dhdev
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Originally posted by SteveW
unless its supercharged or twin turbo then its nothing THAT special
Man I hope that is tongue in cheek, or we have a new statement of the day! 
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3CorsaMeal
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Originally posted by chris_uk
i listen to the lads at work going on about diesel connect vans being quick..
then today they were on about a diesel 306 thing and they where like it went like shit off a shovel and i just looked at them ..
id say anycar that pushes you back in your seat and you have difficulty pulling yourself away is fast.
i only have 3 levels
slow
fast
supercar
end of.
[Edited on 18-01-2011 by chris_uk]
totally agree with this, the 1st bit is exactly what annoys me, people think everything they are driving is quick, be it a work van, a hire car, courtesy car, piece of shit car.
i like the slow, fast, supercar grouping 
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3CorsaMeal
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my escort isn't quick fast, buts its not torture to accelerate in.
1.4 corsa and the 1.4 bravo i had seemed like they involved effort and damaging to the engine to drive quickly
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mwg
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I think mine and yours come in the supercar group
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3CorsaMeal
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probably true, you are my favourite person now, since you got that car
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adiohead
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150mph is pretty fast imo
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chris_uk
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also the definition of a fast car to me is broke into two.
A Quick Car = speed it gets to top speed
A Fast Car = its terminal speed (150mph above)
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mwg
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
probably true, you are my favourite person now, since you got that car
 if we lived nearer to each other I could of come and done a wheel spin outside your neighbours house with the barking dogs
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Stu
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Isnt there actual benchmark figures that make a car a "supercar" that allows them to have slightly higher emissions and higher noise levels as standard?
Sure I read something like that when I was buying my old P1? I could have been dreaming though?
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mwg
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They maybe come under the low volume category which isn't as strict on the emissions.
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3CorsaMeal
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
probably true, you are my favourite person now, since you got that car
if we lived nearer to each other I could of come and done a wheel spin outside your neighbours house with the barking dogs
Hi Matt
Sorry i haven't wrote back sooner, but my hand took a funny turn and i've had to rest it.
Since i last wrote, i have found the woman on facebook and everyone of her friends has a dog photo for their profile pic. I am starting to realise she is properly mad about dogs.
I can only hope she moves away one day, i get the feeling she moved here because she was exiled from her previous neighbourhood.
Kinds Regards,
James
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Gareth
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Depends what your used to. Went round donnington in a radical sr3 now that was a fast car lol
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SteveW
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quote:
Originally posted by dhdev
quote:
Originally posted by SteveW
unless its supercharged or twin turbo then its nothing THAT special
Man I hope that is tongue in cheek, or we have a new statement of the day!
nah seriously..
its pretty quick. 0-60 of 4.9, which is same as DB9 but thats more of a GT Car
Maybe im just used to the acceleration of it now
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3CorsaMeal
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Ross Thompsons Fiat punto gt with dtm exhaust, from 50mph-70mph
thats what i call fast
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Liam_GSI
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i agree with all he "fast" can be broken down and defined and it is deffo dependent on the person but my rule of thumb always was ...
"a fast car, is a car which you can put ya foot to the floor in first gear (in the dry) and the front wheels spin, or rear wheels if its RWD" (with out using/snatching the clutch of course) ... obv this isn't fair on 4x4's but still ... 
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Ojc
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Jim are you ok?
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Jambo
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Ross Thompsons Fiat punto gt with dtm exhaust, from 50mph-70mph
thats what i call fast
Jim I fucking love you. I've been using this quote For years and it's always gone straight over everyones heads. Didn't he always say a discovery was as quick as a Lamborghini in 5th?!
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3CorsaMeal
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Originally posted by Jambo
quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Ross Thompsons Fiat punto gt with dtm exhaust, from 50mph-70mph
thats what i call fast
Jim I fucking love you. I've been using this quote For years and it's always gone straight over everyones heads. Didn't he always say a discovery was as quick as a Lamborghini in 5th?!
i know his punto from faster than an aston martin 
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corsa120
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cars will always start slowing down after 60mph anyway the nature of physics....... now ur talking about wind resistance/aerodynamics lol so a car will always get to 60 quicker than 60-100
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BluKoo
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Originally posted by Eck
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Originally posted by BluKoo
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Its quick enough to keep up with modern day traffic on a daily basis.
Whoa! Statement of the day!
Dude, you drive an Accord?
Indeed I do but i don't see the relevance.
I wasn't slaging off his car. More the way he worded it. "Modern day traffic" as aposed to an old horse and cart. It just made me laugh
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Ash_EP3
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Car stats calc
I dread to think what stats Barnes gets
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dhdev
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveW
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Originally posted by dhdev
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Originally posted by SteveW
unless its supercharged or twin turbo then its nothing THAT special
Man I hope that is tongue in cheek, or we have a new statement of the day!
nah seriously..
its pretty quick. 0-60 of 4.9, which is same as DB9 but thats more of a GT Car
Maybe im just used to the acceleration of it now
My bad, cos that was a seperate sentence I thought you were suggesting that only supercharged or TT cars are fast Not specifically VXR8's
[Edited on 19-01-2011 by dhdev]
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Corsa_Sport21
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quote:
Originally posted by BluKoo
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Originally posted by Eck
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Originally posted by BluKoo
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Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Its quick enough to keep up with modern day traffic on a daily basis.
Whoa! Statement of the day!
Dude, you drive an Accord?
Indeed I do but i don't see the relevance.
I wasn't slaging off his car. More the way he worded it. "Modern day traffic" as aposed to an old horse and cart. It just made me laugh
Modern day traffic,as in,cars from the past 5 years or what-not.
Or maybe i should have said day-to-day traffic.Aye,that would have been a better comparison.
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jr
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Originally posted by corsa120
cars will always start slowing down after 60mph anyway the nature of physics....... now ur talking about wind resistance/aerodynamics lol so a car will always get to 60 quicker than 60-100
complete and utter rubbish using the example youve given, from a standing start cars will get to 60 quicker than they will from 60-mph, that makes no logical sense
for example 60-100mph
Koenigsegg CCR 1.4s
SSC Ultimate Aero TT 1.8s
Porsche 9FF GT9R 2.0s
Koenigsegg CCX 2.0s
TVR Cerbera Speed 12 2.2s
Koenigsegg CCXR Special Edition 2.2s
Tramontana R 2.4s
Porsche 9FF GT9 2.5s
which are all quicker than there 0-60 time
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Ian
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The amount of power required to overcome drag increases exponentially so if you don't have much, that is the case. It's by no means a rule though.
[Edited on 19-01-2011 by Ian]
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