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Old 28th March 2010, 07:51 PM
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took the car out today on its first proper all legal run. managed to do 80miles just going round friends houses etc. she run spot on and didnt miss a beat. the suspension was a bit hard to start off. i had it on 13clicks droped it down to 8 and it was instantly better, may click it up to 9 on the back but will see how it goes.

its so adictive im tempted to go out again in a min. fuel economy seems ok too, did 80miles and used less than half a tank.

its fun at the moment and very fast in the corners but i can tell that it wont be long before i want some more straight line power
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Old 28th March 2010, 08:06 PM
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Tickety boo meduck....remember bhp is just pub talk mate...
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Old 28th March 2010, 08:16 PM
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took the car out today on its first proper all legal run. managed to do 80miles just going round friends houses etc. she run spot on and didnt miss a beat. the suspension was a bit hard to start off. i had it on 13clicks droped it down to 8 and it was instantly better, may click it up to 9 on the back but will see how it goes.

its so adictive im tempted to go out again in a min. fuel economy seems ok too, did 80miles and used less than half a tank.

its fun at the moment and very fast in the corners but i can tell that it wont be long before i want some more straight line power
HI Ash
Your so right there very addictive. That why have coved over 5000 miles in mine so far . For builders who have driven a roadster wouldn’t understand how well they drive and handle. As for fast you would need to spend a lot of money on a production car to match. Just put my car back in the garage and will be hoping for a warm day so I can go to work in it this week.
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Old 28th March 2010, 08:28 PM
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Good on ya mate.
Not before time though hu???
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nice one Ash ,

sounds like you,ve had a great day, 15 months of blood / sweat & no doubt the odd tear , oh & a hospital visit must,ve been left behind in your garage as you enjoyed your drive

envious of you

enjoy the summer.

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Old 28th March 2010, 08:57 PM
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managed to get another quick run in. got 15mins away from the house and it started spitting, so turned round and come home, just as i put the car away in the garage the heavens opened. did quite well today no rain at all especially considering that they said on the weather report that it was going to be showers all day.
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managed to get another quick run in. got 15mins away from the house and it started spitting, so turned round and come home, just as i put the car away in the garage the heavens opened. did quite well today no rain at all especially considering that they said on the weather report that it was going to be showers all day.
I thought you meant the car was spitting at 1st..

You chicken, should have stayed out in it

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As for fast you would need to spend a lot of money on a production car to match.
My roadster estimate 150BHP @ .6T
My Tintop ( the most powerful one in the fleet ) 250BHP @ 1.3T

Roadster 250BHP/t
Tintop 192BHP/t

Mind you the tintop will have cost about £1500 by the time it's on the road again...

They will probably be quite closely matched as the tintop is a TwinTurbo XR4x4 and they grip briliantly..

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Come on Ash you ride bikes mate what's wrong witha bit of rain....
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Perhaps he has not drilled the obligatory holes in the floor pan as yet...

Bikes tend to shead water.... Mobile buckets on the other hand

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