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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by BenHampton,Feb 7 2008, 03:09 PM
exactly

who cares as long as you enjoy driving it
You dont obviously! but that doesnt stop other from being competative natured
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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 01:06 AM
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True; Audi sales are up again.

You can see them all parked outside the Travelodge as it vibrates...
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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 01:28 AM
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Originally Posted by chilled,Feb 7 2008, 10:54 PM
Genuinely, can someone remind me to do the top gear lap test at some point. I may well screw it up, but I've been meaning to do it for a while. I may not be the fastest S, but I'm certainly up there.
I'm going to do this soon (have my "token" thanks to Father Christmas).

Difficult to be exact but I reckon this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku9nQmBOF7w
about a 1:46 with two up!

JC always says a wet track means +3-4 secs, so the Stig's 1:37.4 would come down to a 1:33/34.4

So what's thinking on a good target time for the S with an average driver, surely one would expect to get within 6-7 seconds of a Stig time? Which would make 1:40 a reasonable target.

Looking at the last "leader board" posted at:
http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic...&t=324931&i=320

then around a 1:40 looks like it would be in reasonable company.

As and when I do it I'll post the "best" lap on video so you can all laugh ;-)
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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 03:35 AM
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Watching that vid, there's plenty of time to be had there.
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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 03:44 AM
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I'd like to see what time you get Chilled

Would be the making or breaking of you!

How'd you get to do it and where is it?
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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 03:47 AM
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Chilled ever use the phrase... 'i am a driving god'? lol
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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 04:11 AM
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Nah, I let other people say it for me
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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 05:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Survey S2000,Feb 8 2008, 09:29 AM
You dont obviously! but that doesnt stop other from being competative natured
Not quite true

I know I can drive my car but I'm not that fussed about putting an advert in the Sunday Times telling people how great a driver I am.

I have been known to be smug when passing hideously expensive cars on the Nurburgring
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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by BenHampton,Feb 8 2008, 06:03 AM
Not quite true

I know I can drive my car but I'm not that fussed about putting an advert in the Sunday Times telling people how great a driver I am.

I have been known to be smug when passing hideously expensive cars on the Nurburgring
I disagree, contradictory.

Firstly, if bragging like that isnt willy waving then i dont know what is.

Secondly, the times are anonymous and are intended as a guide to the CARS not the drivers performance.

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Old Feb 8, 2008 | 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Survey S2000,Feb 8 2008, 02:15 PM
Secondly, the times are anonymous and are intended as a guide to the CARS not the drivers performance.
Which is why they are going to be meaningless.

I think the willy waving bit is more 'The car I bought can do this track in this time and that makes me special even though I'll never drive round that track and wouldn't be able to do that time if I did' sort of thing.

OK for a bit of fun though
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