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Old 21st May 2014, 05:16 PM
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Bit naughty on the way home

On a good 2 mile stretch of dual carriageway near where I live I caught up and overtook a Lamborghini Gallardo and kept my foot down - so did he......

Obviously I can't say what speed I got up to but was fun

He soon left me for dead though ......
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Old 21st May 2014, 08:35 PM
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LOL! I have a bit of dual carriageway like that on my way home and have been known to let the speedo slip a little over the legal limit once or twice, particularly when 'challenged' by another fast car. Haven't been beaten yet, but never had a Lambo to 'dual' with.

Fun, isn't it?
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Old 21st May 2014, 09:27 PM
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Fun it was
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Old 22nd May 2014, 06:41 AM
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I miss those days.
Roads down here don't seem very suitable for such frolics, plus we don't get anything that new or fast down here.

Bristol is better.


First time I drove the 8 home on the M5 I got caught out by how smooth and quiet it was trying to catch up with the wife.
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Old 22nd May 2014, 08:18 AM
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lol @ the inner teenager in all of you

(I do it too)
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Old 22nd May 2014, 03:44 PM
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I love a bit of naughtiness too. Years ago a 1999 Lexus LS wanted to thrash me off the lights, but the S8 was just too much for him. Still those big old Lexuses look quite nice, decent engine too.
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Before my first S8 I had a Sexlus LS400. Nuff said
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LOL! I have a bit of dual carriageway like that on my way home and have been known to let the speedo slip a little over the legal limit once or twice, particularly when 'challenged' by another fast car. Haven't been beaten yet, but never had a Lambo to 'dual' with.

Fun, isn't it?
think I might have been on that one today, lovely bit of road
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