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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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My wifes cousin got me a driving experience for helping him sort his Mk2 fiesta and for having it on my drive for about 2 years lol

Had a demo of the track in the Range Rover Sport first, then in to the Atom and what a awesome car it is was soo fast its unreal 0-60 in 2.8 seconds on my second lap i managed to over take a Ferrari

Any way here is my pictures from today






















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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 09:19 PM
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cool bet they are mentally quick
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 09:24 PM
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cool bet they are mentally quick
They are mate its un real how quick they are in 6th gear going dow nthe back straight


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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 09:25 PM
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lucky sod bet you wont forget that in a while!
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 09:28 PM
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bet it felt crap back in a normal car....
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by rik-rs
bet it felt crap back in a normal car....
Was a bit werid getting in the Mondeo on the way home


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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 09:06 PM
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your a lucky man.
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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 09:12 PM
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you lucky lucky sod
where was that about mate
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Old Jun 28, 2010 | 09:14 PM
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i had a passanger lap in a supercharged version at buntingthorpe they r amazing lol
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Old Jun 29, 2010 | 01:08 PM
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WHich atom is it then?

I'd love a spin in the supersharged bad boy.
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Old Jun 29, 2010 | 01:20 PM
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i would love to drive one of them. done a 360 modena track day that was good
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Old Jun 29, 2010 | 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Lambchop
WHich atom is it then?

I'd love a spin in the supersharged bad boy.
I drove a NA one a few years back around Woodbridge and was blown away by the performance, handling and outright speed was ridiculous, made the cossy we took that day ( which was flying all day ) look extremely slow

I can only imagine what the SC ones must go like !
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Old Jun 29, 2010 | 06:52 PM
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id love to do that. how much was it and where?
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Old Jun 30, 2010 | 07:06 AM
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Cool, I had a crack in the standard EP3 engined Atom and that blew me away, would love a go in the more powerful version
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