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Originally Posted by alfa male
Seen your moves once before whilst being in a car following you to work on the A21 one morning. Lucky a car wasnt coming towards you at the Robertsbridge roundabout (do evos come with an auto brake pedal?)and then to top that off a very close shave at the Tonbridge Wells roundabout. Good job similar incidents havent happened to you through a country lane (no escape route) as you would have been well and trully screwed.
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That extract is taking things a little out of context but seeing as you felt obliged to post about a situation many years ago.........the reason I made that move was because I had brake fade big time (no breaks in fact) and was blocked out by the car that was along side me from taking the correct path. The alternative path was clear to do the move I did, so I took that option rather than side swipe the car/you! that was along side me.
Call it advance driving or call it wreckless if you like, but it was the only option under the circumstances.
But granted my lesson learnt that day is dont under estimate the importance of breaks as well as BHP. Breaks have a limit and use decent break fluid that don't get cooked.
Oh and if I did ever feel brave enough to push on really hard down a lane I would always opt for putting myself in harms way first and put the car into a ditch or a wall first rather than the other.! But I can't remember the last time I ever played to that extent or ever likely to. Which also goes to reinforce my other point I have made in the past about the fact that fast is fast enough as a road car. Its all down to how much bottle/how wreckless you want to be on a public road not about how much BHP you have.