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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Bacon Butty Man on 18 February 2008, 20:42:02
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i was out driving my lovley mig, when i pulled up at the lights and these boy racers pulled up along side, and started to rev up the engine menacingly, it was a suped up looking 1300 rover 213, blue lights undeneath the car, flame red, looked the part, they shout hey granddad, " i am only 39 ffs", nice old mans car, to which i replied you gotta be a man to drive it, as they set off taking 2000 miles of rubber of their car whilst wheel spinning like crazy, i gently smirked and as i watched them frown thru my rear view mirror i thought, thank got for the 2.5 v6 beast i have under my hood, then i thought stupid thing to do, not done my cambelt yet...lol.. I love my mig.
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i was out driving my lovley mig, when i pulled up at the lights and these boy racers pulled up along side, and started to rev up the engine menacingly, it was a suped up looking 1300 rover 213, blue lights undeneath the car, flame red, looked the part, they shout hey granddad, " i am only 39 ffs", nice old mans car, to which i replied you gotta be a man to drive it, as they set off taking 2000 miles of rubber of their car whilst wheel spinning like crazy, i gently smirked and as i watched them frown thru my rear view mirror i thought, thank got for the 2.5 v6 beast i have under my hood, then i thought stupid thing to do, not done my cambelt yet...lol.. I love my mig.
Some of these boy racers may have you from take off but when they start to run out of breath at 60 is when the V6 just keeps on pulling 8-)
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hehe this little thing did not have me at all, my mig has warp engines i am sure of it, i think it was left here by starfleet when the came back in one of the shows ..lol
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New engine: £800
New gearbox and diff: £650
Labour to fit the above: £1500
Ruining a boy racers day: Priceless... :y
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i was out driving my lovley mig, when i pulled up at the lights and these boy racers pulled up along side, and started to rev up the engine menacingly, it was a suped up looking 1300 rover 213, blue lights undeneath the car, flame red, looked the part, they shout hey granddad, " i am only 39 ffs", nice old mans car, to which i replied you gotta be a man to drive it, as they set off taking 2000 miles of rubber of their car whilst wheel spinning like crazy, i gently smirked and as i watched them frown thru my rear view mirror i thought, thank got for the 2.5 v6 beast i have under my hood, then i thought stupid thing to do, not done my cambelt yet...lol.. I love my mig.
ha ha! good on ya. It really does amaze me the amount of kids that think their 1.3 cars are "rapid" ;D
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New engine: £800
New gearbox and diff: £650
Labour to fit the above: £1500
Ruining a boy racers day: Priceless... :y
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Good man!
Gotta love it. :y
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Had 2 chavs in a Saxo and a ropey old Golf try it on once - when I was sitting at the lights in the Westfield. ::) They'd do well to read up on the sort of performance that they can expect to be up against before drawing attention to themselves.
Played with them a little through 1st then short shifted into 2nd and planted it until the rev limiter, by which time they were going backwards. ;D
OK, a 996 did then come past me like I was standing still. c'est la vie! :-[
Kevin
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OK, a 996 did then come past me like I was standing still. c'est la vie! :-[
Kevin
Not from a standing start though :-?
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i think it would :-/.. 0-60 on a 996 is probably 3 seconds(ish) 8-)
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i think it would :-/.. 0-60 on a 996 is probably 3 seconds(ish) 8-)
:-X
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i was out driving my lovley mig, when i pulled up at the lights and these boy racers pulled up along side, and started to rev up the engine menacingly, it was a suped up looking 1300 rover 213, blue lights undeneath the car, flame red, looked the part, they shout hey granddad, " i am only 39 ffs", nice old mans car, to which i replied you gotta be a man to drive it, as they set off taking 2000 miles of rubber of their car whilst wheel spinning like crazy, i gently smirked and as i watched them frown thru my rear view mirror i thought, thank got for the 2.5 v6 beast i have under my hood, then i thought stupid thing to do, not done my cambelt yet...lol.. I love my mig.
Love it, it would have been embarrassing if the cam belt had given way though. 8-)
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Better to die fighting than fade away....
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OK, a 996 did then come past me like I was standing still. c'est la vie! :-[
Kevin
Not from a standing start though :-?
