Do You Live In Car-Enthusiast Hell? Tell Me!

[stumpydino]

generally this area is pretty dull. not much of a scene of any kind, the solent renegades and the victory wheelers are the other side of town and they don't(can't) get up to much these days. the odd few with interesting cars are well hidden, typically in barn space far from town down private roads, most of the time they are just known to be "around that area somewhere" . there used to be a big name custom car guy that would at least get a rod run going in the summer but he's gone now. most race tracks are 100+ miles away, the best shows are north of london and midlands, however goodwood is only 40 mins away so two weekends a year its not bad
theres a maserati/ferrari dealer in the next village, but heck iv seen so many 360s and 3200GTs and family its boring, and Beaulieu motor museum is stale...ok so there is a fair bit around buts its just not frequent or interesting enough!

 

[McLaren]

I remember once I came across a bend (slight bend) on a.... ummmm... racetrack down there, and this guy in an older (mid 90's) Accord was trying to keep up, as I cruised through at speed governor speed, he slowed to about 60, after the "corner" he speed back up to catch back up as best he could. hilarious.

A mid 90's Accord taking a corner at 60Mph is actually pretty good considering that those cars were designed for anything but.

 

[TrievelA7X]

A mid 90's Accord taking a corner at 60Mph is actually pretty good considering that those cars were designed for anything but.

That amused me.
But seriously, if a mid 90's Grand Am can do it at 105.... It's not even a corner in my book. I'd call it a "slight bend" The kind of turn I'd expect a Vette to take at about 130.

 

[TrievelA7X]

I didn't know about no fault until I told my friend the same story

It's a good thing I was born and raised in New Hampshire then. Florida is not all exact left and right turns, it all depends on where you are. During my 28 mile drive to college I'd say about 20 miles of it is curvy road (561 on the way to 27 in Clermont for those Floridians who might know). Not curvy by mountain road standards, but for Florida it is plenty damn curvy and hilly. You just have to know the right spots really.

No, you got lucky. Reeeeeally really reeeeealy lucky. Those roads are generally considered "urban legend" in FL.

I got flustered and looked it up. at least your in a relativly flat spot.

we weren't defining "Central" PA the same, so it threw me off.

I don't know where you looked it up, I'm 6 miles from the top of a mountain peak. It's all mountain range, it's only once I get about 25 miles south the mountains turn into valley, with rolling hills and really nice playgrounds.
But you're right, I grew up hearing "central PA" on the news, and while I know none of it is geographically "central" it's what I've heard it called all my life. technically, well, Minersville you'd be hard pressed to put a finger on, it's not really south, or north, east, or west, or central, it's in between east, north, south, and central.
Eastern central? going down to south central? lol watch out for gangbangers, hahahahahaha

 

[Sniffs]

then it'd doing the same thing in the map that it does to me, points to the center of the zip code, rather than at the physical location of the house

when they refer to "Central" PA, they usually refer to "johnstoona", the point where the appalachians pop in. I notice they refer to anywhere with a population of about, oh, 50k plus I'm way up in the boonies on the plateau, where they designed the roads to go straight up and down hills for a friggin mile, then throw in 3 90 degree turns

 

[TrievelA7X]

then it'd doing the same thing in the map that it does to me, points to the center of the zip code, rather than at the physical location of the house

when they refer to "Central" PA, they usually refer to "johnstoona", the point where the appalachians pop in. I notice they refer to anywhere with a population of about, oh, 50k plus I'm way up in the boonies on the plateau, where they designed the roads to go straight up and down hills for a friggin mile, then throw in 3 90 degree turns

Again, nowehere in the zip code of 17954 (Minersville) is it really flat at all. I have no idea what you're source is, because anywhere in this zip code is pure mountain, I'm pretty sure everywhere in this area code is also. (570)

But uh... the Appalachians go from Main to Georgia, straight through PA, so I'm not sure what you mean by "pop in" I'm in the Appalachians, and I believe they end shortly west of State College, if I'm not mistaken.

I guess this is getting way off topic huh? I know there a gorgeously retarded town on the way to state college, on 322, they actually have giant white dots painted all over the road with signs saying to follow 2 dots behind the car in front of you. NM the speed limit is 45 and the dots are about the legal following distance of 1 car length (or second) per 10 MPH. They would like us to lose sight of the car in front of us.