Britain's "remarkable automotive cottage industry"

[wilf leek]

Oh. THAT escape road at the Donnington chicane. I unfortunately know it only too well. Almost as well as I know the run off areas at most of the other corners on that track (my only excuse - I was "learning" the car ). Despite the fact that I live only a few miles from that track, I shall never be driver enough to get it right all the way around it, it has some "interesting" corners. One has to know one's limits, race tracks show mine up very quickly. All due respect to those better at it than me.

Speaking of fun at low speeds, and also because someone mentioned a 2CV:

Some of my most memorable road drives were in a 2CV. Taking the back roads between Oswestry and Shrewsbury in a 2CV taught me more about good cornering lines and the importance of carrying speed through a corner than anything else I did before or since. The roll angles were absolutely hilarious, but those skinny little tyres hung on and on. I doubt I ever got above 60mph the whole trip, but it felt like I was flying when I got it right.
Despite the fun and enjoyment I get from what I call my "cobra", if I was pinned to a wall and asked to name the single most fun and interesting drive I ever had and remember, that little 2CV and those particular roads would be it. Ain't life strange?