True. He did have a rolling start but it would have sounded like sour grapes if I'd mentioned that. ;D
I think he also had a considerable aerodynamic advantage given the speed we were doing. The Westfield might be quick off the line but it hits a bit of a brick wall at <mumble> MPH. :-X
Kevin
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Better to die fighting than fade away....
:y :y :y
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Had 2 chavs in a Saxo and a ropey old Golf try it on once - when I was sitting at the lights in the Westfield. ::) They'd do well to read up on the sort of performance that they can expect to be up against before drawing attention to themselves.
Played with them a little through 1st then short shifted into 2nd and planted it until the rev limiter, by which time they were going backwards. ;D
OK, a 996 did then come past me like I was standing still. c'est la vie! :-[
Kevin
You should have stuck into 3rd then ;)
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OK, a 996 did then come past me like I was standing still. c'est la vie! :-[
Kevin
Not from a standing start though :-?
True. He did have a rolling start but it would have sounded like sour grapes if I'd mentioned that. ;D
I think he also had a considerable aerodynamic advantage given the speed we were doing. The Westfield might be quick off the line but it hits a bit of a brick wall at <mumble> MPH. :-X
Kevin
Phew :-?
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With a rolling start I can pull away from my bro's chav waggon 206 GTi! I have a theory GTi stands for 'Got A Tw*t Inside' this has been confirmed as he's been banned for DD! What a prat...
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Had 2 chavs in a Saxo and a ropey old Golf try it on once - when I was sitting at the lights in the Westfield. ::) They'd do well to read up on the sort of performance that they can expect to be up against before drawing attention to themselves.
Played with them a little through 1st then short shifted into 2nd and planted it until the rev limiter, by which time they were going backwards. ;D
OK, a 996 did then come past me like I was standing still. c'est la vie! :-[
Kevin
You should have stuck into 3rd then ;)
Oh, I did. All the way to the limiter again. ::)
It did sound fantastic as it left me standing struggled past though.
Kevin
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When we moving stuff into our first house I was collecting stuff from the soon to be inlaws and on the way I had a GTA Metro try it on - it failed against a Sunbeam towing a box trailer
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I enjoyed beating a Sierra Cosworth on a Suzuki 600.
Mind you even beating a Honda CB125T (very revvy twin) with my GP100 pre expansion pipe was fun.
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A 996 Turbo S couldn't shake me from a standing start when I was on the SV650... not bad for a winter hack I bought for buttons!
When I'm on the R1 nothing short of a Veyron stands a chance. OK it tops out at 186 MPH so the likes of a 911 TT can go quicker, but by the time you get to that speed it will be miles behind :D On the autobahn of course ::)
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i think it would :-/.. 0-60 on a 996 is probably 3 seconds(ish) 8-)
i thought you were talking about a ducati 996,not a big heavy german car ;D
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i think it would :-/.. 0-60 on a 996 is probably 3 seconds(ish) 8-)
i thought you were talking about a ducati 996,not a big heavy german car ;D
Ahh. That explains why I raised an eyebrow when you said 0-60 in 3 seconds... ;D
Kevin
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i think it would :-/.. 0-60 on a 996 is probably 3 seconds(ish) 8-)
i thought you were talking about a ducati 996,not a big heavy german car ;D
Ahh. That explains why I raised an eyebrow when you said 0-60 in 3 seconds... ;D
Kevin
crossing wires is a lifelong habit,gets me into all sorts of trouble :-[ ;D
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iam surprised there's anyone left with a driving licence in the Blackpool area Ive never seen so many Gatso cameras
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crossing wires is a lifelong habit,gets me into all sorts of trouble :-[ ;D
Yeah, and being ambiguous is one of mine, with the same results. :y
Kevin
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ever seen the 5 mile stretch of the a12 between the m11 and the blackwall tunnel? :o :o :(
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Better to die fighting than fade away....
seconded 8-)
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ha ha fantastic, i'm 23 and own an elite i think there awsome people at work call me a grandad but hay i've kept up with a bmw 330ci club sport he he!
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ha ha fantastic, i'm 23 and own an elite i think there awsome people at work call me a grandad but hay i've kept up with a bmw 330ci club sport he he!
theere is a certain amount of truth in the saying...its not what you drive /ride its the way that you drive/ride it :y
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ever seen the 5 mile stretch of the a12 between the m11 and the blackwall tunnel? :o :o :(
Cameras galore :(, and those average speed cameras keep popping up in new locations aswell :(