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:mad: why is it that EVERYONE you speak to about your car has got a mate with a faster one??
Me and my mate were sitting talking about my motor, when some randon bloke who had been earwigging, proclaims how his mates 500hp cossie could destroy my car. :rolleyes:
True, a 500hp cossie could destroy my car, but the fact that this fecking muppet probably couldnt even count to 500.
If he did have a mate with a cossie, i doubt very much its going to be anywhere near that, as claims like this tend to be 'a bit over the top' to say the least.
im not dissing cossies by any means, nor am i saying that my car is the quickest thing on the earth, far from it in fact.
But its always ' oh yea well my mates got something faster', or another good one i heard recently, ' Yea well im getting a skyline next month which will be much faster blah blah blah....'
Does this wind anyone else up or is it just me??
If somebody came up to me and said 'my car is better than yours, then proceeded to show me it then fair enough, but i really doubt any of these claims i hear are true.
Winds me up thats all!! Aaaarrgghh!!! :mad:
I had someone the otherday tell me that only turbo cars are fuel injected. wtf!! :eek:
luke 200
17-03-2003, 16:33
Yeah, I hate this.. I'm pretty sure it all stems from them being Jealous of you or something.:confused:
marty_t3
17-03-2003, 16:38
I know what you mean mate.
When i bought my scoob i took it to show a mate (who was a big scoob fan despite not even having a driving licence). His first words once he'd stopped drooling over my car we're, "oh.... i was out in my cousin's boyfriends EVO last week and it was SOOOO fast". Well of course it was fast... it's a 30 grand supercar that his dad bought him!!!
It wind's me up everytime someone says something like that. Everyone knows someone with a faster/better car. Just that most people don't bring it up in an attempt to disguise their jealousy.
Any time it happens, i just remember......
I get to drive to work in a fast, great looking, RWD, turbo charged sports car.
Most of my mates go to the dole office once a fortnight on the bus.
a classic i heard when i was giving someone a lift home, a mates mate or summat, i didnt know him, he was in the back, and he said 'my mates scooby has got more room in the back than this'
Well of course it has you muppet. He then proceeded to tell me how it blew up doing 180mph, this claim then went up by 10 mph 5 minutes later on in the story. I thought about correcting him, but couldnt be arsed.
:rolleyes:
Some "knowledgable sort" I had the misfortune to have a conversation with last week was telling me about his 450hp Scooby (yawn).
He asked me what my car was so I politely disclosed the spec of my S14 to which he replied "is it one of those imported twin turbo 200sx's?"
I corrected him saying "I think you mean the 300z twin don't you? The 200 only came with a single turbo as standard."
Mr "I'm Quentin fu**ing Willson" then proclaimed, "Oh no there were some limited edition 200sx's that were made with two turbos and my mate had one imported from Japan. It really went but not as quick as my WRX":rolleyes:
A word beginning with "W" and ending in "ANKER" spring to mind.
AshT_200
17-03-2003, 17:08
I have a colleague who used to own an ex police Granada Cosworth. It was apparently chipped to 270BHP and had something called red suspsension.
:confused:
I work next to someone like that, except its not just cars, he does it about absoloutely EVERYTHING. Everything you've done, he's done harder,faster, worse or better, it really gets on my nerves too. I think its called insecurity!!!
AshT_200
17-03-2003, 17:20
Originally posted by moondogr
I work next to someone like that, except its not just cars, he does it about absoloutely EVERYTHING. Everything you've done, he's done harder,faster, worse or better, it really gets on my nerves too. I think its called insecurity!!!
Tell him that his missus says that your better ;) that should shut him up :D
it`s funny you know, i`ve not had this experience yet:confused: ;) :D :D
Chris_Lacey
17-03-2003, 17:24
I've got a mate who gets this all the time.... :D
Originally posted by AshT_200
Tell him that his missus says that your better ;) that should shut him up :D
cheers for the advice mate, but i think he's gay.:eek: :eek: :eek:
Nocturnal
17-03-2003, 17:32
Originally posted by Zenki
Some "knowledgable sort" I had the misfortune to have a conversation with last week was telling me about his 450hp Scooby (yawn).
He asked me what my car was so I politely disclosed the spec of my S14 to which he replied "is it one of those imported twin turbo 200sx's?"
I corrected him saying "I think you mean the 300z twin don't you? The 200 only came with a single turbo as standard."
