CalXR2

I like to do this myself, especially at night. Just get in your car and drive around listening to your favorite music, just for the pure pleasure of it. I know this isn't quite what it once was due to today's fuel prices, but I still love doing it.
Does anybody else enjoy doing this?

robp-tt

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I do its nice to get out and go where ever, took the fiesta out for its last drive until spring next year

The Underdog

i used to years ago when i had a cosworth, but i was single with no kids then so burning rubber and fuel was no problem. now i rarely do it as i think of the fuel wastage.

Thrush

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I used to, but not anymore. Two reasons 1) I drive nearly all day, so don't really have the desire to drive when I don't need to, and 2) I live on my own, so where I used to go out for "a drive" when I lived at home to get a bit of peace and quiet, I don't need to do that now the house is all mine.

RS Grant

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Yeah, I'm very lucky to have some amazing roads just a short drive from the house.




Cheers,
Grant

RSBryden

I do this regularly ,
Ill get the misses in the more n go for a drive n have a play with some cars, feul price doesn't bother me,
After a while I get board of it so I just he'd home, usualy find an excuse to get out n burn rubber tho

DavebST170

I do it all the time. I have some great roads near me so it would be a shame not to use them.

Perfmr2

I used to when a were a lad...... These days I make a point of taking any car i get upto Keilder Forest for a run and pictures. Last one was my Spitfire, didnt get the chance to take the RS up this year, but will in the spring.

Lee Grout

Used to when I lived at home and was on my my own. Not anymore though. Its nice to be in your own little world and just relax.

The Youth.

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in 1993 I Just went out for a drive as I had 20 mins to spare..
This was the result

My 4 years old orion ghia I , only third party F&T insurance aswell



steve

bigchez

As per most of the above I did when I was younger & lived at home so wanted some space but no need now I've got my own place. Plus fuel's got outrageously expensive!

Jay,

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I used to but theres too many cocks on the road these days and just dont get the time

Csm

As per others used to in younger days but i drive for a living and can do a good few hundred miles per day so all i wanna do is sit in the house it would be fuckin great to sit in a passenger seat sometimes

gingerturbo

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Now and again I do

xr2john

Haven't for a while cause I'm banned :-(
But nothing better than jumping in the car late at night when the roads are quiet and going for a fast B road blast. Used to do the town thing cruising about when I was a young lad but better going out the road for a good blast but then you use the same amount of fuel in half an hour as I used to in a whole night :-(

Rod-Tarry

Yes
Since ive had the SLK ive started going for fun rides again with the sounds up high just love it you can never get over the 1960's music thankfully.
Back in the day I had my son as a companion in my Lotus with Lennon, Hendrix at full chat he still remembers it & the songs great memories.
The Cossie was different it was too noisy for sounds but my son still remembers the fun we had car baiting as he called it. Ive calmed down now but we did some crazy things & reached silly speeds back then.

H3lsing

I'm about 25 minutes drive from foothills of mountains. It's one of the few places the plod don't bother going, well I've never seen them up there. Nice when it's not too damp as it can get a bit skitish on the uneven tarmac. Missing sections of the road in the process .

RSI_TOM

As long as it is'nt peeing it down i do. I normally end up miles away so dont do it much now.

cossiestu

Glad im not the only one who 'used to when I was younger/single/no kids' lol

twoblacklines

I used to, but I don't get any fun out of it anymore and I find I get tired really quickly so when I drive say, 100 miles somewhere, I just want to go to sleep when I get there lol.

C4P5I

Had to post it...


totally sums it up

Ellie

I don't because I go through enough petrol just to go to the places I need to, but I always forget just how much I really enjoy driving at night, nobody about on the roads, music blaring, average speed about 80mph, and I always say to myself 'I should do this more often'.

Lambchop

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This is what motorbikes are good for

louis_2012

I do it some weekends but im a wary driver now since a smash 2 yr ago,years ago you could be a bit naughty late at night and go for a spirited drive country lanes/a roads but theres too many dithering half asleep idiots who just pull out into live traffic or don't check mirrors and before you know it it all ends in tears, and to add salt to the wounds if your the younger lad with the done up or ' boy racer ' car then its deemed automatically your fault..

