Powerdriving is not driving tired. driving tired causes accidents, and if you decide
to take up Power Driving, remember to take breaks to prevent accidents.
| What is Powerdriving? | |||||||||
| | The Definition | | Other Useful Definitions | | The Rules | | |||||||||
| | Some Examples | | A Brief History | | |||||||||
| Powerdriving (v): 1. Driving whilst Powerfucked 2. Driving for such a long distance that you become Powerfucked. | |||||||||
| Faced (adv): Drunk. This is a good thing to get at the end of a Powerdrive, although often results in your forgetting why you drove there in the first place, particularly when Powerfaced | |||||||||
| Ginsters (company): Purveyors of the finest Powerdining cuisine in a variety of handy pastry and sandwich based forms | |||||||||
| Hoon (v): To travel at an increased rate, to increase effort or expenditure of energy, as in 'Hooning It' - to really give it some Welly | |||||||||
| Loud Pedal (n): The important one. Sits on the right, and can precipitate an increase in velocity and decibel level if used correctly (i.e. engine switched on, in gear, etc) | |||||||||
| P.A.G.B. (abrv) The Powerdriving Association of Great Britain | |||||||||
| P.B. (abrv): Personal Best, generally regarding time taken point to point | |||||||||
| Powerdine (v): To consume edibles (i.e. Ginsters) whilst under motion on a Powerdrive, also Powerdining | |||||||||
| Powerfaced (adv): Like normal Faced, only more so. | |||||||||
| Powerfucked (adv): Like normal Fucked, only more so. | |||||||||
| Powertune (n): A tune considered ideal to listen to during Powerdriving | |||||||||
| Welly (n): To really press the loud pedal into the carpet | |||||||||
| To see the full dictionary, click here | |||||||||
| As set out by the P.A.G.B. | |||||||||
| 1.) | Powerdriving must include at least 2 hours driving. Time spent in long traffic jams does not count towards this figure, and should be deducted |
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| 2.) | Powerdrives must be unbroken and continuous., with the exception of the following; |
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| a). Service station breaks (fuel, toilet, Ginsters, coffee, etc) | |||||||||
| b). On journeys of more than 3 hours, a nap of up to half an hour | |||||||||
| c). A stop to stretch legs of no more than 5 minutes (no more than 1 per hour) | |||||||||
d). Time spent crossing water (ferry, hovercraft, channel tunnel, etc.) This should be done by the shortest reasonable route, and the time spent does not count towards the driving total. |
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| 3.) | Powerdrives must include a night phase of at least an hour after sunset, or 10pm, whichever is earlier |
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| 4.) | Powerdrives must cover at least 50 miles | ||||||||
(Graded 1-5 for easy reference. Use these examples as a guide when determining the level of your powerdrives - the level can be no more than the time spent driving in hours, but can be less as appropriate) |
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| Level 1 Powerdrive |  |
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| Where? | |||||||||
| Marlborough (Wiltshire) to Reading, Via Chirton (Wiltshire, nr Devizes) | |||||||||
| When? | |||||||||
| September 2005 | |||||||||
| Who? | |||||||||
| Jelly and Chief driving, plus Natasha | |||||||||
| Why? | |||||||||
| To move stuff from Natasha's house to their new house in Reading | |||||||||
| The Hardware | |||||||||
Citroen Xantia Turbo D (Jelly), Ford Mondeo 16V (Chief) |
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This was another one of those spur of the moment Powerdrives, you know how it is, sat a curry house wondering what to do afterwards when Chief mentions that he has to drive to Reading with a load of stuff in his car. I hadn't seen his new house at this point, and he mentions that he has more stuff than space in the car, so a plan is hatched. We will go back to my house, pick up my stuff, drive to Natasha's house to load the cars up, then drive to Reading. Barely even registers as a powerdrive. |
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Level 2 Powerdrive | ||||||||
| Where? | |||||||||
| Reading to Lancaster | |||||||||
| When? | |||||||||
| October 2005 | |||||||||
| Who? | |||||||||
| Jelly driving, plus Chief as Passenger | |||||||||
| Why? | |||||||||
| Er... to see Anne Marie is the closest thing to a reason we could think of, but to be honest we just felt like a road trip, that's all | |||||||||