Mr "I'm Quentin fu**ing Willson" then proclaimed, "Oh no there were some limited edition 200sx's that were made with two turbos and my mate had one imported from Japan. It really went but not as quick as my WRX":rolleyes:
A word beginning with "W" and ending in "ANKER" spring to mind.
This guy better have a VERY FAST WRX since the only twin turbo limited edition 200sx that can be imported from Japan that spring to my mind are one that have a RB26DETT engine in it, but it could of been standard and only pack 280HP, right? :rolleyes:
Know a guy who has a couple of S12 silvias, went out for a drink with him for a mates birthday and got talking about cars, as you do.
He said that one of them did 170mph, which I countered by asking what it revs to and what mods had he done to it, not much, just a T25 and an uprated I/C, they do 155mph as standard, he said :rolleyes:
But what he said next made me laugh, he was rebuilding his other S12 to do 200mph :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
By this time I was laughing my tits off, told him he was going to need about 500+ bhp and he said no problem I've got a T3 to go on it :rolleyes:
What a sad muppet, why do people have to lie about their cars?
Originally posted by Chris_Lacey
I've got a mate who gets this all the time.... :D
Yeah but my mate gets it more often than that :p
shadowninja
17-03-2003, 18:43
I hate it too when people act like they're all knowledgeable about cars and you go to correct them and they'll have nothing of it... I usually just try to end the conversation quickly as I know I won't learn anything from them or find them interesting. Reckon it must be a c0ck thing ie "I know more random facts about cars than you". Or maybe I meant they're just c0cks.
Anyway I'm off to go cruising in my V12 Quad Turbo Lupo. It's got 353744bhp and eats skylines for a living. :rolleyes:
-D
Chiffs-boy
17-03-2003, 19:00
how about this,
young kid proceeded to tell me his peugoet 205 1.4 yeah thats 1.4 hits sixty in 4 seconds,cosworth k and n filter oonly mod.
im now going to sell my 200 and get one. like hell
customer said to me today ( about my tatty s13 ) " thats a skyline innit "
even better tho when i told him i had 5 nissans he asked why . as he is a teacher i asked " how many pens you got then "
he fooked off :D :D :D :D
I call them Black Cats. You know the sort, if youv'e got a black cat than you can bet your arse that theirs is blacker!!!
thejames
17-03-2003, 20:13
Originally posted by moondogr
cheers for the advice mate, but i think he's gay.:eek: :eek: :eek:
At least there's something you can definately do better than him then! ;) :D
Originally posted by Chris
even better tho when i told him i had 5 nissans he asked why . as he is a teacher i asked " how many pens you got then "
he fooked off :D :D :D :D
LOL :D
PML@Chris
Nice one mate, bet u didnt say that 3 of them are micras though;)
And yeah i know a few peeps like that, best one was actually a mate of a mate down the pub who was telling me about a 97 S13 non import which was faster than mine, got blah blah blah done to it.
He says yeah ive seen it cruising about, its got 19" TSW imola, its like flippy green/gold/silver, a scooby vent, and its got this huuuge adjustable wing.
:eek: :eek: :eek: :D :D :D
I said "no it doesnt, its got 17" tsw imolas, and its mine, and its a 90' not a 97."
Turned out he had been told about it by a mate of another mate, who im guessing was giving it the "my mates is better than urs", apparently it was rr'd at 400bhp, not the 170 i had at that time lol.
Was smiling for a few days after that lol
theres a 20yr old girl that i work with who has a clio 1.1 with williams bonnet, painted brakes and big wheels - thinks shes the biz:rolleyes:
so we get a talking about my car last week....
"so what is it then?" she says
"its a 200sx turbo" i say
"ooh, so why dont you buy an escort turbo then?"
(stern look from me) "erm, because they are gay"
:mad:
she then proceeds to tell me about her friend that lives down the street who drives a skyline - she starts describing it and says "it used to be blue with a big dragon on the side of it - then one day he changed it to yellow and spent ages fitting a big front bumper and intercooler"..............me thinks hmmmmm, sounds familiar - "doesnt have a walking stick by chance does he, and a liking for sliding into the side of post office vans?"
why yes she says "thats his skyline":rolleyes: :rolleyes:
I work with teenagers who for the most part are Ok but have had a variety of problems. Needless to say most of the lads are keen on cars, particularly corsas, saxos etc. One lad in particular went on about my car and how all of his mates cars would wup its ass and how he had been down the motorway in his mates corsa at about 120. We take the kids bowling most weeks so first time he was due to come I took him and another couple who are nuts about cars in mine. I hit the slip road onto the motorway and floored it. By the time we got onto the motorway I was doing about 110 and I carried on until I hit about 125 when I had to slow down for trafic. Amazing how quiet he went:D The other two just want to nick it now!
dobergoose
17-03-2003, 22:37
typical bragging contest, he who goes first, loses.
