Look fast but go slow...
Discussion
OK, we've had unconventional fast cars, but what about the opposite?
People used to say to me all the time "wow, nice car, bet it goes fast..."
Er, no, it's slower than your VTR/whatever - but i love it anyway, and its quite comfortable.
I really miss the old girl.
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ETA: I appreciate its not what PH is about - but some of you must have fallen foul of horrendous insurance quotes, as i did.
People used to say to me all the time "wow, nice car, bet it goes fast..."
Er, no, it's slower than your VTR/whatever - but i love it anyway, and its quite comfortable.
I really miss the old girl.
Post...
ETA: I appreciate its not what PH is about - but some of you must have fallen foul of horrendous insurance quotes, as i did.
Edited by Ment-Al on Wednesday 29th October 00:51
new here and don't know how to put a picture into a post....help please!
anyway, here's an old car of mine and a prime example:
http://i34.tinypic.com/msbntf.jpg
anyway, here's an old car of mine and a prime example:
http://i34.tinypic.com/msbntf.jpg
Think my Corrado falls under that catagory:
Looks like it should be quick but as it's only the 2.0 60 comes in a rather leisurly 9 seconds. Needs the VR6 engine under the bonnet.
tommobot, that Racing Puma looks lovely. Had to have a quick look through the old autotrader to see what the prices are like at the minute... I thought they were reasonably swift though, hot hatch sort of performance?
Looks like it should be quick but as it's only the 2.0 60 comes in a rather leisurly 9 seconds. Needs the VR6 engine under the bonnet.
tommobot, that Racing Puma looks lovely. Had to have a quick look through the old autotrader to see what the prices are like at the minute... I thought they were reasonably swift though, hot hatch sort of performance?
plasticpig said:
The Pontiac Fiero GT. Mid engined two seater sports coupe. Top speed of 112mph and 0-60 in 9 seconds. They should have dropped a V8 in there....
Don't know how fast my Fiero goes - the speedo only goes to 120... but satnav confirms more than 112
- good enough for a 24 year old car with an automatic gearbox... Madscanner said:
plasticpig said:
The Pontiac Fiero GT. Mid engined two seater sports coupe. Top speed of 112mph and 0-60 in 9 seconds. They should have dropped a V8 in there....
Don't know how fast my Fiero goes - the speedo only goes to 120... but satnav confirms more than 112
- good enough for a 24 year old car with an automatic gearbox... 
I appreciate it's all relative, but I always found my Esprit GT3 to be far slower than you might have thought from the looks. 240ish BHP from a 2 liter engine is good going and the car had a lot of road presence but it was a fairly heavy and being so wide it wasn't the best for having a blast on the road.
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