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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / May 2008Wimpy American cars - you don't even know what speed is ! See what Europeans can do.
http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cambs.mgoc/images4/MetroWallpaper.jpg I've driven one of these at an indicated 115 mph. Challenging but loads of fun ! And the engine size ...... .. .. go on guess ! Graham (enngine size answer will be provided after 20 responses to this thread) > http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cambs.mgoc/images4/MetroWallpaper.jpg > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > (enngine size answer will be provided after 20 responses to this thread) guessing 1.6 liter -dave > > http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cambs.mgoc/images4/MetroWallpaper.jpg > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > guessing 1.6 liter Don't be misled by the 'turbo' on the pic. The one I was driving was only normally aspirated but I couldn't find a better pic quickly. The turbo would probably have done 120-125. You're not a million miles away though. See if you can get warmer. Graham On May 24, 6:41 am, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@hotmail.com> wrote: > http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cambs.mgoc/images4/MetroWallpaper.jpg > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > (enngine size answer will be provided after 20 responses to this thread) You're a psychopath. How many kids do you run over each week with your deadly criminal speeding. Get help please. > > http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cambs.mgoc/images4/MetroWallpaper.jpg > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > You're a psychopath. How many kids do you run over each week with your > deadly criminal speeding. Get help please. In 34 years driving I have not had as much as ONE penalty point on my driving licence. I have never been prosecuted for a driving offence. I have not even had as much as a speeding ticket. I also have TWELVE years 'no claims bonus' on my insurance. That makes insuring a VERY SAFE but high insurance group Saab Turbo very affordable. Graham On May 24, 12:20 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" <beta...@earthlink.net> wrote: > On May 24, 6:41 am, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@hotmail.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > You're a psychopath. How many kids do you run over each week with your > deadly criminal speeding. Get help please There are no speed limits on European highways, genius. He can drive it as fast as he wants. On 5/27/2008 1:03 PM power@manlymail.net ignored two million years of human evolution to write: > There are no speed limits on European highways, genius. Please tell us that you're joking. On May 28, 10:38 pm, yd+yg+as <"d\\g=s $1ne3.ree,zero.null=0="@=gh_mhaei|l.com> wrote: > On 5/27/2008 1:03 PM po...@manlymail.net ignored two million years of > human evolution to write: > > > There are no speed limits on European highways, genius. > > Please tell us that you're joking. I doubt it, a more correct statement would be that there are no speed limits on *SOME* European highways, which is a 100% true statement (German Autobahnen) nate > > po...@manlymail.net ignored two million years of human evolution to > write: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > limits on *SOME* European highways, which is a 100% true statement > (German Autobahnen) Not to mention the Isle of Man outside town centres (30 mph) on ALL the roads there ! The police will take a dim view of totally abusing this freedom in a genuinely dangerous way of course. Graham On May 27, 1:03 pm, po...@manlymail.net wrote: > On May 24, 12:20 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I don't think that SADDAM has ever driven in a nation / state where the drivers must pass a REAL driving test before getting a licence. I considered myself a fair, but well above agerage driver, in California, but found I was a fair, but well below average driver, in GB. > po...@manlymail.net wrote: > > "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > California, but found I was a fair, but well below average driver, in > GB. Your honesty does you proud but isn't SADDAM inherently anti any reasonable standard of driver education ? What was your experience of the differences in the UK ? Graham On May 29, 6:18 pm, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > po...@manlymail.net wrote: > > > "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Much harder driving test (I've had in two states) and much more practical laws (few stop signs - "Give Way" instead. ) in UK. "if there is another road user wopuld copuld benefit from the information" regardng indicating urns, suggesting that driver actually look at what is happening in the area. More roundabouts. Were my commute peppered with lights instead of roundabouts, it would teke about twice as long. (West side of Coventry to five-waays in Birmingham - 18 miles.) Roundabouts instead of cloverleafs at M-way junctions, If you err, you can correct almost in seconds. MOTs after 3 years (Yes, I hate them too. I had a brake cylinder fail on the rolling-road! How's that for luck. As I used my car for business, my bos allowed me to do the MOT on work hours. Kerb colours showing parking restrictions. Willinghness of other drivers to cooperate so all cars get to where they are going sooner. Rear fog lights (which I wish turned off when ignitions went off and stayed there until re-activated again.) Able to park on "wrong side" when safe. Traffic on my street was one lane when cars were parked both sides. I will also add the good public trransit so fewer cars need be on the roads. More people on M-cycles so they learn to drive well before even getting in a car. (End of start) On May 24, 8:41 am, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@hotmail.com> wrote: > http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cambs.mgoc/images4/MetroWallpaper.jpg > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > (enngine size answer will be provided after 20 responses to this thread) This looks like *more* fun :) http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrdp_0608_1951_studebaker_commander_starl ight_coupe/index.html Good ol' hot rod homebrew ingenuity plus some completely obsolete mechanicals = 700+ reliable HP out of 4.9 liters... > > http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cambs.mgoc/images4/MetroWallpaper.jpg > > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Good ol' hot rod homebrew ingenuity plus some completely obsolete > mechanicals = 700+ reliable HP out of 4.9 liters... But where's the challenge ? A big lump like that makes it all too easy. I couldn't see a top speed btw. Surely not just 138 mph ? Oh btw - the pic of the car I showed was the turbo model. The one I got 115 out of was only the normally aspirated version. Go on, take a guess at its engine displacement, and no cheating either ! ;~) Graham |
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