Originally posted by arry
"doesnt have a walking stick by chance does he, and a liking for sliding into the side of post office vans?"
why yes she says "thats his skyline":rolleyes: :rolleyes:
ROTFPMSL :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
I tend to stay quiet in these pissing contests - my thoughts are always 'Ok, so you know someone with an apparently faster car, but it's not yours, is it. Whereas my car is *mine*.'
Another trick I like doing is confusing the hell out of them by saying how much *slower* my car is than supposedly 'lesser' cars - turning round to someone and saying that 3 litres and 2 turbos is slower than a 13yo car with a 1.8T tends to baffle them into shutting up :D They just can't cope when that happens.
Originally posted by Keith_C
I tend to stay quiet in these pissing contests - my thoughts are always 'Ok, so you know someone with an apparently faster car, but it's not yours, is it. Whereas my car is *mine*.'
Another trick I like doing is confusing the hell out of them by saying how much *slower* my car is than supposedly 'lesser' cars - turning round to someone and saying that 3 litres and 2 turbos is slower than a 13yo car with a 1.8T tends to baffle them into shutting up :D They just can't cope when that happens.
What ever do you mean Keith ;)
guy at work is one of those what eve youve done he's already been there, done that, raced it, fecked better then you have.... you know the sort. He is now saying hes getting a 200sx ( only cause he knows i want one! grr) hes going to bring it to work soon so i can see it.. Its a rare highly modified M reg s14a variable speed twin turbo, tiptronic with custom one off supra bodykit on it. Hes says its quite fast can just about outrun his rover 600. :D but the rover has far superior handerling and can corner 40-50 mph faster then most cars on the road.........
ROFL.....
I only talk to him at work about cars for the comedy value.... :P
Originally posted by thejames
At least there's something you can definately do better than him then! ;) :D
I bet that when i get my 200 he'll reckon his Bora TDi is faster :eek:, that his cloth seats are better than my my leather seats :eek: and that his car looks better :eek:
Stoopid fecker!!!:rolleyes:
I cant wait
[QUOTE]Originally posted by arry
[B]
so we get a talking about my car last week....
"so what is it then?" she says
"its a 200sx turbo" i say
"ooh, so why dont you buy an escort turbo then?"
(stern look from me) "erm, because they are gay"
QUOTE]
[cough cough] hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha and hahahahahahahahaha some more:D :D :D :D :D . I nearly choked on my tea when i read this!!!!!!!!
My mates got an Ultima GTR :)
Originally posted by moondogr
[QUOTE]Originally posted by arry
[B]
so we get a talking about my car last week....
"so what is it then?" she says
"its a 200sx turbo" i say
"ooh, so why dont you buy an escort turbo then?"
(stern look from me) "erm, because they are gay"
QUOTE]
ooh, so why dont you buy an escort turbo then?!?!?! i could write a feckin essay on that, but i really cant be @rsed, and you guys can all guess what it will say in it:rolleyes:
Nismo_Freak
18-03-2003, 10:08
Originally posted by dobergoose
typical bragging contest, he who goes first, loses.
Allow me... friend of mine has a 8 second all motor Camaro. :p :D
Although it cant turn, has over 400 cubic inches displacement, and runs only on 116+ octane fuel. HAHAHA.... :D
As for the "my friend has" crap. Just tell them this... "Yeah, but you ain't driving it are you?!"... proceed to get in your vehicle and do a gross display of power.
Once the tubby is properly warmed of course ;)
marty_t3
18-03-2003, 11:25
All you guys up near Glasgow had better watch out cuz i've got a ex-work colleague who's burgundy H reg BMW 318i can keep pace with an escort cossie all the way from Langbank to the Kingston bridge.... apparently. :rolleyes:
Oh... and he had a shot of a massive 3 litre V8 transam that could do 0-60 in 3 seconds.
Oh.. and he nearly bought a mint 450hp sapphire cossie but bought the rusty BMW instead because "the cossie had been resprayed to hide something".
