Hi guys,
Sorry, don't mean to be a downer here, but the driving standard was not all good.
I was one of the TVR drivers you passed going up to Blairgowrie, and again past Bridge of Cally.
I have no problem with the speeds on the road, and no problem with most of the overtaking, but three
of the overtakes past me (quite apart from anyone else) were into blind corners, or blind crests.
1. Just after the Meikleour hedge, overtake on a restricted view left hander, on double whites in the middle of the road.
2. Past Bridge of Cally, one Scooby past me, another TVR, caravan, and back in a little before a blind bend. Fine.
Second Scooby followed through, and back onto left side of road at the bend. No margin.
3. Worst of the lot. Scooby out from behind one TVR, past it, past me, fine, I lifted to leave a gap before the caravan
I was behind. Scooby ignored gap and overtook the caravan over a blind crest. Zero visibility.
And some of the other guys had a few similar observations.
Go for a hoon by all means, but leave out the suicidal antics - I'd rather the police didn't have the excuse to start taking even more interest in performance car outings.
Glad you enjoyed the day out though - we only did the 350 miles.
(This is not meant to start a flame war, just an observation by a 'keen' road driver - so you can imagine the views of any grannies you were passing).
Neil
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Im sorry to hear about the poor driving skills.
I was the very first car that passed you about 5-10 minutes ahead of the rest and remember doing so safely, as no doubt people would argue. What i would like to say having no guilty consience about any overtaking yesterday is this
IF ANYONE WHO DRIVES A SCOOBY GETS GUMBALLED AND CANT DRY THEIR EYES ABOUT GETTING BEATEN THEN IT MAY BE TIME FOR THEM TO RETIRE. ITS A BIT REDICULOUS COMMENTING ON MY LINES FROM 500 METRES TO THE REAR.
IF THAT WAS THE CASE THEN YOU COULD TELL ME TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT AS YOU SAW IT!!! DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA? OR DO YOU THINK I HAVE AN OVERWHELMING AMBITION TO WRITE OFF MY STI AND SOMEONES HUSBAND????????/// GROW UP