Had a pretty unique experience on Saturday morning last... in preparation for the phoenix park races, I was asked to tow a lotus race car with a Nissan Interstar up to the park. So off I took nice and easy until the rope was taught and proceeded out of the estate and onto the road.first, second and third. right that will do, that's fast enough for this journey. Following the Lotus' owner in his GT3 my mobile began to ring with a flurry of calls...
The nub of the calls were all the same - I wasn't driving fast enough. Can you believe what I write ? It's true, I promise. I was driving at about 40 km/h which in antibody's book is plenty fast enough when towing another vehicle. The calls kept coming until the final call came to pull over. So I did, and I got to drive the GT3 which was a pleasant surprise for a Saturday morning.
After wedging myself into the bucket seats I and finding my way around the cock pit I pulled off like a granny in a Micra. No need to be the big boy this day. Unbelievably stiff clutch and no travel between gears, I thing this is called close ratio gear box ? This is the closest thing to a Massey Ferguson 35 that I have driven. So, everything is going grand until i look in my rear view mirror to see the new driver of the van flashing and waving me on all while sitting on the rear bumper of the GT3. And I did think to myself at that time last Saturday morning, this is ridiculous in a rush.
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