Empty car parks in Tyneside / Durham area?

[pbirkett]

Strange question but I was wondering if there were any decent large empty car parks or similar open spaces in the area that I could use for, shall we say, getting to know my car better ?

Preferably one without CCTV so that Mr Plod doesn't come along thinking I am a joyrider!

[ad111s]

Best thing to do is ask the owners of the car park first, once you have their permission its plain sailing

[tvrbob]

ad111s said:

once you have their permission its plain sailing

It'll never happen. Once the owner gives permission the owner becomes liable. Loads of organisations have tried this. The only time I know of that it worked was at Rockingham this year. Each driver had to sign an acceptance of liability before they entered the park and safety rules were in place as were St John's Ambulance.

[ad111s]

Ahhh never though of liability

[Road Hog]

[quote=pbirkett]Strange question but I was wondering if there were any decent large empty car parks or similar open spaces in the area that I could use for, shall we say, getting to know my car better ?

you mean you just want to muck about going sideways like a teenage hudlum


just wait till it snows or get yourself on a trackday.

[TOENHEEL]

Trackday unless you want the rozzers to turn up and give you 3 points and a fine for driving like a tool in tesco's!

[Byff]

Any McDonald's carpark

[Road Hog]

Any McDonald's carpark



and get a burger everytime you go round

[zebra]

Paul

Do you find yourself attracted to this material?



Zebra

[zebra]

I only ask because the possibilities are endless

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[Road Hog]

WICKED LOW BRO.

[Crowley]

Like, a car parc, like man, like ....



Am i bovverd, like

[zebra]

Crowley said:

Like, a car parc, like man, like ....



Am i bovverd, like

Paul - you need to eat more mate, you're wasting away, innit.

Zebra-man

[Crowley]

but, i mean, ohhh, but, like

[pbirkett]

zebra said:

Crowley said:

Like, a car parc, like man, like ....



Am i bovverd, like

Paul - you need to eat more mate, you're wasting away, innit.

Zebra-man

Na mate, me not wastin away innit, i got a much bigger belly than yee!

OK, I guess the answer to my question is no

I just thought it might be safer to push my car to its "limits" in any empty car park than on a road. Oh well.

[tvrbob]

pbirkett said:

I just thought it might be safer to push my car to its "limits" in any empty car park than on a road. Oh well.

Don't push it to the limit on the road mate. Get yourself on a trackday like the rest of us.

[pbirkett]

tvrbob said:

pbirkett said:

I just thought it might be safer to push my car to its "limits" in any empty car park than on a road. Oh well.

Don't push it to the limit on the road mate. Get yourself on a trackday like the rest of us.

Thats why I was asking about it, because I've never had the bottle, or been stupid enough to try it on the road. I was hoping for an abandoned car park for a chance to get seriously out of shape just to see what happened in this car...

The last trackday i went to as a spectator, i saw several people cause some serious damage to their cars, also not something i wish to do... but you may have a point if there is no other options.

[LD1Racing]

There's one next to the pitch-n-put on the coast which is fairly big and no obstructions in it. Did enjoy taking my Skoda Rapide Coupe there back in the day, you know, for a bit of rear-engine training. 'specially when it had been snowing...

[Wedg1e]

Any car park will do as long as it's quiet. Just hit and run, don't be there ages, pick a time like Sunday evening after the shops have shut. Five minutes is about all you'll manage before someone gets arsey.

Or so I read on the internet

[pbirkett]

LD1Racing said:

There's one next to the pitch-n-put on the coast which is fairly big and no obstructions in it. Did enjoy taking my Skoda Rapide Coupe there back in the day, you know, for a bit of rear-engine training. 'specially when it had been snowing...

Ah yes, I see. Thank you for that