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Promotion! From Navigator to Driver at long last ;-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 10:58 am
by g8dhe
OK you lot, budge up and move down the field one more slot, the DVLA have seen fit to give me a Practical Driving pass slip ... only after 40+ years
So you should be seeing a bit more of me for the next few years .... as soon as I sort out the insurance;
Only two firms out of all the ones on the Insurance page want to know about covering "new" drivers, but actually not as bad a price as I thought it might be!
Re: Promotion! From Navigator to Driver at long last ;-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:03 am
by Bob
Re: Promotion! From Navigator to Driver at long last ;-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:28 am
by g8dhe
Indeed, need a few weeks of local stuff to switch from a little Fiesta manual, to a 2.5l V6 Automatic 2 tonne camper
But yes have booked SS and will be looking to several more weekends, slotted around
Phil's SuP board activities, looks like I'm going to be his driver for his
SUP Endurance race activities around the country!
Re: Promotion! From Navigator to Driver at long last ;-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:42 am
by mikeonb4c
Re: Promotion! From Navigator to Driver at long last ;-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 12:41 pm
by Bob
Flying out of Hong Kong is one thing.
Flying in used to be real fun when it was the old Kai Tak:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lx3Ccs5tKfw
As you will see, approach was flown towards the red and white checker board painted on the mountain, then hang a hard right.
Re: Promotion! From Navigator to Driver at long last ;-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 12:43 pm
by mikeonb4c
Bob wrote:Flying out of Hong Kong is one thing.
Flying in used to be real fun when it was the old Kai Tak:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lx3Ccs5tKfw
As you will see, approach was flown towards the red and white checker board painted on the mountain, then hang a hard right.
Lets not ask Geoff to do that just yet eh? And his v6 isn't even 4wd.
Re: Promotion! From Navigator to Driver at long last ;-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 12:45 pm
by Bob
Fair shout, a good landing at Softies will do nicely.
We do have the river at Stourport to practice carrier landings.
Re: Promotion! From Navigator to Driver at long last ;-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 1:03 pm
by Ian
Geoff, whatever you do DON'T tow a caravan to Stourport!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJJkjT7VB8k
Re: Promotion! From Navigator to Driver at long last ;-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 1:53 pm
by g8dhe
Re: Promotion! From Navigator to Driver at long last ;-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 2:10 pm
by Bongolia
Re: Promotion! From Navigator to Driver at long last ;-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 2:28 pm
by Bob
Crikey, I'll come the level route.
Re: Promotion! From Navigator to Driver at long last ;-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 2:45 pm
by Northern Bongolow
well done geoff, good job you got the bomb proof amour plating fitted recently.
http://www.g8dhe.net/bongo_images/tin_w ... php?ind=30.
watch that big oak tree when reversing at stourport too mate.
Re: Promotion! From Navigator to Driver at long last ;-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 2:56 pm
by g8dhe
Given my interests I got Jerry & Fred down at Discount trucks to install
Electric Reactive Armor that way any other vehicle looking to intrude on my space just get vaporised! Gets a bit noisy inside but very little damage
You don't believe me
Just watch this;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7rxBifd0cY
Re: Promotion! From Navigator to Driver at long last ;-)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 3:08 pm
by mikeonb4c
Cheers Ian, really appreciate that. Just spent 2hrs watching loads of side splittingly funny youtube clips of caravan 'incidents'. I SHOULD of course have been working as I don't ACTUALLY retire until 31st March.
Bongo folk. I dunno, waddya do with 'em.
