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28-04-2005, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Tim
Yeah but he wont drive will he . 
Rod does drive his own car and at brunters
Why do people go on and on about rods driving?? have been out in the saph and to be truefull he would put alot of blokes half his age to shame.
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28-04-2005, 10:34 PM
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I certainly cant name many people just about to retire, who have had serious health problems (stomach cancer or something IIRC) for the last decade who still have the bottle to be doing 198mph 400 yards from the tyre wall.
Stop and actually think about what that must be like, seeing those tyres aproaching and you are now 100 yards from them and still doing about 100, tyres scrabbling for grip etc.
Its not as easy as people seem to think it is.
Also wasnt marks run done with just him in the car but rods done with a passenger?
That corrola was 4 mph slower with a passenger.
So if im right about mark doing it solo that basically means that Rod matched his drivign and it was only the weight difference effecting it (like that corrola when steve got out)
I bet most people on this forum couldnt have done any better than rod did, even those of us half his age.
If i'm half that cool at 60 i'll be happy as hell, in fact i wish i was half that cool now
Stop and actually think about what that must be like, seeing those tyres aproaching and you are now 100 yards from them and still doing about 100, tyres scrabbling for grip etc.
Its not as easy as people seem to think it is.
Also wasnt marks run done with just him in the car but rods done with a passenger?
That corrola was 4 mph slower with a passenger.
So if im right about mark doing it solo that basically means that Rod matched his drivign and it was only the weight difference effecting it (like that corrola when steve got out)
I bet most people on this forum couldnt have done any better than rod did, even those of us half his age.
If i'm half that cool at 60 i'll be happy as hell, in fact i wish i was half that cool now
28-04-2005, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by chip-3door
I certainly cant name many people just about to retire, who have had serious health problems (stomach cancer or something IIRC) for the last decade who still have the bottle to be doing 198mph 400 yards from the tyre wall.
Stop and actually think about what that must be like, seeing those tyres aproaching and you are now 100 yards from them and still doing about 100, tyres scrabbling for grip etc.
Its not as easy as people seem to think it is.
Also wasnt marks run done with just him in the car but rods done with a passenger?
That corrola was 4 mph slower with a passenger.
So if im right about mark doing it solo that basically means that Rod matched his drivign and it was only the weight difference effecting it (like that corrola when Steve got out)
I bet most people on this forum couldnt have done any better than rod did, even those of us half his age.
If i'm half that cool at 60 i'll be happy as hell, in fact i wish i was half that cool now
Stop and actually think about what that must be like, seeing those tyres aproaching and you are now 100 yards from them and still doing about 100, tyres scrabbling for grip etc.
Its not as easy as people seem to think it is.
Also wasnt marks run done with just him in the car but rods done with a passenger?
That corrola was 4 mph slower with a passenger.
So if im right about mark doing it solo that basically means that Rod matched his drivign and it was only the weight difference effecting it (like that corrola when Steve got out)
I bet most people on this forum couldnt have done any better than rod did, even those of us half his age.
If i'm half that cool at 60 i'll be happy as hell, in fact i wish i was half that cool now
28-04-2005, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by b19bal
i heard, think it was rich who told me about it
new tyres needed and another box or diff wasnt it
new tyres needed and another box or diff wasnt it
Thought would get at lease a couple of launches but handed the keys to mark then it was day over. RIP Gearbox
28-04-2005, 10:57 PM
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just finding my feet
think the issue with rod though os he comes across arrogant on here, hes a top bloke to talk to thoguht when ya meet him
think you and rich are the only madettes that dont really get involved in all that crap
oh adn sunny dont bother with it anymore either i noticed
28-04-2005, 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by chip-3door
I certainly cant name many people just about to retire, who have had serious health problems (stomach cancer or something IIRC) for the last decade who still have the bottle to be doing 198mph 400 yards from the tyre wall.
Stop and actually think about what that must be like, seeing those tyres aproaching and you are now 100 yards from them and still doing about 100, tyres scrabbling for grip etc.
Its not as easy as people seem to think it is.
Also wasnt marks run done with just him in the car but rods done with a passenger?
That corrola was 4 mph slower with a passenger.
