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THE CLASH

THE FIRST FULL ROTATION OCCURRED AT 35MPH AND WAS LARGELY DUE TO THE FACT I WAS CONVULSING WITH LAUGHTER

The second happened a lap later and even though I was still giggling like a child, the reason for the spin was me applying nothing like enough corrective lock, nothing like quickly enough. But then, driving a replica Aston Martin DB5 that contains plenty of E46 BMW M3 and runs skinny Avons from a historic race car does require some adjustment when your head is adjusted to a load of very fast modern tackle.

And before you ask, no, you can’t buy this car. That might already have been mentioned earlier in this camping fantasy, but I’ll happily raise a hand to

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