Why I love the Autobahn part zwei - R turbo
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This was posted on 6speedonline by my friend and cameraman:
So this morning around 6am I am awoken by adam, he asks if I want to go for a quick run on the autobahn?
I see this twinkle in his eye, i knew we'd have some fun, so I drag myself out of bed, put on some clothes, and jump into the elevator that takes us to the garage.
The yellowbird was fun last week, but we just tweaked the damping on the R Turbo...so its R Turbo time
Adam's dad also wanted to join us, so he decided to grab the yellowbird and off we were, to the gas station
The morning run was alot fun, not much traffic, and we hit 204 mph...of course heres the youtube link.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wj6YGTelmV
So this morning around 6am I am awoken by adam, he asks if I want to go for a quick run on the autobahn?
I see this twinkle in his eye, i knew we'd have some fun, so I drag myself out of bed, put on some clothes, and jump into the elevator that takes us to the garage.
The yellowbird was fun last week, but we just tweaked the damping on the R Turbo...so its R Turbo time
Adam's dad also wanted to join us, so he decided to grab the yellowbird and off we were, to the gas station
The morning run was alot fun, not much traffic, and we hit 204 mph...of course heres the youtube link.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wj6YGTelmV
jbl930 said:
Did the yellow bird stay glued to your arse?
My dad was actually enjoying it on low boost.
We did an impromtu race and the r-turbo pulled on it about 3 car lengths from 60mph to 150mph or so.
But otherwise during that run my dad didnt quite keep
Flemke,
Good point
best,
adam
BCA said:
Jealous. 
Adam, any chance of some ring footage? It seems everyone else ignores the ban, I'd love to see a lap of the two together with the camera car being the car behind if at all possible?
Adam, any chance of some ring footage? It seems everyone else ignores the ban, I'd love to see a lap of the two together with the camera car being the car behind if at all possible?
Im really tempted buddy
Watch this space, maybe later in the year methinks
best,
adam
guyvert1 said:
Adam,
The speed of acceleration in the late 180's looks phenomal, whats the steering like at those speeds, do you start to get at lift ?
The speed of acceleration in the late 180's looks phenomal, whats the steering like at those speeds, do you start to get at lift ?
Feels superb. The road is great, but the car is absolutely planted. The ruf wing really pushes the car down. Even so near the r turbos limit, it didnt feel stressed. We were above 180mph for so long-
best,
adam
adamt said:
guyvert1 said:
Adam,
The speed of acceleration in the late 180's looks phenomal, whats the steering like at those speeds, do you start to get at lift ?
The speed of acceleration in the late 180's looks phenomal, whats the steering like at those speeds, do you start to get at lift ?
Feels superb. The road is great, but the car is absolutely planted. The ruf wing really pushes the car down. Even so near the r turbos limit, it didnt feel stressed. We were above 180mph for so long-
best,
adam
Hey Adam. savage footage!
Just to ask you, was that a garmin you were using?? I'm not questioning the speed.., I measured 196mph last yaer in my mk1 GT3 on garmin but some lads on here said it was bull.. I thought it to be accurate.. 
slippydiff said:
Classic, when Evo do a feature about maxing out a car on the Autobahn they tend (IMO) to over dramatize it somewhat .
Adam wakes up in the morning, kicks his mate out of bed and does 204mph before settling down to eat his eat his bowl of Cornflakes !!
The man's a legend 
Adam wakes up in the morning, kicks his mate out of bed and does 204mph before settling down to eat his eat his bowl of Cornflakes !!
The man's a legend I thought that about the monaro article! too much drama and not enough speed...
Adam - sounds like a decent way to spend a sunday! nice one
Dave 321 said:
adamt said:
guyvert1 said:
Adam,
The speed of acceleration in the late 180's looks phenomal, whats the steering like at those speeds, do you start to get at lift ?
The speed of acceleration in the late 180's looks phenomal, whats the steering like at those speeds, do you start to get at lift ?
Feels superb. The road is great, but the car is absolutely planted. The ruf wing really pushes the car down. Even so near the r turbos limit, it didnt feel stressed. We were above 180mph for so long-
best,
adam
Hey Adam. savage footage!
Just to ask you, was that a garmin you were using?? I'm not questioning the speed.., I measured 196mph last yaer in my mk1 GT3 on garmin but some lads on here said it was bull.. I thought it to be accurate.. I have a TomTom 910, but left it in england, so it would have been interesting to compare the two...i cant say if it was 100% accurate, but i really hope it was
best,
adam
adamt said:
Dave 321 said:
adamt said:
guyvert1 said:
Adam,
The speed of acceleration in the late 180's looks phenomal, whats the steering like at those speeds, do you start to get at lift ?
The speed of acceleration in the late 180's looks phenomal, whats the steering like at those speeds, do you start to get at lift ?
Feels superb. The road is great, but the car is absolutely planted. The ruf wing really pushes the car down. Even so near the r turbos limit, it didnt feel stressed. We were above 180mph for so long-
best,
adam
Hey Adam. savage footage!
Just to ask you, was that a garmin you were using?? I'm not questioning the speed.., I measured 196mph last yaer in my mk1 GT3 on garmin but some lads on here said it was bull.. I thought it to be accurate.. I have a TomTom 910, but left it in england, so it would have been interesting to compare the two...i cant say if it was 100% accurate, but i really hope it was
best,
adam
I have the 910, it's been nothing but a pain in the arse, it has a mind of it's own, sometimes it won't turn on, sometimes it doesn't get a signal for 20 minutes or more, it's back at Tom Tom now for the second time in 6 months, it's really frustrating when you buy the best and it turns out to be shite, sorry rant over..........
Edited by jbl930 on Monday 19th March 12:22
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