So if im right about mark doing it solo that basically means that Rod matched his drivign and it was only the weight difference effecting it (like that corrola when Steve got out)
I bet most people on this forum couldnt have done any better than rod did, even those of us half his age.
If i'm half that cool at 60 i'll be happy as hell, in fact i wish i was half that cool now
Stop and actually think about what that must be like, seeing those tyres aproaching and you are now 100 yards from them and still doing about 100, tyres scrabbling for grip etc.
Its not as easy as people seem to think it is.
Also wasnt marks run done with just him in the car but rods done with a passenger?
That corrola was 4 mph slower with a passenger.
So if im right about mark doing it solo that basically means that Rod matched his drivign and it was only the weight difference effecting it (like that corrola when Steve got out)
I bet most people on this forum couldnt have done any better than rod did, even those of us half his age.
If i'm half that cool at 60 i'll be happy as hell, in fact i wish i was half that cool now
28-04-2005, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by chip-3door
I certainly cant name many people just about to retire, who have had serious health problems (stomach cancer or something IIRC) for the last decade who still have the bottle to be doing 198mph 400 yards from the tyre wall.
Stop and actually think about what that must be like, seeing those tyres aproaching and you are now 100 yards from them and still doing about 100, tyres scrabbling for grip etc.
Its not as easy as people seem to think it is.
Also wasnt marks run done with just him in the car but rods done with a passenger?
That corrola was 4 mph slower with a passenger.
So if im right about mark doing it solo that basically means that Rod matched his drivign and it was only the weight difference effecting it (like that corrola when Steve got out)
I bet most people on this forum couldnt have done any better than rod did, even those of us half his age.
If i'm half that cool at 60 i'll
be happy as hell, in fact i wish i was half that cool now
Stop and actually think about what that must be like, seeing those tyres aproaching and you are now 100 yards from them and still doing about 100, tyres scrabbling for grip etc.
Its not as easy as people seem to think it is.
Also wasnt marks run done with just him in the car but rods done with a passenger?
That corrola was 4 mph slower with a passenger.
So if im right about mark doing it solo that basically means that Rod matched his drivign and it was only the weight difference effecting it (like that corrola when Steve got out)
I bet most people on this forum couldnt have done any better than rod did, even those of us half his age.
If i'm half that cool at 60 i'll
be happy as hell, in fact i wish i was half that cool now
Well if ya haven't, then it's time you exit the convo or don't put in your two pences..LOL
28-04-2005, 11:03 PM
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Best point to date!!!! how many of us have actually driven 195mph+!!!
Well if ya haven't, then it's time you exit the convo or don't put in your two pences..LOL
Well if ya haven't, then it's time you exit the convo or don't put in your two pences..LOL
not the most entertaining
think if smit wanted hes prob got the bollox to drive at 195+, but i admit i aint got the bollox
hell i shit it at 140
28-04-2005, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by b19bal
Best point to date!!!! how many of us have actually driven 195mph+!!!
Well if ya haven't, then it's time you exit the convo or don't put in your two pences..LOL
Well if ya haven't, then it's time you exit the convo or don't put in your two pences..LOL
not the most entertaining
think if smit wanted hes prob got the bollox to drive at 195+, but i admit i aint got the bollox
hell i shit it at 140
28-04-2005, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by chip-3door
I certainly cant name many people just about to retire, who have had serious health problems (stomach cancer or something IIRC) for the last decade who still have the bottle to be doing 198mph 400 yards from the tyre wall.
Stop and actually think about what that must be like, seeing those tyres aproaching and you are now 100 yards from them and still doing about 100, tyres scrabbling for grip etc.
Its not as easy as people seem to think it is.
Also wasnt marks run done with just him in the car but rods done with a passenger?
That corrola was 4 mph slower with a passenger.
So if im right about mark doing it solo that basically means that Rod matched his drivign and it was only the weight difference effecting it (like that corrola when Steve got out)
I bet most people on this forum couldnt have done any better than rod did, even those of us half his age.
If i'm half that cool at 60 i'll be happy as hell, in fact i wish i was half that cool now
Stop and actually think about what that must be like, seeing those tyres aproaching and you are now 100 yards from them and still doing about 100, tyres scrabbling for grip etc.
Its not as easy as people seem to think it is.
Also wasnt marks run done with just him in the car but rods done with a passenger?
