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Re: Roundabout 450?
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2015 2:06 pm
by jont-
Adamxck wrote:akirk wrote: if they beat you it could get embarrassing!
Alasdair
This is the point I was skirting around but never made. If you 'lose' the sprint off the line, what is your plan? Turn right presumably?
Or drop into second place. I can't imagine many cars behind someone in a queue thinking "I'll gun it off from the lights", so if the first chap accelerates very briskly, the odds are he'll leave a decent gap to slot into.
Or buy a faster car
Re: Roundabout 450?
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2015 4:00 pm
by TheInsanity1234
Adamxck wrote:akirk wrote: if they beat you it could get embarrassing!
Alasdair
This is the point I was skirting around but never made. If you 'lose' the sprint off the line, what is your plan? Turn right presumably?
No, just glue some BMW badges to your car which give you the right to cut in
Re: Roundabout 450?
Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2015 8:30 am
by akirk
Adamxck wrote:akirk wrote: if they beat you it could get embarrassing!
Alasdair
This is the point I was skirting around but never made. If you 'lose' the sprint off the line, what is your plan? Turn right presumably?
Usually car no 2 isn't as fast, so you can slot in, but it can get difficult...
You might have to explore new routes off to the right and try and pretend it was deliberate
Alasdair
Re: Roundabout 450?
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2015 11:20 pm
by TheInsanity1234
akirk wrote:You might have to explore new routes off to the right and try and pretend it was deliberate
Alasdair
It's an art, making mistakes seem genuine.
Trust me, I'm skilled in making mistakes.
Re: Roundabout 450?
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 8:16 pm
by fungus
TheInsanity1234 wrote:akirk wrote:You might have to explore new routes off to the right and try and pretend it was deliberate
Alasdair
It's an art, making mistakes seem genuine.
Trust me, I'm skilled in making mistakes.
What, like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qYdK0_uWzUNigel.
Re: Roundabout 450?
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 10:23 pm
by WhoseGeneration
Adamxck wrote:I'd say that was a bit naughty and would require a less than inconspicuous traffic light grand Prix. Then again if it's against Mildred in her Micra....
(No offence meant to the well meaning Mildreds of the world.)
My wife's Micra often wins that GP.
160SR, few know what it is, trouble is one then has to deal with the consequences of upsetting those who are surprised by a reasonably rapid Micra.
Re: Roundabout 450?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:32 am
by TheInsanity1234
fungus wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:akirk wrote:You might have to explore new routes off to the right and try and pretend it was deliberate
Alasdair
It's an art, making mistakes seem genuine.
Trust me, I'm skilled in making mistakes.
What, like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qYdK0_uWzUNigel.
Um...
Some questions are best left unanswered...
Re: Roundabout 450?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2015 3:57 pm
by TripleS
TheInsanity1234 wrote:Adamxck wrote:akirk wrote: if they beat you it could get embarrassing!
Alasdair
This is the point I was skirting around but never made. If you 'lose' the sprint off the line, what is your plan? Turn right presumably?
No, just glue some BMW badges to your car which give you the right to cut in
Aren't Audi badges better?
Re: Roundabout 450?
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2015 10:34 am
by Playtent
I do it often at a certain roundabout where all the lemmings queue up to go straight on. It's called taking the lane of least resistance for your intended direction, which in this case is right. Once I have gone right on the roundabout I then make a separate manoeuvre in exiting that roundabout at my intended point. The two are separate.