stu_c
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Registered: 11th Dec 07
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saw this at trax it is pretty mint tbh
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Novaneil
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Registered: 26th Oct 06
Location: Leamington Spa
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Originally posted by stu_c
saw this at trax it is pretty mint tbh
So did I, had a good nose around it. Built to a very high spec! Well worth the money IMO. You couldn't even buy a Twingo RS for 10k now a days
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Specky's Tigra, Barnes Corsa.
Both running mega power, built to high standards.Both have problems regularly.
Can see where Tom is coming from.
I'm not being funny but the abuse they get on a drag strip would cause breakages on most cars. You use either of them in a normal situation, not repeated hard launches, they'll last a lot longer than they currently do.
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BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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i think you have to show any high performance car a bit of mechanical sympathy, although im sure it will withstand the normal day to day abuse.
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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Same with a standard car tbh! Constantly dumping the clutch at 6k in first will fuck any car up  Quite an unfair comparison by some!
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Specky's Tigra, Barnes Corsa.
Both running mega power, built to high standards.Both have problems regularly.
Can see where Tom is coming from.
I'm not being funny but the abuse they get on a drag strip would cause breakages on most cars. You use either of them in a normal situation, not repeated hard launches, they'll last a lot longer than they currently do.
Yes i can also see your point.
But Nic's car is a road car too and isn't known to be as reliable as a swiss watch.
From Tom's point of view i can see where he's coming from.
You don't build a road car like the 1 in question to potter around in.
And iirc specky's car suffered from engine failure the last time from driving hard in a straight line for 1/4 of a mile.You can do the exact same on the open road.
Im not dis-agreeing that it won't be reliable to a certain extent.You just wouldn't buy or build this sort of car and expect it to not suffer problems more often than a standard car.
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mtpagey
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Originally posted by harrispAnd of course it will be less reliable than a standard car how can you think it won't be
The VTS i bought as a track/ring car was running 240bhp at its peak. it was 13 year old car and only had 19k miles on the clocks it, all that power but never saw a drag strip or track  Like you say, when the power goes up, reliability goes down
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taylorboosh
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Surely you lot must agree its overpriced... In real terms with that cash you could buy both suttons and barnes
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