full story on pistonheads (with videos)..
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=8956
Yeh, I saw that, wasn't it held by an RS200 before?
Adam
One of these held it for a while.
http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2004-Caterham-Superlight-R500-Evolution.htm
The ultima accelarated a lot quicker but the Cateringvan braked better, makes sense as it is half the weight.
Adam
they were gonna try 0-200-0 but rain stopped play 
I read the other day that the new ford gt (40) has been tested and achieved 205mph, making it the fastest ever production ford.
McLaren have also got the go ahead to use Dunsfold Aerodrome (where top gear is filmed) as a test track for training owners of the new mclaren
mercedes supercar, before taking delivery.
Ned.
I wanna try an emergency stop from 200mph in an SLR. It looks like fun 
That's a very very powerful n/a V8 though! I didn't realise you could get quite that much out of an SBC!
[Edited on 19/8/04 by mackie]
Imagen how much it would cost for a new set of discs on a mclaren mercedes!
It cost £25,000 to service a mclaren F1!! Nothing compared to the £600,000 it cost to begin with. In my life I have sat in 2 mclaren F1s and seen
Rowan Attkinson's F1. He came to watch a match at our school which his son was playing in, Purplw, what a colour. The 2 I have sat in belonged to
one of my friends dad's, Archie Hamilton whose dad is a classic and performance car dealer : http://www.duncanhamilton.com. The passanger seats
are very uncomfortable.
Adam
quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
In my life I have sat in 2 mclaren
No, not the one he is selling but he did have another one at one time, he wouldn't let me or Archie anywhere near it, worth to much. I also sat
in an XJ220.
Adam
Got knows how much the SLR's disks and pads cost to replace.
I know the Porsche PCCB disks cost £25,000 to replace and the SLR's brakes are more advanced still...
I overtook an xj220 coming back from town the other day, and I was on my pushbike going uphill . It did look like it was going to rain though, so I
was in a hurry. The most exotic thing I've ever sat in is the jacuzzi at Butlins' waterworld so I'll get me coat.
LMAO
I have driven the GT40 out of Le Mans the film and a pukka Shelby 427 Cobra, oh and that minging car out of clockwork orange!
Worked at the Midland Motor Museum as a kid - polishing all kinds of exotic machinery
[Edited on 19/8/04 by colmaccoll]
Sat in a DeLorean. Does this count for anything?
Chatted up one of the guys at goodwood festicval of speed a few years ago and got a seat in an ex colin mcrae wrc focus..
Probably counts for -5
Ned.
I felt a bit too cheeky to ask for a sit in a Koenigsegg once... 
I have been allowed in the same room as the Jag Duncan Hamilton won the Le Mans in in 1952, that is an honour. It is the one that the stig mashed up
on Top Gear just I saw it before it was broken. The room has a special machine that keeps the humidity and temperature right so it doesn't
rot.
Adam
i saw it when they thrashed that car, what tw*ts
Ive worked on and sat in the McLaren F1 that won le Mans in 95
and sat in, driven and worked on the new Mclaren merecedes SLR.
Both very nice in their own ways......
and you need more money than god!!
quote:
Originally posted by mackie
I felt a bit too cheeky to ask for a sit in a Koenigsegg once...
Hehehe, quite agree, what a ridiculous name.
Whats the story with stig and the Le Mans jag???
I sat in real deep sh"t once..does that count for something?
i dont no if this counts, but i have sat in a minardi f1 car, and went up though and down the greas while the engine was running, but the rear wheels
were of the floor
That must be louder than a Mclaren F1 GTR
Adam
quote:
Originally posted by alfasudsprint
Hehehe, quite agree, what a ridiculous name.
Whats the story with stig and the Le Mans jag???
while we are one uping.
I sat in this years renult f1 car
well im building my own car...
ah bolloks, we all are, arent we
I bet the Jag isn't leaving that room ever again
Adam