Another mate... he bought his dads old Alfa from him. The head gasket went on it so he had it skimmed. He is under the impression that skimming the head gives you 25% more power so he now quotes his car as having 250hp.... but he struggled to keep up with my moms 105hp civic :rolleyes:
dobergoose
18-03-2003, 12:14
Originally posted by marty_t3
a massive 3 litre V8 transam
That IS big.:D :D :D :D 3 litres wow.
The best I've heard is "rear wheel drive's for luxury cars, all real sports cars are front wheel drive"
Hmmm let me see, front wheel drive porsche or ferrari?
I'd love to see a V12 scrabble its way through the tyre smoke.
Also my mates, mates corsa is quicker than my 200 cause its a 2 litre, to which my answer was that my bottle of coke was 3 litres so its faster than his corsa :D :D
My mate's building a Tiger with a fireblade engine. He says it'll have around 400brake/ton and piss all over my (and all of your) 200sx's. Given that he bought home a turbo to retrofit to it the other day I'm starting to believe him ;) Should be a laff.
:D
Originally posted by Chiffs-boy
how about this,
young kid proceeded to tell me his peugoet 205 1.4 yeah thats 1.4 hits sixty in 4 seconds,cosworth k and n filter oonly mod.
im now going to sell my 200 and get one. like hell
My first car was a 1.4 205. They have very short gearing and do appear to fly, especially when it's your first car.
HUGE amount of fun to drive too, lift-off oversteer everywhere :)
wonder if its all the same guy, just gets about a bit.
he told me about his bosses 4WD V8 200mph limited edition mazda 626 import. and the day he drove a skyline/porsche 911/ferrari 308/tvr need i go on.
a guy I used to work with drove a very nasty looking 1.0 fiat panda, and I quote I could beat any car along country lanes in it. he then told a story about a porsche 928 (the V8) that he left for dead on some large moorland road.
yea but 4 seconds is probably a tad optomistic for a 205 xs yes???
And did you say your mates fitting a turbo on a tiger??
thats going to be well hard! tigers are well big, with claws and teeth, and probably wont appreciate having a big heavy turbo bolted to them! :rolleyes:
Anyway my mate bolted a turbo to an elephant....
Originally posted by Jas
yea but 4 seconds is probably a tad optomistic for a 205 xs yes???
And did you say your mates fitting a turbo on a tiger??
thats going to be well hard! tigers are well big, with claws and teeth, and probably wont appreciate having a big heavy turbo bolted to them! :rolleyes:
Anyway my mate bolted a turbo to an elephant....
Yes, 4 seconds is bollocks, but they feel a lot faster than the figures suggest, and mine was unmodified. You get a real kick from the carbs at around 4000rpm, makes it feel mighty :)
For those hwo don't know (though I think you probably all do) a Tiger is a kit car, very similar to a caterham/westfield etc etc.
Originally posted by dobergoose
That IS big.:D :D :D :D 3 litres wow.
The best I've heard is "rear wheel drive's for luxury cars, all real sports cars are front wheel drive"
Hmmm let me see, front wheel drive porsche or ferrari?
I'd love to see a V12 scrabble its way through the tyre smoke.
Also my mates, mates corsa is quicker than my 200 cause its a 2 litre, to which my answer was that my bottle of coke was 3 litres so its faster than his corsa :D :D
Class Martin, PML, class!:D :D :D :D
Marty, ill keep an eye out for this 318, but u do realise if i go flying past, its cos he was taking it easy:rolleyes:
SpeedyPete
18-03-2003, 16:27
Originally posted by Zenki
Some "knowledgable sort" I had the misfortune to have a conversation with last week was telling me about his 450hp Scooby (yawn).
He asked me what my car was so I politely disclosed the spec of my S14 to which he replied "is it one of those imported twin turbo 200sx's?"
I corrected him saying "I think you mean the 300z twin don't you? The 200 only came with a single turbo as standard."
Mr "I'm Quentin fu**ing Willson" then proclaimed, "Oh no there were some limited edition 200sx's that were made with two turbos and my mate had one imported from Japan. It really went but not as quick as my WRX":rolleyes:
A word beginning with "W" and ending in "ANKER" spring to mind.
I got that too froma guy at work! I said what I was getting, and he said "you mean a 240ZX", i said "no, a 200SX".
