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Good Tunnels...? #1020583 15/04/2010 20:10 15/04/2010 20:10
W WillB76 Unregistered
WillB76 Unregistered W	Always a pleasure to drive through a good tunnel with the window open listing to the growl of your Coop. So in London i like the Dartford Tunnel (when clear so you can have a good blast) . Best tunnel was driving through the French Alpes en-route to Les2Alpes, via Grenoble. Whats yours?

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1020589 15/04/2010 20:20 15/04/2010 20:20
W WillB76 Unregistered
WillB76 Unregistered W	Just found this on youtube, although it looks like its filmed by a drunk, the sound is excellant! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjBo5lhmSLA&feature=related

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1020596 15/04/2010 20:33 15/04/2010 20:33
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,368 Staffordshire Nigel Forum veteran
Nigel Forum veteran Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 17,368 Staffordshire	Queensway tunnel in Birmingham - absolute hoot in a lightly-silenced 20VT - last time I had a blast in there, the traffic in front nearly climbed the walls to get out of the way

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: Nigel] #1020613 15/04/2010 20:57 15/04/2010 20:57
D DanDan Unregistered
DanDan Unregistered D	There's some good ones on the A55 North Wales

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1020672 15/04/2010 23:05 15/04/2010 23:05
I ian251 Unregistered
ian251 Unregistered I	im looking forward to the new tunnel opening up near hindhead

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1020681 15/04/2010 23:20 15/04/2010 23:20
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,425 Lightwater, Surrey DaveG Club Treasurer Member 311
DaveG Club Treasurer Member 311 Je suis un Coupé Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 8,425 Lightwater, Surrey	A1(M) Hatfield tunnel is good, but maybe a bit too wide to get a really loud sound, how long is the Hindhead one going to be? 1996 Portofino 20vt & 2000 Pearl White Plus 2008 Ferrari F430 & 2017 Fiat 124 Spider

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: DaveG] #1020704 16/04/2010 00:07 16/04/2010 00:07
M MattW Unregistered
MattW Unregistered M	I used to have one going under the M62 when I lived in huddersfield, it was on my daily commute to work and I used to get to it exactly as the car reached operating temperature. Just before the tunnel it went from a 30 speed limit to a 60. It was only the width of the motorway but every day I went in at 30mph and came out the other side at 60 with a big grin on my face.

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: DaveG] #1020709 16/04/2010 00:10 16/04/2010 00:10
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,532 Aldershot PeteP Hon Club Member 005, Membership Secretary
PeteP Hon Club Member 005, Membership Secretary Forum Fossil Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 21,532 Aldershot	1.9 kms long and due to open mid 2011. http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/documents/61_nts_may2004.pdf 16VT and X1/9 1500 We must all do our part for the planet. I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: DaveG] #1020760 16/04/2010 07:26 16/04/2010 07:26
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 33,588 Berlin barnacle Club Member 18 - ex-Minister without Portfolio
barnacle Club Member 18 - ex-Minister without Portfolio Forum Demigod Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 33,588 Berlin	Originally Posted By: DaveG A1(M) Hatfield tunnel is good, but maybe a bit too wide to get a really loud sound, how long is the Hindhead one going to be? Not at the moment it's not; one half closed and a 40mph speed limit in the other half. Don't get no respect! Coupe Fiat 1994-2000 - an owner's guide <-- clicky!

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: barnacle] #1020768 16/04/2010 07:55 16/04/2010 07:55
B Brigham Unregistered
Brigham Unregistered B	The Clyde tunnel is a good one, hang back then give it a bit of beans superb with a Cybox, really reverbs of the walls. John

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: Nigel] #1020779 16/04/2010 08:47 16/04/2010 08:47
P proccy Unregistered
proccy Unregistered P	Originally Posted By: Nigel Queensway tunnel in Birmingham - absolute hoot in a lightly-silenced 20VT - last time I had a blast in there, the traffic in front nearly climbed the walls to get out of the way seconded - and now i'm decatted it's mental

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1020788 16/04/2010 09:07 16/04/2010 09:07
D DidCoop Unregistered
DidCoop Unregistered D	I produced a good growl going through the Dartford tunnel the other night, scared a woman in a Ford Focus next to me when I planted the loud pedal. Bless her, it was great haha

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1020814 16/04/2010 09:32 16/04/2010 09:32
M Maxxxer Unregistered
Maxxxer Unregistered M	The one in Stoke on main road through the town - the one with the birghtly coloured foot bridges over it, and a 40-50mph speed limit (sadly, but drop it a gear and the same effect is found). Good for a rumble if traffic is light.... If anyone can help with th road name please help - i struggle with road names in my own village let alone in a town 30 miles away...!

