davidnormanuk

Just been out in mine after finishing work and everything about the car was superb. Makes all the work worth while.

dave green

Drove to the ring and back in a weekend.


Dave

davidnormanuk

Did you use it at the ring and drive it back then?

RS LOZWORTH

mine was when i went from stage 1 to stage 3- in the wet!

Ima Racing

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..my best drive was when selling it

dakar

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The drive back from wales to york when i bought mine

Bullett

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the drive to supercar sunday.with 80 super cars.some of which were rather suprised(or embarressed)to have a tiger striped saff pushing them along ,high speeds and lots of fun all the way.oh and everyone was really friendly bar a couple

Twellsie

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same here picked it up from karls, was amazed how fast it seemed, feels slow now again lol

Ollie.

Best drive was this one time it didnt break down.....

rinus_2005

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lol

bigchez

First one after I picked it up! Although I'm hoping when I pick it up from Karl's on Friday it'll be a bit better.

Lee Reynolds

Still not seen thee abart!

Lee Reynolds

btw in mine it was on way back from Turbosystems over the hills from staffordshire

Twellsie

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was you car onced owned by a guy called mark, from the central group?

bigchez

Yep, thats the one. You're not now going to tell me its a ringed cut and shut are you?!

dave green

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Did you use it at the ring and drive it back then?


I sure did 978 miles in total

Dave

Mike1

Route Napoleon down to Cannes - great roads and weather and a fun time comparing performance to a hard-driven German reg 330i. Car went great and hope to do it again next year

WongRS

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Maybe last night, giving it a spirited drive on long sweeping B roads that i know very well, manageing to get the back end out at some disconcerting speeds.
Or on the way back from ford fair last year, with all the other Fords about!

foreigneRS

this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31tIWotGvKE

pee vee

The day I bought it.
boring drive

Drove it from Raceys house in Essex, all the way round the M25, and along the M4 to Bath.
but didnt stop smiling all the way.

was an excellent car for me.

pete mcrash

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err................my first lap on the "ring".......bit wet..........or heartside pass....first time.....major brake fade....(nothing but garden hose to stop u going over the edge).....but the most scarey......driving back from grove (after 6 month off the road) and suddenly having 400+bhp and pissing on a M5..........started to think 6pots arnt good enough....

m_nettleship

Wen i was driving on the M1, and a new 911 turbo came aside me.

Then we was sitting behind a focus at 80mph, soon as the focus pulled in, it was like the green light.

GO GO GO GO 330bhp 370 lb/s. all the way up to 150mph. he pulled a half a car length on me.

Saying that its hard to pick, racing my bros evo 8 was fun to.

philram

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a run from home to duns in scotland for the jim clark about 4yrs ago in my old saph. was a red hot day, and had no passengers needing the bog every time i passed a services. started with a high speed run up the a55 & m6, followed by some of the best a/b roads in the country from the borders through hawick, galashields, and onto duns.. did it in less than 3hrs including the usual fuel stop.

pete mcrash

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..............now that sounds very very sexy.....

Csm

Yep some brilliant driving roads there for getting to Duns ................ im only 20 mins away on the coast from Duns

kennyA

great roads, was fun learning to drive in a 1600E. you would have enjoyed some of them back in 1970, a lot more corners and far less traffic.

Gala to Earlston, fantastic jumps via Gattonside. then to Greenlaw to Duns, dream.

spoiled by too many cameras these days.

davidnormanuk

Always working at the minute. Use the car everyday though.

Twellsie

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fraid so mate, i have a pic somewhere of it upside down in a tree!! lol only jokin, nice car

Mike Rainbird

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In no particular order:
1. ND track session in 2006, battling against Justin and Dave in evenly matched cars.
2. My 8.06 BTG lap with RW shotgun - intense concentration and rewarded by huge feeling of exhileration (for the time) and relief (another lap made intact with all limbs where they should be) .
3. Giving passenger rides at Croft 2006.

