Popular Post Eddie1996 Posted March 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 7, 2021 Well, here's a pic of my car in order to meet membership expectations After a month with this sports car I'm addicted again. What is the addiction to me? I think it is the adrenalin rush produced by the terror and thrill of accelerating fast. I'm aware this addiction now sits in my body as it once did before, ten years ago, when I had a Lotus Elise (please, no jokes about Elises being underpowered haha). In those days I was an AVP with a busy office job, I lived in N London and on a Saturday morning I'd climb in the car, put on the radio (Jonathan Ross's hugely enjoyable Sat show used to be on), drive up the M1 (yes then the radio was drowned out for a while hehe) to Milton Keynes and do the roundabouts. I had three Elises and when I got rid of the last, and didn't have a car for the next ten years, the feeling of longing, of addiction, took a long time to disappear - I mean years. It sat around in my body and was damned uncomfortable. Yes, I think its the adrenalin rush of the sports driving, which you don't get from ordinary cars. And which other sports don't necessarily provide. I windsurf but an addiction hasn't seated itself in me to windsurfing in the same way, though I am frightened and thrilled sometimes. I guess the term petrolhead fits for some. Funny story, I wrote the first Elise off on those Milton Keynes roundabouts, joyriding I suppose it would be termed, early in the morning when the roads were empty, braking late into a roundabout and not getting any grip (wet leaves!); the car went across, crashed against the central mound, bounced back onto the road and then limped over the kerb onto the grass - no one hurt. Silly bad driving I admit. Luckily it was not a police matter, I don't know why, instead the insurance paid up in full, £11,000 I think, and I bought my second Elise - which I didn't crash, though I had a few spins on track days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windymiller Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 One of my favourite style of wheels - Carrera sports, lovely looking example Eddie 🤩👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie1996 Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 16 minutes ago, Windymiller said: One of my favourite style of wheels - Carrera sports, lovely looking example Eddie 🤩👍🏻 Thanks. 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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