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1020816 16/04/2010 09:37 16/04/2010 09:37
W Wolfman Unregistered
Wolfman Unregistered W	I go through the shortish tunnel on the A27 near Brighton every day to get to work. 70MPH limit so if it is clear of traffic I slow down just beforehand and then boot it ... luverly! -wolfman

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1020865 16/04/2010 10:27 16/04/2010 10:27
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,115 South Cheshire L Lucifer Forum is my job
Lucifer Forum is my job L Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,115 South Cheshire	Originally Posted By: Maxxxer The one in Stoke on main road through the town - the one with the birghtly coloured foot bridges over it, and a 40-50mph speed limit (sadly, but drop it a gear and the same effect is found). Good for a rumble if traffic is light.... If anyone can help with th road name please help - i struggle with road names in my own village let alone in a town 30 miles away...! This is the tunnel at Meir on the A50, it's the one we've had a couple of runs through with our Midlands meets. It's a bit short, and yes that speed limit is a pain, but if slow down a little and drop a gear you still get a great sound without breaking any speed limits I actually do have a video from the Monaro of this tunnel, and the noise is 2016 Jaguar F-Type R AWD; 2017 BMW M4 Competition Package; 2015 Range Rover Evoque 2.2 Tech

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: Lucifer] #1020867 16/04/2010 10:28 16/04/2010 10:28
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,115 South Cheshire L Lucifer Forum is my job
Lucifer Forum is my job L Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,115 South Cheshire	And as for other tunnels, I think someone mentioned the A55 in North Wales already - I take it you mean the tunnels near Conwy, those are probably my favourite. The ones near Manchester Airport are pretty good too, and if you look closely you can still see the paint from Cristiano Ronaldo's Ferrari on the side walls Last edited by Lucifer; 16/04/2010 10:29. 2016 Jaguar F-Type R AWD; 2017 BMW M4 Competition Package; 2015 Range Rover Evoque 2.2 Tech

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: Lucifer] #1020872 16/04/2010 10:34 16/04/2010 10:34
E eldinho Unregistered
eldinho Unregistered E	Yes, I made some noise going through the A50 tunnel last time I was there. Got a few looks from nearby cars. Lucifer, that post is useless without the video.

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: barnacle] #1020878 16/04/2010 10:41 16/04/2010 10:41
H Hammy Unregistered
Hammy Unregistered H	Originally Posted By: barnacle Originally Posted By: DaveG A1(M) Hatfield tunnel is good, but maybe a bit too wide to get a really loud sound, how long is the Hindhead one going to be? Not at the moment it's not; one half closed and a 40mph speed limit in the other half. I found that out a few weeks back, still at 1am you can drop down a bit and then give it a bit of boot

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1020879 16/04/2010 10:43 16/04/2010 10:43
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,115 South Cheshire L Lucifer Forum is my job
Lucifer Forum is my job L Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,115 South Cheshire	Originally Posted By: eldinho Lucifer, that post is useless without the video. Well it's not all that exciting, because (and I know nobody will believe me) but I actually DID stick to the speed limit All I wanted to do is see if my phone was capable of recording decent quality sound..and it turns out it was 2016 Jaguar F-Type R AWD; 2017 BMW M4 Competition Package; 2015 Range Rover Evoque 2.2 Tech

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1020902 16/04/2010 11:08 16/04/2010 11:08
Y yellafella Unregistered
yellafella Unregistered Y	Originally Posted By: Wolfman I go through the shortish tunnel on the A27 near Brighton every day to get to work. 70MPH limit so if it is clear of traffic I slow down just beforehand and then boot it ... luverly! -wolfman Southwick Tunnel. That's good and pretty long I think. We've also got the Cuilfail tunnel at Lewes (shorter but good noise). Do like Blackwall (when clear) and the Isle of Dogs one too.

