LiamD Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 At midnight 21st November, the Tyne Tunnel was shut by Police so cars could go through at speed if they donated money to charity.It wasn't allowed to be treated like a rally stage but speed limits were not enforced on the night.You had to donate money to "Cash for Kids" charity to do a run and they ended up raising over 2000 quid for charity meaning over 200 cars took part, mainly jap stuff.BIG thanks to Skyline owners and TT2 for making it happen... I mainly posted this for the video, the noise is quite good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VwLupo 1.0 se Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 That sounds amazing dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexTRea Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 (edited) unreal!What speeds where people getting up too? Edited November 22, 2010 by AlexTRea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbo Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 Awesome! Did you hit the limiter when you first nailed it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDGM Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamD Posted November 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 Awesome! Did you hit the limiter when you first nailed it?It was soaking in the tunnel so yeah, it span up quite easily.I was amazed that no one really took the piss, the Police were happy with everyone's conduct and driving despite the speeds, and luckily, raised a load of money for charity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobG Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 Nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbo Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 It was soaking in the tunnel so yeah, it span up quite easily.I've spent most of the day looking for VR's online due to this video, they seem quite rare in red! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 why cant i see a video link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobG Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 why cant i see a video link?cos uchoob hates you?link is http:// www.youtube.com /watch?v=qpeEuvwYC9g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamD Posted November 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 I've spent most of the day looking for VR's online due to this video, they seem quite rare in red!yep red ones aren't too common.They're good fun cars and not as expensive to run as people will say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbo Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 35 a day for me, insurance is the biggest issue though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobiasnugent Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 some one on a local jap forum said he got up too 120 on the straight and some skylines were hitting 140... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 Nice one, shame the Police up there dont have any Evos/ISFs, they could have done a few runsA TVR was trashed on the last tunnel run I went on, he hit both sides of the tunnel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamD Posted November 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 some one on a local jap forum said he got up too 120 on the straight and some skylines were hitting 140...you see I nudged 120 on that runmost of the skylines there were dog**** slow, there was a stunning R34 GTR in my group though. Some of the auto R33 GTS-T things were just comedy, all noise and drama with no actual performance haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 gutted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 Hmmmmm, Vr3.5 cab tomorrow me thinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
north wales loop Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 what a great idea!!!!! well done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamD Posted November 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 All down to skylineowners.com they did an amazing job, and congrats to Northumbria police for being so relaxed and trusting us, I'd like to think the trust was repaid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picola Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 guttedWell you had the chance to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobiasnugent Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 A scooby crashed as well apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDGM Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 This could set a precedent for other Police Authorities to do similar. There have got to be plenty of 'contained' roads in Britain where a top speed run could be done with good safety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamD Posted November 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Ben, yeah the GTR was red. Looked like something off Gran Turismo.The Police were more bothered about upsetting the local residents than anything else, although there was a strict rule of no overtaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty_82 Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 Ive seen this red gtr down on team valley a few times , looks mega aggressive as far as cars can lol and it shifted too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt~black Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 wtf this is awesome how did i not know about this i'd have driven all the way up there t give the civic a run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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