Came in later and said, "Saw one of those 200SX twin turbos last night, i seem to see them everywhere" (I just nodded, couldnt be arsed to argue)
Anyway, i drove my new S13 in the other day, and i dont think hes seen one in his life lol cos he wasnt half as eager to get chatting about it!
People are strange... the sales people continually ask if I drive a Nissan Sunny/bluebird - some sort of humor I believe??
I must be lucky, I think everyone at work appreciate what I drive. Other cars are a BMW 530, Impresa 2000 turbo, Fiat coupe 20v, new-shape Celica. And a ZX6R and Blackbird.
None of them talk crap, tis amazing :)
dobergoose
18-03-2003, 17:14
Originally posted by seb
I must be lucky, I think everyone at work appreciate what I drive. Other cars are a BMW 530, Impresa 2000 turbo, Fiat coupe 20v, new-shape Celica. And a ZX6R and Blackbird.
None of them talk crap, tis amazing :)
My mates workmates talk even less crap:D :D :D
Sorry, couldnt resist it, this posts gettin on a bit now.
thejames
18-03-2003, 17:20
Originally posted by P3t3-Th0m
People are strange... the sales people continually ask if I drive a Nissan Sunny/bluebird - some sort of humor I believe??
Ah yes, that sort of "humour"...
Bloke at work keeps asking how the Datsun is... :rolleyes:
marty_t3
18-03-2003, 17:23
I'm a Datsun owner and proud :D
Anything that puts the 200sx into the same class as the 240Z is fine by me :D
Chris_Lacey
18-03-2003, 17:42
My mate has a Datsun and he is more proud of it than you are Marty...
Oooooh i have loads of stories, a lad who my missus used to work with was getting a nova and his dad was " moddin it" for him, by putting 3.0l frontera engine in it, put because of the extra weight at the front he had to hang weights on the rear suspension ??????????????????:confused: , and he didnt even have his liscence !!, and his mates saxo that had a supercharger put in and had 6 gears, and was the fastest car in cheshire apparently AND one of the fastest cars in the country:( :D , a lad at work who's got a vectra SRi that would " leave mine for dead " even though it had no mods, has FWD and no turbo?, BUT it's got a V6.
But the majority of people i know appriciate my car cause it rather fast, and brag about mine to others, but they were all " yeah yeah" about mine until i took them for test drives in it, which shut them up:D
Thing which pisses me off is people who think that engine size is directly related to how fast a car is - ie a 2.0 Cavalier will be faster than a 1.8 Elise.
jackadoodledo
18-03-2003, 21:10
one of the fastest cars in the country
ask if he has raced rocket ronnie?
Originally posted by jackadoodledo
ask if he has raced rocket ronnie?
would be pointless, a saxo would easily beat a rocket, you seen how small they are???:rolleyes: :D
Marky Boy
18-03-2003, 23:57
One of my mates wee brothers told me that his Pug205xs would whoop my as as it has a centre exit exhaust:eek: :eek:
Mmm. I just couldn't be arsed arguing with him about it. he is young but he will learn, I hope.
Got this off the saxo forum, thought it was funny.
"i was on the slip road to go on the motorway this morning and i had this ****er right on my bumper so i decided to floor it, ****in redlining it and the ****er was still on my tail flashing his lights to get past me,i didn`t think the 200sx were that quick, ****in wasted my vts"
Anyone owning up to this:D :D
Marky the thing is, a 200 aint gonna be trying to get past, it would just be seen as a normal manouver, if it was me, then i would never have realised the saxo was flooring it.
U see?
Marky Boy
19-03-2003, 00:38
Yeah I know what you mean. Thought it was funny though. By the from what i read on the forum this was in Lanarkshire.
Sorry but I just hate saxos. I really really really hate them.
marty_t3
19-03-2003, 02:07
Best brag i heard was from my mate who did actually own an Intergra R. He wasn't bragging so much... more just quietly gloating cuz he thought his car was faster than mine. His main reason was cuz he paid 12 grand more for his. I just drove a sketchy handling nissan pretend sports car as far as he was concerned.
I drove him home one night. His head launched itself into the headrest, his fingertips dug into the seat and the look on his face was priceless. He was not expecting a few grands worth of nissan to out accelerate his "stripped out, lightweight, 9000rpm, vtec, sports car"
He never even mentions cars anymore when i talk to him. :D
bladerider
19-03-2003, 04:57
Apparently my car has 1000bhp according to anyone under the age of 25 who are as flies to shite whenever I fill it up/park/go to offy/post a letter etc etc.
