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OK fellow-petrol heads...so what's the most unusual thing you've driven, ridden, mounted, captained, piloted etc?

Forklift Crane

Boeing 737

Okay I was 13 and coming back from a family holiday - I was allowed to turn a knob to change the autopilot heading and then press a button to "make it so"

Other than that, nothing really.

Gliding club winch. Small block chevy engine (IIRC 7L or so) running on LPG. Can get a glider from 0-60 in around 5s and 0-2000ft in around 30s.

Varied list from me:

Ferrari 208 GTS, an Italian market special with a 2L turbo
Various trucks, some with abnormal loads like a 60' x 14' ventilation duct, or a lifting beam weighing over 35 tons, Refuse collection trucks, ejector trailer artics.
1/2 a lap of Knockhill in James Thompson's Honda Touring Car (granted it was on the back of a recovery truck! )
Caterpillar Loading shovel
MG ZT-V8
5.5m RIB with twin 50's

Still to drive a 911

All manner of contractors plant and most recently an AS90 Self Propelled Gun and a Challenger Engineer Tank

Off to DVD (Defence Vehicle Demonstration) Event at Millbrook in a couple of weeks time and hoping to add a few more to the list!

Focus RS (Mk1) 02 Pre launch Car on a tru blue day
Escort rs cosworth lux 95
TVR Cerbera 96
Aston Martin V8 Vantage X pack 88
Elise with vhpd lump
Volvo S60R 03
BMW M3 03
Golf R32 Mk4, + V6 4 motion
All the golf gti's bar the mk1 and the 230bhp mk5.
Audi RS4

Nothing myself, but my grandad (mum's dad) was a wall of death rider in his younger days!

Sulzer Type 2 - latterly known as a class 25 diesel loco for about 100 yards in my local engine shed. It was the sixties and I was in my teens and allowed the controls

Regards
Brian Haddon

martine wrote:OK fellow-petrol heads...so what's the most unusual thing you've driven, ridden, mounted, captained, piloted etc?

I've mounted various different models over the years!

Let's see ... in order of enjoyment ..

Laverda Jota
Norton Interpol 2 (Wankel engine)
Chieftain MBT (various marks)
CVR(T) Scimitar (with and without active suspension)
Antar tank transporter
C130J Hercules
Concorde simulator - the real thing
Tracked Land Rover Defender
Unimog
HMS Fearless

Warrior AFV excellent to drive and really fast!