Glenn_

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I dropped the wife off at her works do saturday morning and thought fook it im going for a bit of a drive. I drove to where my favourite night club used to be(Tall trees in Yarm) then went down this little B road that I used to go down a lot when I first started driving. I enjoyed it in the Puma.

Eigdoog

Don't have a fun car on the road for this, fiestas are not intimidating enough for road fun.

Be nice though.

jontysafe

I do this all the time in my Westie. Gets the old adrenalin pumping. I have the house to myself most Saturdays so I go off supercar baiting as Rod mentioned above. I should really know better. Last run out was Oct and a chap in an RS6 wanted to play, he lasted about 3 seconds. That's the only thing in the Westie, there isn't really very much that will keep up!

BigErn

Yeah I still drive for fun, Im only 20 minutes or so from some good roads and countryside. Day or night Im happy to just sod off on me own and try to get lost. I like to go places I havent been so often just eenie meenie at junctions and see where I end up. Problem with doing that for so long is I have to go fecking miles to get lost

opposite lock

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Yep and tonight I think Im going for one in the Saph, tonights journey is a130 ,A12 to Hatfield Peveral then work my way through some quiet twisty bits all the way back to southend.
No music whatsoever unless i bring a tape

MONSTER

I do all the time, I went out once on a random Wednesday night for a blast and ended up somewhere in Scotland, I've also found myself in Cornwall and Wales on odd occasions

mcst

Used to all the time, either a blat round some back roads on a Sunday or my brother in law and i would go for a tear up some evenings.

Don't do it now for the same reasons as others fuel, bellends on the road and dibble, i'll add to it though the state of the roads. All the good b roads round here are left to crumble and haven't seen a spot of resurfacing for years. My commute isn't far but its all single carriageway A roads and rammed morning and night with cock-end hypermilers doing 50 in a nsl, soon takes the edge off driving after 5 days of that shit. I can do it in a little over 15mins at 7.30 at the weekends but its 45 through the week.

When i worked in pubs it was nice to open it up on the way home at 12/1 o'clock,

RSCossieGaz

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Back in the days of owning the Rst and cosworth i was always out and about especially at night the roads were nice and quiet and i would just go cruising! Not so much these days tbh but maybe next time when i get the new cossie on the road...if that happens!

CrOwSoN15

Not really no, might do though!

Psycho Warren

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When i lived in scotland literally 2 seconds from some of the best blasting roads in the UK, id be out for a couple hours a night at least 5 days a week nailing the puma.

Dont do it so much now i live in stoke, a) im on a third the wage so fuel costs are relevant, b) its a good 15 minute drive just to find decent roads without too many cameras or cops and c) get pulled by the fuzz loads even if im not speeding. The pricks these days seem to frown on people nailing it down a roads and b roads and having fun on the corners even when its WITHIN the speed limits.

mcst

Bust out your arctic kit and we'll go for a blat, might have to crack a window in mine......can get a little toastie!

Biggest concern near you is fucking muntjack! I second guessed overtaking someone between Bainton and Lolham corner, glad i did as one sauntered across in front of them, seconds in it, i could have had a new hood ornament!

Roads from Langtoft, through Stowe, Greatford, Ryhall to Stamford are awesome when its quiet.

PaulinhoT

I try to about twice a month, only for around 50 miles at a time though.

Mondi-DZK

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I do this to just for the fun of it. Not as many as i used to do. But now i have 2 little boys and don't have so much time as i used to have

BRAMMER

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Driving a shitty van to work all week i can't wait for an excuse to take the BMW out for a spin, can't really remember what it's like driving the Sierra all i can remember is how much it costs

Mitchevo

Any excuse to go out in mine to get another fix of the noise and the smell

COLEYST200

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I love going out for a drive I never no ware I'm going to end up
Which is nice it's been helping to clear my head as of late