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Title: Driving slowly Post by: Johns on May 15, 2007, 09:55:24 AM Hi Guys,
I have just had a reconditioned 3.55 diff fitted to Beryl, my EJ - both FEs are temporarily hors de combat - haven't driven her for a while. I just spent over half an hour driving around home - slowly - I rarely got out of second gear. What a pleasure it is to drive something that will happily crawl at a walking pace in second gear and smoothly pull away, accompanied by that grey motor burble. There is something to be said for a small, low compression six, connected to a very sweet column change. I've got, er, a few Italian cars and I've never been inclined to drive them slowly. It got me thinking, after a driving lifetime of teararsing around, what a joy driving slowly is, if you're not being harassed by teararses ::) It ok, I'm going to have a glass of warm milk and go to bed now :P Cheers John Title: Re: Driving slowly Post by: Ed on May 16, 2007, 02:17:22 AM you're maturing are you John? The price of fuel makes me drive slowly. Ironic isn't it? spend years fitting a V8 into an FE only to drive it like a grey. oh.. sometimes it can go fast. Cheers Ed Title: Re: Driving slowly Post by: Hotlips on May 16, 2007, 03:22:30 AM ;) I didn't think Italian cars (except maybe bambinos) ever went slow!!!!!! Cheers Hotlips ;D ;D
Title: Re: Driving slowly Post by: tommo65 on May 16, 2007, 05:44:18 AM Don't worry John you are not on you're own I just like to Cruise these days instead of flat out every where, owning an FC and an IH Scout help poles apart but neither is a speed machine.
Regards Tommo Title: Re: Driving slowly Post by: jack_fc on May 16, 2007, 06:39:43 AM John, understand completely the joys of driving slow - I'm with you. Amazing how your driving style subtly changes with advancing age OOPS!!! meant advancing experience... I'm looking at a seniors card soon, and find that these days the urge to indulge in "hoon" behavior (eg - laying rubber, etc ) only overides common sense once a week or so..... Do I need help?
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