| The Hardware | |||||||||
| Citroen Xantia Turbo D | |||||||||
Probably the most random and pointless drive we've ever done... Chief was looking at a mapping website, trying to find the way to the pub, when he 'accidentally' looks up Lancaster and finds it's only 250 miles away. A quick call to Anne Marie to check she's home, and we're off. We finally arrive at 2.30 in the morning, at which point I eat two Ginsters products in rapid succession. This, it turns out, is Not A Good Idea. Feel slightly funny for 5 minutes, then go to bed. |
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| Level 3 Powerdrive |  |
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| Where? | |||||||||
| Tryfan (Snowdonia) to Wiltshire | |||||||||
| When? | |||||||||
| September 2004 | |||||||||
| Who? | |||||||||
| Jelly and Chief driving | |||||||||
| Why? | |||||||||
| Finished climbing mountains, felt like going home | |||||||||
| The Hardware | |||||||||
Peugeot 205 XE (Jelly), Ford Mondeo 16V (Chief) |
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Our second trip to Snowdonia, and we decide to replicate the original powerdrive (see below). Only this time chief has a car with a heater, and so cunningly avoids hypothermia. Considerably more civilised than the original, even stopped off at little chef for a cup of tea. We have now decided that the A5 is one of the best roads that we have ever driven along. |
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Level 4 Powerdrive | ||||||||
| Where? | |||||||||
| Yorkshire to Marlborough (Wiltshire) | |||||||||
| When? | |||||||||
| July 2005 | |||||||||
| Who? | |||||||||
| Jelly driving, plus Chief and Dave as passengers | |||||||||
| Why? | |||||||||
| Finished climbing mountains, felt like going home... De'ja vous, anyone? | |||||||||
| The Hardware | |||||||||
| Citroen Xantia Turbo D | |||||||||
Wake up Sunday morning after Serious Night Out tm in Lancaster, and decide we can't really be bothered to do anything all day. At 8pm decide we should really climb some mountains. We get to the top of Wernside at about 12.30, at which point I suggest we drive home. Chief agrees, should really put my suggestions to someone sensible next time. Get down off the mountain, and leave the campsite at 3am. Make an interesting discovery - the lighter the day gets, the less tired you get. Which is nice. Finally get back to Marlborough at 8.30 am, drop Dave off, go home, eat a Ginsters, sleep. |
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| Level 5 Powerdrive |  |
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| Where? | |||||||||
| Er... haven't quite got this far yet. Planning a powerdriving holiday for next summer | |||||||||
| When? | |||||||||
| Next year... | |||||||||
| Who? | |||||||||
| Jelly and Chief driving | |||||||||
| Why? | |||||||||
| Why not? | |||||||||
| The Hardware | |||||||||
Don't know yet |
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The First Ever Powerdrive | ||||||||
| Where? | |||||||||
| Snowdonia - Wiltshire | |||||||||
| When? | |||||||||
| February 2004 | |||||||||
| Who? | |||||||||
| Jelly and Chief driving | |||||||||
| Why? | |||||||||
| Finished climbing mountains, decided to come home. This, you may have realised, is something of a recurring theme. | |||||||||
| The Hardware | |||||||||
| Peugeot 205 XE (Jelly), Fiesta Mk1 Popular (Chief) | |||||||||
This is still one of the most hardcore drives that we have ever done. To set the scene, we were freezing cold after having climbed Snowdon (the hard way - in the snow, up the Watkin path), and decided not to camp again that night. Well, Chief did anyway, but he owns the tent so I had to agree. This drive was somewhat harder for Chief, as having thawed out, all of his clothes were damp, it was minus something outside and the heater in the Fiesta (affectionally known as Frank) didn't work. The heater in my car (called Patrick) did, of course. So, driving home in the middle of the night, in two underpowered cars (neither managed to displace a litre, and if the fiesta's 40bhp really existed, it wasn't showing itself.) Frequent petrol station stops were needed for coffee (and for the fact that the fiesta's tank only held 20 quids worth) and many Ginsters were consumed. The journey overall took 6 hours (we recently redid in under 4 hours with sensible cars), but it was a great challenge, and thus a new sport was created. |
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