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RE: New car - Malcolm Parker - 09-12-2020
Somewhere I have a DVD that was made by an entrant in one of the Coast to Coast Runs who was in a Ruby. He followed my RL saloon out of the coffee halt at Byland Abbey and kept up with me almost to Leyburn. Watching the video was like a 'Police Camera Action' programme and my abiding memory is the squealing of the Ruby's tyres around the corners.
I too thought that the Chummy test drive had the look of Derbyshire. It obviously has a set of Tony's flattened cam followers fitted together with other mods. Some crunching of gears would enhance the realism!
RE: New car - John Mason - 09-12-2020
I like the clear roads with no other traffic around.
John Mason.
RE: New car - Malcolm Parker - 09-12-2020
The driver obviously takes the view that if you go over a crossroads at speed there is less chance of a collision. Perhaps the test drive was done during the lockdown?
RE: New car - Peter Clayton - 09-12-2020
You do realize that his foot was hard on the brake?
RE: New car - Robin Boyce - 09-12-2020
I like the self-changing gearbox, non crunching
RE: New car - Mike Costigan - 09-12-2020
(09-12-2020, 12:52 PM)Malcolm Parker Wrote: I too thought that the Chummy test drive had the look of Derbyshire.
No definitely not Derbyshire limestone nor millstone grit; I'll stick with mid/North Wales:
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RE: New car - Dave Mann - 09-12-2020
I didn't hear the bacon slicer starter operate and if it runs with such a high charge rate the dynamo will be cooked.
RE: New car - Reckless Rat - 10-12-2020
Isn't the windscreen supposed to be vertical? I don't think this is a real car...
RE: New car - David Cochrane - 10-12-2020
The very first cars (prototypes to B bodied cars up to mid-1924) had raked windscreens. Apparently Sir Herbert decided that looking through a sloping screen was bad for the eyes, so they went vertical from then on. I don't know if this story is true, but it's definitely not one of his better ideas!
RE: New car - Alan - 10-12-2020
I’d go for Yorkshire dales, but I’m not going in a car that he’s driving.