It was funny for the first week, boring the second week, and now its just annoying having to explain that...no, it doesnt have 1000bhp......no it isnt faster than a maclaren f1..........no it doesnt fly etc etc.
I just tell em its not very modified and only has around 400bhp, they say "oh" like theyre disappointed, then one of them realises that 400 is really quite alot, and starts explaining to the others, this usually allows me enough time to escape!! lol
Seeya,
James..................:cool:
SpeedyPete
19-03-2003, 09:20
Originally posted by djsy69
But the majority of people i know appriciate my car cause it rather fast, and brag about mine to others, but they were all " yeah yeah" about mine until i took them for test drives in it, which shut them up:D
know that one! I dont have to brag at all, the car does it for me :)
When the turbo kicks in funnily their mouths shut..... 20 seconds later its "It goes well doesnt it?" :P
SpeedyPete
19-03-2003, 09:22
Originally posted by Marky Boy
Anyone owning up to this:D :D
Oops sorry!:D
Originally posted by bladerider
I just tell em its not very modified and only has around 400bhp, they say "oh" like theyre disappointed, then one of them realises that 400 is really quite alot, and starts explaining to the others, this usually allows me enough time to escape!! lol
Seeya,
James..................:cool:
LOL! ONLY 400bhp :rolleyes: :D
Dave
bladerider
19-03-2003, 10:08
Oooopss !!
Sorry, that should be ...HAD 400bhp !! lol
Bugger !! :rolleyes:
J.
AshT_200
10-10-2003, 11:39
Originally posted by Keith_C
I tend to stay quiet in these pissing contests - my thoughts are always 'Ok, so you know someone with an apparently faster car, but it's not yours, is it. Whereas my car is *mine*.'
Another trick I like doing is confusing the hell out of them by saying how much *slower* my car is than supposedly 'lesser' cars - turning round to someone and saying that 3 litres and 2 turbos is slower than a 13yo car with a 1.8T tends to baffle them into shutting up :D They just can't cope when that happens.
Telling the truth then :D
NissanNewbie
10-10-2003, 12:05
have a name for this.......
It`s called the "two shits" affliction.
It goes along the lines that there is always some muppet who has done this that or the other or has a mate who has done this that or the other.
Handy hint: I tend to find a swift "FCUK OFF" although somewhat irrational works remarkably well.
Either that or get technical with the dick head and watch them dig bigger holes for themselves.
E.g You say " i had the most fantastic pooh today" dickhead replys "yeah well my mate had two fantastic pooh`s and they were both supercharged with NOS man" Oh FCUK OFF!
I spoke to my mate's sister's boyfriend in the pub the other day, he reckoned his (mum's :rolleyes: ) MkIII Golf 1.8 Driver would be as fast as my S13 'cos they were both 1.8s :D
After we all started laughing so hard we could barely see through the tears, he left in a bit of a huff, not sure why :confused:
Originally posted by Keith_C
Thing which pisses me off is people who think that engine size is directly related to how fast a car is - ie a 2.0 Cavalier will be faster than a 1.8 Elise.
2.0 cavalier ARE faster than 1.8 elises
Originally posted by Grim Turbo2
2.0 cavalier ARE faster than 1.8 elises
That depends what sort of Cavalier, if it's got a bloody Ecotec engine it won't be! And that's only straight line we're talking about too, you know what the strong point of an Elise is :)
Originally posted by Pete C
That depends what sort of Cavalier, if it's got a bloody Ecotec engine it won't be! And that's only straight line we're talking about too, you know what the strong point of an Elise is :)
the quote was faster, not better handling!
to clarify faster, it's top end is faster, not the acceleration.
however i have driven an elise - on the track. they are crap.
i feel i should clarify that point.
they are crap if you are a well built chappie like me.
they do not accelerate very well (if you have your size 12 on the brake and throttle)
they do not corner very well (if your thigh is jammed between the door and steering wheel)
Sideways Danny
10-10-2003, 13:06
sounds like everyone's met Angus!!!
oh the stories:notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy
http://www.phillhowe.co.uk/pics/threadrevival.jpg
:nod: :smash:
Originally posted by RCS
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:nod: :smash:
That is the funniest thing I have seen on here for ages :thumbs: :wack: :wack:
Apart from Carters school pic, of course ;)
gaz.thomas
10-10-2003, 13:27
Originally posted by RCS
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Brilliant.
