moose could be a problem, but there aren't too many around these necks of the woods. They're also > pretty darn close to the sides of the road if the rear end gets a > little squirrley. Umm, hitting triple digits isn't going to send the car magically out of control. You're beginning to sound more and more like you-know-who for every day now... >> What's the big deal >> about driving triple digits on a rural road anyway? I was probably safer >> there than I was on the freeway driving home in the dark. > > At least the freeway has multiple lanes and nice, wide medians and > shoulders with good visibility. Sure, but way more traffic too. Ulf >>> Seriously, if you'd watched that clip carefully you'd see that I'm never >>> outdriving my sight line. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Like what? Hitting a deer going 100 mph isn't going to kill you, >especially not in a 4th gen Camaro. Depends on how you hit it. :) >Moose could be a problem, but there >aren't too many around these necks of the woods. All it takes is one. >They're also >> pretty darn close to the sides of the road if the rear end gets a >> little squirrley. > >Umm, hitting triple digits isn't going to send the car magically out of >control. Tell that to this guy: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2340777137877158826 Signature"I no longer find MTR and RAD a useful medium" Carl Rogers, 9 September 2007 Message-ID: <t01Fi.49620$Um6.14486@newssvr12.news.prodigy.net> |
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