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Old 07-21-2006, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by gaddafi,Jul 21 2006, 07:38 AM
Should go on to about 180 then, which I intend to try later in the year when I go abroad

Scarey, I did 150 mph in mine the other day( on a private road of course !!!)
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things happen quick at those speeds, don't they?

gentle curves suddenly aren't
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Originally Posted by JamieS2K,Jul 21 2006, 07:31 AM
shall we do bhp per ton
OK, 283bhp/tonne. Yours?

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Originally Posted by gaddafi,Jul 21 2006, 08:08 AM
things happen quick at those speeds, don't they?

gentle curves suddenly aren't
It's mad, I think 90-100 is quiet fast enough. I prefer acceleration
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Originally Posted by MarkB,Jul 21 2006, 08:10 AM
OK, 283bhp/tonne. Yours?

what have you got Mark?
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Im starting to feel very powershy

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Old 07-21-2006, 12:20 AM
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I was going to say that I didn't associate being rocketed out of bends with my S2000

but it depends what you are comparing it to

and we aren't including kit cars in this discussion

or cars without exhausts....
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Originally Posted by JamieS2K,Jul 21 2006, 08:11 AM
what have you got Mark?
You saw it going onto the back of a low loader at the Hants meet (fortunately nothing worse than a loose downpipe, but enough to gas Kitty and I......)

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Originally Posted by gaddafi,Jul 21 2006, 08:20 AM
I was going to say that I didn't associate being rocketed out of bends with my S2000

but it depends what you are comparing it to

and we aren't including kit cars in this discussion

or cars without exhausts....
lol, making up the rules as you go along......

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Originally Posted by MarkB,Jul 21 2006, 08:22 AM
You saw it going onto the back of a low loader at the Hants meet (fortunately nothing worse than a loose downpipe, but enough to gas Kitty and I......)

oh

Was that the famous Kitty in your car? The one with all the pink bits?


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