there's a boke where I work too, similar kinda bloke to all the ones mentioned in the thread so far... if you've been to tenerife, he's been to elevenerife, you went to timbucktoo? He's been to timbuckthree :rolleyes:
:D
yea well my mate knows a bloke whos been to twelvarife! so there!:rolleyes: :ghey:
the most recent one of these ive had was a bloke claiming he was getting a skyline [as everyone seems to be claiming:rolleyes: ]
i said to him oh yea, which one, R34 or R35?? to which he replied R35........
point proven, i walked away:ghey: :ghey:
Yeah, but my mates getting a R36:wack:
My car has a special ability, everyone's is guarenteed to be better than than mine :). It's slow, rusy, and doesn't really look like much, but, it's mine, and I wuve it :D.
on a side note, me and Skip went to Halfrauds today, and in the MFI car park we spot possibly the most disgusting thing ever, a rover with a truely awful body kit.... We both laughed, however I am certain he must of walked past mine and sniggered :cry:
We used to and still do this sort of thing with a work collegue.
Its called Top Trumps.
When we say something she always tries to "trump" our story, so now we make up stuff after she's told a yarn, and trump her.
Great fun:rolleyes:
Originally posted by Jason
:mad: why is it that EVERYONE you speak to about your car has got a mate with a faster one??
if it makes you feel better, I have never had this :D
even better... I told my mate to tell his mates that if ever they sit on my bumper again, they will be out of pocket.
"Why?"
"I have ABS" :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Originally posted by RCS
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Originally posted by AshT_200
I have a colleague who used to own an ex police Granada Cosworth. It was apparently chipped to 270BHP and had something called red suspsension.
:confused:
it probably did.
Red suspension is just that, as I recall. Suspension made by a certain company (can't remember who) that is comprised orf red springs and painted red.
of course i may be lying, but that is my memory for you
Originally posted by Hachi-Roku
however I am certain he must of walked past mine and sniggered :cry:
That's because he'd have been an uncultured yob. Anyone whose opinion is worth anything would see an AE86 and go "Cool!" :)
Like I do :)
Martin T
11-10-2003, 18:21
I think that both AE86's and Starrions are cool, but couldn't bring myself to buy a 20+ year old car with all of those problems that they bring with them. I wish they made them till much later, like say 1995 or sommat.
bladerider
14-10-2003, 00:25
I sometimes just say that I drive a Datsun, or just say Nissan and nothing else. They assume primera or bluebird or summat, and thats the end of that. Good way to avoid twenty questions if youre not in the mood !! lol
I have to admit to enjoying talking about cars so much that I can waste an hour without realising !! Usually recalling stories of daring-do in my old orange capri !! lol Jim Potter is the only one here who really knows me, but im sure he'll confirm that I am truly lucky to still be alive !!! pmsl :D :D :D I guess sometimes people get carried away, and if they have had half as much fun in cars as I have., then they will have some amusing stories that may come across as one-upmanship, but dont always realise it. !!
Or maybe Im getting a soft old git and think the best of everyone !! lmfao :D :D
James.
Thought this was a new thread, didn't realise it was old untill Speedy_pete posted. Gutted I missed it first time round 'cause its a good 'un :thumbs:
Dunc.
Originally posted by bladerider
I sometimes just say that I drive a Datsun, or just say Nissan and nothing else. They assume primera or bluebird or summat, and thats the end of that. Good way to avoid twenty questions if youre not in the mood !! lol
i always start by "theres no point in me telling u, cos u wont know what it is!"
yeah i will
"ok its a 200sx"
erm erm
:D :D :wave:
Originally posted by Kev
i always start by "theres no point in me telling u, cos u wont know what it is!"
yeah i will
"ok its a 200sx"
erm erm
:D :D :wave:
heee heee - thats my fav one too! :D:thumbs:
Originally posted by Kev
i always start by "theres no point in me telling u, cos u wont know what it is!"
yeah i will
"ok its a 200sx"
erm erm
:D :D :wave:
So true :D
Originally posted by bladerider
I sometimes just say that I drive a Datsun, or just say Nissan and nothing else. They assume primera or bluebird or summat, and thats the end of that. Good way to avoid twenty questions if youre not in the mood !! lol
James.
hehe, I just go the other way and say an S14 then laugh at the look of confusion
My Mrs is still trying work out why I call mine an 86 :D
"But it's a rusty old car..."
"no.... it's a rusty old 86!" ;) :D
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