ned
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 09:15 AM |
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ultima gtr breaks world record..
full story on pistonheads (with videos)..
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=8956
beware, I've got yellow skin
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phelpsa
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 09:51 AM |
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Yeh, I saw that, wasn't it held by an RS200 before?
Adam
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 10:22 AM |
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C@terham R500 Superlight
One of these held it for a while.
http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-2004-Caterham-Superlight-R500-Evolution.htm
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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phelpsa
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 10:25 AM |
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The ultima accelarated a lot quicker but the Cateringvan braked better, makes sense as it is half the weight.
Adam
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ned
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 11:07 AM |
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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.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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mackie
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 11:12 AM |
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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]
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phelpsa
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 11:20 AM |
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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
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James
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 12:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by phelpsa
In my life I have sat in 2 mclaren
Git! 
I've only seen one in the flesh (a race one at Goodwood) but it was the only car there you couldn't get near.
Don't tell me you've sat in that GTR one that DuncanHamilton are selling?
Does it even have a passenger seat?
I've been drooling over it since I saw that advert linked elsewhere. Have tried convincing my parents that it'd be worth selling the house
to afford it but no luck yet!
James
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phelpsa
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 12:14 PM |
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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
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mackie
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 12:36 PM |
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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...
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 01:29 PM |
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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.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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locoboy
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 02:49 PM |
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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]
ATB
Locoboy
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marktigere1
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 02:58 PM |
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Sat in a DeLorean. Does this count for anything?
If a bolt is stuck force it.
If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway!!!
(My Dad 1991)
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ned
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 03:24 PM |
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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.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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mackie
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 03:34 PM |
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I felt a bit too cheeky to ask for a sit in a Koenigsegg once... 
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phelpsa
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 03:39 PM |
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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
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 03:59 PM |
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i saw it when they thrashed that car, what tw*ts
Build Blog
Build Photo Album
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Jumpy Guy
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 04:14 PM |
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Vague claim to fame-
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!!
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Hellfire
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 04:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mackie
I felt a bit too cheeky to ask for a sit in a Koenigsegg once...
Isn't that the Japanese Lap Dancing Club in Birmigham??
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alfasudsprint
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 06:50 PM |
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Hehehe, quite agree, what a ridiculous name.
Whats the story with stig and the Le Mans jag???
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Cita
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 07:28 PM |
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I sat in real deep sh"t once..does that count for something?
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I love speed :-P
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| posted on 19/8/04 at 07:32 PM |
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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
Don't Steal
The Government doesn’t like the competition
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phelpsa
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| posted on 20/8/04 at 09:29 AM |
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That must be louder than a Mclaren F1 GTR
Adam
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andyps
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| posted on 20/8/04 at 10:55 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by alfasudsprint
Hehehe, quite agree, what a ridiculous name.
Whats the story with stig and the Le Mans jag???
It was reported that it had been driven hard and without a great deal of respect by members of the Top Gear team when on loan to them. Pretty sure
there was no body damage, just that the mechanicals needed soem work afterwards.
Personally, I would have thought it obvious that Top Gear would thrash any car they borrow, but maybe respect was expected for the age of the Jag but
not given.
Andy
An expert is someone who knows more and more about less and less
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ceebmoj
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| posted on 20/8/04 at 11:18 AM |
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while we are one uping.
I sat in this years renult f1 car
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