Epic Fail

[MX-5 Lazza]

Edited to add pic.


Borrowed from Seloc

Edited by MX-5 Lazza on Friday 27th February 10:52

[Munter]

Wos it about before I register to view?

[Dorje]

Need to be registered

[hornetrider]

Yes, need to register.

Lotus related epic fail in an MX5 forum though?

Must be this shirley?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B_EfFsAPxI

[MX-5 Lazza]

Edited the first post to add the pic for those of you who aren't Seloc members.

[hornetrider]

Ah. I believe that, young man, is a repost!

Someone ascertained it was an ABS test or something. Was in GG a few weeks ago.

[Howard-]

It took me a while

[paulmurr]

Very good

[MX-5 Lazza]

hornetrider said:

Ah. I believe that, young man, is a repost!

Someone ascertained it was an ABS test or something. Was in GG a few weeks ago.

I hadn't seen it before.

ABS test without spinning the rear wheels? Won't work very well on a 3 channel ABS system. Not sure I believe that.

[hornetrider]

Just searched for the original thread, seems no conclusion was reached after all.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[dan1981]

Howard- said:

It took me a while

and me.

[snotrag]

A surprisingly large number of my friends who claim to be car enthusiasts have expressed surprise that my car was RWD when I bought it. The mocking and jibbing also stopsthe first moment they actually sat/rode in it too, says a lot.

[bluetone]

Was this not a front brake efficiency test as per MOT? Doesn't look like any brake test roller I've ever seen like but if it were a dyno, where's the hooked-up 'pooter?

[MX-5 Lazza]

If it's a brake test why is it tied down at the back? Braking would push the car backwards, not forwards...

And that's defo not an MOT testing bay.

Edited by MX-5 Lazza on Friday 27th February 22:40

[anonymous-user]

If that was an MOT bay then they'd have to be constantly turning cars around to test the brakes on each end, which seems unlikely - the brake rollers normally have enough clearance in front to get the rear wheels on by just driving forwards.

Looks much more like a rolling road type setup to me, in which case I'd be seriously questioning the abilities of the guy(s) running it before they even started messing with the engine.

[franv8]

There's a big fan at the front - you don't have those in a MOT bay, + the brake rollers are two small rollers that the wheel drops into. Fail!

[Munter]

Nevermind the rollers. Some silly bugger has put the steering wheel on the wrong side.

[tybo]

Shame it's not a video

[franv8]

Munter said:

Nevermind the rollers. Some silly bugger has put the steering wheel on the wrong side.

From the photo I can't verify it's got one on the other side, so here's a few hypotheses:

1) The real fail is that it has NO steering wheel
2) Perhaps it is a Mazda special prototype, with in built auto-drive and also FWD?!?

[vx220]

could be a fiat barchetta with an mx5 body kit???

i'll get my coat