F**K ME ARIEL ATOM!!!!

[Bob1984]

Had a passenger ride out last night in a 300bhp supercharged Atom!!

My god this car is unreal!!!! He didnt even use 1st or 2nd so we were setting off in 3rd from a stand still and it accelerates faster than our cars do in 1st!!

The performance is just simply mind blowing!! Litrally! It was so hard to get the power down, it was wheel spinning in pretty much every gear! The pull from 6th gear was crazy! I thought he must have been in 3rd but he said it was 6th!!

Faster to 60 than Mclaren F1 and faster to 100 than Enzo! Now i can believe it!!

What a car!!

[whygee02]

...and thats coming from an Exige owner, in its own right outrageous performance.

Lucky person !!

[zebra]

Bob - did you have a helmet on? Just trying to imagine you in an atom. Tight fit?

Charles

[classiccooper]

was lucky enough to have a tour of the factory, had a very interesting conversation with Simon about their future oplans.

If I could afford another car, this would be at the very top of the list, they are beutifully engineered cars.

[Bob1984]

Helmet?! Pffff

The fit was perfect actually, though my spine took quite a beating on the hard plastic seat! Got back into mine this morning and thought hmmmm my back isnt normally this painful?!

Love it!!

[zebra]

Good call Bob - I am jealous.

You coming for bacon sarnies prior to THIV by the way?

Charles

[Bob1984]

What time are they being served?

[zebra]

Bob1984 said:

What time are they being served?

Earlier than you normally like to get up - main kick off is at 12.00pm [staggered starts for the treasure hunt - emails going out next week] so about 10ish at my place.

Would be good to catch up - haven't seen you since cobweb.

Charles

[Bob1984]

Yeah will be great to catch up but god damn- 10 o'clock in Newcastle is pushing it a bit!
Ill see but i doubt i will be there for 10

[Wacky Racer]

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=64597546...

[999]

zebra said:

Bob - did you have a helmet on? Just trying to imagine you in an atom. Tight fit?

There's not a helmet on this planet that could contain this guy...

[zebra]

999 - you said that, not me.

Bob, did your hair not get sucked into the supercharger intake?

Charles

[Bob1984]

Haha i was worried that it might do, when i got back everyone was laughing at my hair and the direction in which it had been forced! Also just got a big crack in my windscreen so maybe it will be a wright-off and the atom will be a suitable replacement!

[mrs zebra]

Bob1984 said:

Yeah will be great to catch up but god damn- 10 o'clock in Newcastle is pushing it a bit!
Ill see but i doubt i will be there for 10

Don't worry I quite a few are going straight to the start point.

PS. Are there any photos of you in the Atom?!

[Bob1984]

Cool thank you for getting me off the hook for the 10:00 start!

Unfortunatly no pictures were taken (to my knowledge anyway) as it was around 9:00 at night, but at least i can say there is a car that makes a worse headlight system than Lotus!