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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 03:20 PM
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Had a very early start this morning... It was all worth it though, cos i got to drive one of these.




Went out in the MG ZR 160 first. Got 3 laps for the instructor to see what my driving was like, then i got taken out in the MG ZS 180 to be shown what not to do.

Then i got to jump into the 1200cc motorbike engined RWD little animal.

The gear change was odd, considdering it was on the right hand side, but it was a sequential box, so it was easy enough.
I had to use my left foot for breaking though because I have size 16's and I didn't have enough clearance to move my right foot that much.

But it was an amazing day... well worth the 8 month wait

I'll admit, I spun it twice at the hair pin, but only because I was getting a little enthusiastic with the right pedal coming out of the corners
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 03:27 PM
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ive wanted to one of these driving things for ages, and my wife looked on the interweb and it turnsout im either too tall or too fat to do em

there are some though and im gonna look the weekend
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 03:29 PM
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i have got a ferrari driving day on sat, cnt wait... its been 11 months!
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 03:30 PM
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I had to use my left foot for breaking though because I have size 16's
16's im a 12-13 and i thought my feet were big
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.Manchester
I had to use my left foot for breaking though because I have size 16's
16's im a 12-13 and i thought my feet were big
same as me

foking hell bet you could sail down the river in one of your shoes
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Old Aug 1, 2005 | 03:42 PM
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Just for a laugh... this is my shoe.



The digi remote is there for size comparison (just incase you didn't get that)
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