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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 08:34 AM
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round the corner from me mums...

Clio V6, usually quite quick aint they..?

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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 08:34 AM
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well, not this one anymore....

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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 08:43 AM
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best thing for them mate, there shit slow for a 3.0 V6!

there was 2 of them drag racing at elvington today, got whooped off almost everything!
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 08:45 AM
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thats cos they are soo fukkin heavy..

look quite cool tho, the 172 is just marginly slower!
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 09:05 AM
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My mate had one, we used to get wasted by everything we came across!!!!

Predator made a one off exhaust which made it sound like a F1 car, but apart from that it was complete pants!

And he lost s shit load of dosh on it!!!
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 10:00 AM
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I really like them,i think they have great road presence
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 10:05 AM
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i saw one yesterday in uxbridge - looks nice but its all show and no go
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by fudgeass
well, not this one anymore....

it still is ...
The engine is in the back
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 10:16 AM
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best thing for them mate, there shit slow for a 3.0 V6!

there was 2 of them drag racing at elvington today, got whooped off almost everything!
I was there aswell, they were proper shite werent they
and them 350Z's were pretty crap aswell, mind you so was the Focus RS
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 10:17 AM
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yeah i know that mate, its not going anywhere at the mo tho is it...
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 12:37 PM
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Is that the 1 just over the bridge on the left in b.o.a m8 cus there was a blue 1 there last time i went past or did get the same treatment as the silver 1
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 12:46 PM
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nah mate, blue one is still about.

that one was at leafield industrial estate in corsham.

where do you live then mate???
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 12:48 PM
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Turbo Thompson, gotta agree i was dissapointed with the focus RS myself
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 12:54 PM
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Warminster m8 always pass through bradford, used 2 do alot of business with colour developments m8
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 01:11 PM
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ah cool. they have closed down now havnt they??
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 01:50 PM
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The engine is de-tuned for some reason, which makes them shit slow.
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 02:00 PM
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Yeh m8 lands up 4 development as far as i know was a ashit hot body shop in its time well pissed when they shut. its so hard 2 find a decent bodyshop nowadays m8.
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Old Jul 5, 2004 | 02:08 PM
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yeah, they were good, bit pricy, but

you get what you pay for, and they were excellent.
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