Paul Eggleton

Never realised you were that close to a sub 8 Mike

Mike Rainbird

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That lap would have been sub 8 (7.59ish) if there hadn't been a huge accident earlier in the day that had a section of the long upward section coned off (where a Porsche had totalled the barriers) with a 50km/h speed limit in place for a few hundred metres. Although we did around 50-60mph through here, you would have normally been doing three figure speeds, so it buggered the whole of that 1 mile up hill section before the Karoussel. However, the rest of the lap was absolutely pefect for traffic, so can't complain .

This was also in 2006 (with the 450bhp engine) - so that was a really good year .

Ryan

last time i drove my saph to the sunseeker rally in bournemouth in the snow.

Was such a laugh, me and my 3 mates will always remember it.

WAS A GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD DAY!

bigchez

Just got it home, and as I hoped its better. After no boost for 2 months, this was the best drive in my Cos. Even had a play with a Bentley Conti GT on the motorway

collierm

Driving across the Moors to Scarborough.....



















where I promptly gave it to NYRS Spares who proceeded to tear it apart

Steven_RW

Cossies:

1. 8:06 btg in Mike's escort cossie. What a LOVELY lap it was. IT was the end of the long weekend, the car was going great, the track was SO quiet, best I have ever seen it. Mike was driving REALLY well and it all came together wonderfully. As said we had a slow section to deal with which knocked some time off our lap. All in all it was a fantastic experience and one I won't forget. Legend.

2. Marty (dumpeds) t35 nitrous'd up saph cossie run. It was utterly ludicrous, we were driving like total maniacs. The speed we went through the clyde tunnel will not be challenged ever again. When on earth do you hit the lowest part of the clyde tunnel, in 4th near the limter, back end steps out hit the limiter and just shift into fifth… Its not big enough to do more than 60 mph in.. Have no idea how we made it out alive.

3. Last run in Ewens (rapidcossie) saph with 475 (I think) at the wheels. Cruising at 80 mph, bits n bobs of traffic in the slow lane on the m'way. Nailed it and a few seconds later passing them like they were standing still. I even commented, its probably too fast for the road this. Main reason being that people look behind them (even good drivers) see that u are a white team bus doing about 80, not catching them, then 5 seconds later (which isnt exactly long) u have mega accelerated and are passing them like they are stopped. Eventually that acceleration is going to catch a slow driver out and they will pull out! Unrelenting continous surge of power.

4. Mikes Saph cossie on the ring, 4 up, holding on for dear life, coming down Dottinger Hohe (main straight) lad in a 944 porsche ( I think) … one man, one seat, roll cage, FULLY committed, making his way past us… totally focussed and then Mike just nails the Cossie and we make LOTS of noise and blow the guys doors off… his face was a picture

All four were awesome moments. Many more in different cossies but those are the ones that jump to mind.

RW

dumped

I know nothing about steve's 2nd story and the police will back it up as they were there as standby brakes!

Too many funny runs.
Remember a really wet night out with RW in my cossie and sitting behind a merc uttering "she loves it". Quite a funny run over the back roads that night.

Coming home from brunters in the rain and steering with opposite lock round the wide bends at 3 figures on the motorway held for ages. Chops mate says how controlled and grippy the car is. I told him to watch the steering angle and his face changed to fear for the rest of the journey lol. It just felt right that time.

A run to the coast in mikes saff was one of the best passenger runs. Beating the poo out of a touring car engine on the back roads really does take some beating and will never ever be forgotten

silky16v

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The last couple of months cause the mine has performed faultlessly

dojj

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3 door:
maxing it out on the M1 on the way back from leeds at around 3 in the morning 5 up and my old man saying "go on son, you know it makes sense to hammer the hsit out of the car once in a while"

saph:
thinking i could go round a corner that i didn't make
it was gerat right up until i stuffed it into the armco

daz1968

mine was driving home after Karl had done his magic on it, hoping to get the same again when I get it set up again after its rebuild.

Moonstone Steve.

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My passenger ride round coombe in Will Ormes RS200 (ok not a cossie) then at 5 o clock phoning the wife to say i was leaving and got home in 1hr 35mins....wot a drive home that was.

Steve