Best corner in wellington?

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Best corner in wellington?

Postby ben » Sun Nov 20, 2005 12:22 pm

I vote for the one going down into the terrace tunnel! It was better before they lowered the speed limit though. :(

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Postby Mr Revhead » Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:13 pm

i like the turn you make as you come off the ferry.
coz it means im in welly :D
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Postby flygt4 » Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:22 pm

newlands overbridge :D it means in almost home , is a big sweeping banked corner and has a decent runoff if you make a boo-boo
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Re: Best corner in wellington?

Postby MINTFX » Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:24 pm

ben wrote:I vote for the one going down into the terrace tunnel! It was better before they lowered the speed limit though. :(


What speed limit? I still do 100ks around it :D
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Postby monkey_boy » Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:15 pm

The Chicane coming out around the Basin towards courtnaey place. If you take the inside and stab the clutch in second you can drift it nicely. the KE30 proved that last night... :D
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Postby supraman_nz » Sun Nov 20, 2005 5:35 pm

ben wrote:
I vote for the one going down into the terrace tunnel! It was better before they lowered the speed limit though. Sad


What speed limit? I still do 100ks around it Very<br />Happy


its 50ks till you reach the tunnel then its back up to 100ks. Seeing as there is no place a cop could park on that tiny bit it shouldnt matter , just check behind and see there are none lurking there.
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Postby DFECTED » Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:36 pm

the esses as you come over the top of the wainui hill heading to the hutt and start going downhill, foot floored and flying
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Postby FXGTV » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:13 pm

Yeah the nui hill is pretty mean! But im a fan of the corner i slid out on on blue mountain rd in Silverstream...damn pine needles.
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Postby CEvans » Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:58 am

monkey_boy wrote:The Chicane coming out around the Basin towards courtnaey place. If you take the inside and stab the clutch in second you can drift it nicely. the KE30 proved that last night... :D

careful thats a 50km area in the central wellington area dont want to take out pedesrtians have seen it happen in my home town up north but they were running from the cops.
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Postby pc » Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:07 am

Definitly Moonshine bridge. The last dice with death before making it safely home. You never know how much the oncoming traffic is going to be over the centre line, sometimes on the line, sometimes 1 metre or more in my lane!!
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Re: Best corner in wellington?

Postby Gadget » Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:11 am

Me, personally, I like the corkscrew up onto the motorway as you leave Tawa heading south towards the City... Andrew (Distrb) can vouch for the fun had around that corner :lol: Only thing against it is that it's a bit tight on the exit... (armco!)
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Postby Leon » Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:48 am

Oh yeah, that tightening left hand sweeper heading South onto the motorway from Tawa is lovely. I was on my way back from Manfeild in the club car, and I had swung through Tawa to look at the cars for sale. I ended up being seriously tailgated by some young female person in a Bitsa Mitsy Lancer.

She discovered that cars on race rubber go around that particular corner a lot faster than her car could cope with. She got the huge understeer going, and nearly nailed all the signs towards the exit of the corner.

Oh how I laughed :lol:

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Postby Silvertop » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:06 am

My fav has got to be the corner on Boulcott St coming out of town. The camber isn't ideal but, taken right, you come out smoothly.

I believe they had a bill board up once with a 9/10 rating for it 8)
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Postby VTEXTC » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:36 pm

I dont have a fav really, but a good one is when your heading past Chaffers and take the right at the lights around New World.. if you stick close to the gutter its got an allright camber to it :P
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Postby Victoria » Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:15 pm

VTEXTC wrote:I dont have a fav really, but a good one is when your heading past Chaffers and take the right at the lights around New World.. if you stick close to the gutter its got an allright camber to it :P


Yea id say thats a good one too... or going over that bridge that goes down onto the old hutt road, frm near the ferry terminal...
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Re: Best corner in wellington?

Postby Distrb » Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:28 pm

Gadget wrote:Me, personally, I like the corkscrew up onto the motorway as you leave Tawa heading south towards the City... Andrew (Distrb) can vouch for the fun had around that corner :lol: Only thing against it is that it's a bit tight on the exit... (armco!)


Hahahaha yes! Many good times had there! :lol:

My fave is the loooooooooooooooooooooong sweeping right hander that starts at the bottom of the gorge, goes up and over old hutt road, and finishes joining up with SH2 on the motorway heading towards town...
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Postby FXGTV » Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:32 pm

pc wrote:Definitly Moonshine bridge. The last dice with death before making it safely home. You never know how much the oncoming traffic is going to be over the centre line, sometimes on the line, sometimes 1 metre or more in my lane!!


Yeah that bridge is pretty suspect...thats where i turn off into moonshine rd and often am forced to take evasive action as brain dead people tend to ride the centre line :?
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Postby badassmofo » Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:33 pm

Probably the one on the corner of Vivian and Marion.
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Postby 2LTR Rona » Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:36 pm

The old tawa - j'ville road before they made the changes, now its just plain boring :twisted:

Around the bays at plimerton is always a good one

Outside the Wgtn area - SH45 (North of Wanganui) some damm nice corners up there, in fact there isnt much of it thats straight at all :lol:
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Postby Kermit12a » Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:56 pm

Comming out of the roundabout at Patone going over the bridge and onto the motor way.

Have seen a few nasty messes on this bridge where people have messed it up.

And the Tawa south motorway on ramp is nice.
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