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1020942 16/04/2010 11:55 16/04/2010 11:55
D DanielTheManual Unregistered
DanielTheManual Unregistered D	yellafella, does the Southwick tunnel have a round-about at each end? Years ago we took our MX-5s down from Maidstone in Kent down to Brighton and ended up going through a good tunnel, but haven't found it since.

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1020946 16/04/2010 12:03 16/04/2010 12:03
Y yellafella Unregistered
yellafella Unregistered Y	Originally Posted By: DanielTheManual yellafella, does the Southwick tunnel have a round-about at each end? Years ago we took our MX-5s down from Maidstone in Kent down to Brighton and ended up going through a good tunnel, but haven't found it since. No, southwick is on the A27 dual c'way between Brighton & Worthing. I think you went through the Cuilfail tunnel in Lewes, there's a roundabout at each end there. I think it's on the A26, at Cliffe, Lewes.

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: Lucifer] #1020970 16/04/2010 12:28 16/04/2010 12:28
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,632 Northern Ireland D daithi28 My life on the forum
daithi28 My life on the forum D Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,632 Northern Ireland	Originally Posted By: Lucifer And as for other tunnels, I think someone mentioned the A55 in North Wales already Oh I went through those tunnels last year when I picked up my mended coop from Motormech. The sound was pretty awesome but the Police were sitting at the other end waiting to catch speeders, the rotters! Luckily I was within the speed limit................just

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1021016 16/04/2010 13:23 16/04/2010 13:23
M mikeyc Unregistered
mikeyc Unregistered M	Originally Posted By: WillB76 Best tunnel was driving through the French Alpes en-route to Les2Alpes, via Grenoble Ahh, I sooooo missed my Coop when I went skiing this year! On the 3.5 hour coach transfer there were sooo many great tunnels! That said, with the amount of snow on the roads heading up to Tignes (French Alps) it would have been scary if I had been in the coop!!

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1021156 16/04/2010 15:52 16/04/2010 15:52
F FreakinFreak Unregistered
FreakinFreak Unregistered F	Not a tunnel, but a narrow hillclimb with high walls each side between the two Highgate cemetries. Its short, actually very short, and its now got some extra road humps which have ruined it a bit, but its on a route that I use a lot so I still love it. Early evening, windows down, vroooom.

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: ] #1021159 16/04/2010 16:01 16/04/2010 16:01
R roly Unregistered
roly Unregistered R	Tunnels rock - plenty in Leeds

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: daithi28] #1021471 17/04/2010 01:00 17/04/2010 01:00
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 23,309 North Wales Theresa Former Presidentessa Club member 58
Theresa Former Presidentessa Club member 58 Forum Fossil Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 23,309 North Wales	Originally Posted By: daithi28 Originally Posted By: Lucifer And as for other tunnels, I think someone mentioned the A55 in North Wales already Oh I went through those tunnels last year when I picked up my mended coop from Motormech. The sound was pretty awesome but the Police were sitting at the other end waiting to catch speeders, the rotters! Luckily I was within the speed limit................just Lol, my daughter knows the tunnels are looming, when I open both windows and drop a gear or two

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: Theresa] #1021480 17/04/2010 01:17 17/04/2010 01:17
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,144 Southampton, Hants Roadking Club member 1809
Roadking Club member 1809 Forum is my life Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 6,144 Southampton, Hants	The President Kennedy Tunnel, Antwerp. My (original) Coupe sounded good going through it, So did a V70 on full chat at 0300! As you should all know, kids have to hold their breath when you go through a tunnel (it stops them dying) then you slow down "RK's way seems the most sensible to me". ali_hire 16 Dec 2010

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: Roadking] #1021620 17/04/2010 10:47 17/04/2010 10:47
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,525 Nuneaton, Warwickshire JLow75 My life on the forum
JLow75 My life on the forum Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,525 Nuneaton, Warwickshire	Whilst the coop is a lovely sounding machine, for me tunnels = my old V8 TVR it cannot be beaten (well not in a car I'm likely to ever own)

Re: Good Tunnels...? [Re: JLow75] #1021630 17/04/2010 11:03 17/04/2010 11:03
B Bosco Unregistered
Bosco Unregistered B	Genoa to la spezia in italy... theres probably 300 + tunnels of various lengths and its a pig of a road as one minute you re dazzled by sun,the next its dark ...... shame i was in a 205 diesel !!!

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