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simonds1
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Wed May 03, 2006 4:13 pm |
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On me way home from town today and I get to some traffic lights. There's a nice silver clio 172 infront of me and I'm thinking to myself hmm I bet that's quick.....so when the lights turn to green, he floors it away as if to prove a point like 'my renault is faster than urs' lol......so I go after him, purely out of curiosity to see if I could keep up like.......and.......well I was really surprised. I would've expected to not really be able to keep up with a smaller, more powerful car very easily......but I actually wanted him to get out of me way most of the time! It was like driving behind an oil tanker aswell, it just seemed to be all over the road like bouncing everywhere....was painful to watch almost, and I was stuck to the ground like a bitch.
Pretty pointless post really, I just thought the 172's were better than this one seemed to be! Maybe he just couldn't drive or something. I would've thought they'd be the quicker car like? Ah well, he smashed one of me bloody headlights by flicking a stone into it anyway. Bastard! Was gonna put a pic up, but uploadit.org seems to have vanished off the face of the earth! Plus I'm sure you all know what a smashed headlight looks like anyway lol |
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Dan
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Thu May 04, 2006 12:03 am |
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the biggest problem with it is torque steer, and it also tramps the wheels alot. but they're reasonably quick, mine is doing 6.2 0-60's. |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Thu May 04, 2006 12:04 am |
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I have done a few of them, you always outrun them top end in a 19 anyway. |
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Dan
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Thu May 04, 2006 12:35 am |
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mine starts loosing pace at 140. |
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FincH
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Thu May 04, 2006 1:17 am |
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| mine starts loosing pace at 140. |
Yeah, as you showed me 
Felt pretty quick down that DC. |
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Chet T16
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Joined: 12 Feb 2004
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Thu May 04, 2006 3:48 am |
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They're quick but not quick enough to get out the way of a drunk in a fiat brava 
RIP 01-WW-1313 for which i got a parking ticket a few months ago so its not resting! |
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Dan
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Thu May 04, 2006 4:09 am |
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was it my shape? or the newer shape? |
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Chet T16
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Thu May 04, 2006 4:18 am |
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bison
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Joined: 20 Sep 2005
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Thu May 04, 2006 3:03 pm |
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get it all the time round manchester, they look at my phase one like its a dinosoaur,i get evos and subarus smokin it from the lights its a compliment if your cars tidy,where i live youve got lights onto the m56 hence a proper smoker if youre up for it,plenty of stories down that sliproad am tellin ya! |
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bison
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Thu May 04, 2006 3:07 pm |
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got that clio cup chip in my phase 1 19,not sure if gives it some, its too hard to tell. |
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