You'll get the hang of driving it.... eg: If you climbing the pentland mountains to ballarat ..... Nail that pedal that makes the noise louder to the floor in 4th ..... Ring every last ounce of speed out of the thing before hit the steep climbs. You'll find you will be mostly in the fast lane overtaking everyone .... 'cos for some reason no-one does the damn speed limit (they have the power to just accelerate whenever they feel like it ).... Don't slow for any reason. You'll probably find your still holding top at 55 -> 60mph as you crest the steepest of climbs. Just don't back off ... not even for a second. Lost momentum is lost for good If you forced to slow for anythign (eg: @$$holes sitting beside slow traffic in the fast lane not overtaking) .... In this case, your in for a llooooonnnngggg crawl up the hills in 3rd with the engine roaring in the line of trucks.
You will also learn overtaking lanes are useless. The only car I've ever really managed to overtake people in the overtaking lanes with in the CX turbo ..... 'Cos it just nails its arse end to the bump stops and blasts past them before they realise I'm going to overtake. Every other car I own, I hit the indicator to overtake and move over ...... And the drivers in the cars to be overtaken are suddenly hauling arse pulling away from me. In the shitbox range rover last time I tried to use an overtaking lane .... They saw more pull along side. I only got past as they were towing a boat and it started swaying all over the place at 125km/h .... Until then we were neck and neck ... Even little grey haired grannies see me pull out in overtaking lanes .... and hit the damn afternburners. Don't worry as soon as the overtaking lanes finish they are back to 80km/h.
seeya,
Shane L.
You will also learn overtaking lanes are useless. The only car I've ever really managed to overtake people in the overtaking lanes with in the CX turbo ..... 'Cos it just nails its arse end to the bump stops and blasts past them before they realise I'm going to overtake. Every other car I own, I hit the indicator to overtake and move over ...... And the drivers in the cars to be overtaken are suddenly hauling arse pulling away from me. In the shitbox range rover last time I tried to use an overtaking lane .... They saw more pull along side. I only got past as they were towing a boat and it started swaying all over the place at 125km/h .... Until then we were neck and neck ... Even little grey haired grannies see me pull out in overtaking lanes .... and hit the damn afternburners. Don't worry as soon as the overtaking lanes finish they are back to 80km/h.
seeya,
Shane L.
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