That corrola was 4 mph slower with a passenger.
So if im right about mark doing it solo that basically means that Rod matched his drivign and it was only the weight difference effecting it (like that corrola when Steve got out)
I bet most people on this forum couldnt have done any better than rod did, even those of us half his age.
If i'm half that cool at 60 i'll be happy as hell, in fact i wish i was half that cool now
That only leaves one person able to take the piss by my arithmatic
28-04-2005, 11:11 PM
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just finding my feet
thats quick enough
mind tbh your car dont actually feelm like yan doing the speeds ya are, when i went out in it i thoough we was doing 80ish
not 130ish
down a 40mph road
balls of steel that takes
mind tbh your car dont actually feelm like yan doing the speeds ya are, when i went out in it i thoough we was doing 80ish
not 130ish
down a 40mph road
balls of steel that takes
28-04-2005, 11:16 PM
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I view Rod as someone who is very self confident and very proud of his achievements, that isnt arrogant though at all in my view not when he is still so willing to listen and learn etc.
For example:
when his car was dropping in power due to running rich at the end of his runs and him and mark hadnt pinpointed the problem yet with it he mentioned it on here.
i sent him a PM explaining what was happening and how to fix it (its a nitrous issue), i didnt encounter arrogance from him at all, just a clever man with an open mind who wanted to listen and thanked me for my input, he didnt turn round and say "youve never done a run at brunters how would you know" or anything arrogant like that.
I dont see how anyone can call someone who has achieved so much and yet is still willing to listen to a relative newcomer to the scene like myself arrogant.
Some people just cant accept other people being confident and outgoing so label them with arrogance when they arent.
For example:
when his car was dropping in power due to running rich at the end of his runs and him and mark hadnt pinpointed the problem yet with it he mentioned it on here.
i sent him a PM explaining what was happening and how to fix it (its a nitrous issue), i didnt encounter arrogance from him at all, just a clever man with an open mind who wanted to listen and thanked me for my input, he didnt turn round and say "youve never done a run at brunters how would you know" or anything arrogant like that.
I dont see how anyone can call someone who has achieved so much and yet is still willing to listen to a relative newcomer to the scene like myself arrogant.
Some people just cant accept other people being confident and outgoing so label them with arrogance when they arent.
28-04-2005, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments
Its falling on deaf ears chip ive said the same myself many times but peeps still bang on about it, yet Rods driven faster personally than 11237 of our 11238 members that im aware of....
That only leaves one person able to take the piss by my arithmatic
That only leaves one person able to take the piss by my arithmatic
Just goes to show Stu, no matter how many times we come up with an idiot proof explanation its always going to be the case that along comes an even bigger idiot!
28-04-2005, 11:58 PM
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ranj why the digs all the time mate 
just let things lie
anyone with half a brain can seethe true acheivment that rod and mark have both done
theres no point arguing about anything as ya not gonna get anywhere are ya
just let things lie
anyone with half a brain can seethe true acheivment that rod and mark have both done
theres no point arguing about anything as ya not gonna get anywhere are ya
28-04-2005, 11:58 PM
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I never understood all the piss taking about Rod's driving,
ROD DOES DRIVE HIS CAR FLAT OUT!!
He has done 198mph in it and wants to do over 200mph next time round! The only reason Marks times are noted is because he is faster. Simple as that!
Dingy et al taking the piss constantly, if you put Micheal Schumacher or someone in your Mk2 and they got a record lap time round your beloved Donno I don't doubt for one second that you would boast about having the record holding Mk2 Escort.
ROD DOES DRIVE HIS CAR FLAT OUT!!
He has done 198mph in it and wants to do over 200mph next time round! The only reason Marks times are noted is because he is faster. Simple as that!
Dingy et al taking the piss constantly, if you put Micheal Schumacher or someone in your Mk2 and they got a record lap time round your beloved Donno I don't doubt for one second that you would boast about having the record holding Mk2 Escort.
29-04-2005, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by b19bal
ranj why the digs all the time mate
just let things lie
anyone with half a brain can seethe true acheivment that rod and mark have both done
theres no point arguing about anything as ya not gonna get anywhere are ya
just let things lie
anyone with half a brain can seethe true acheivment that rod and mark have both done
theres no point arguing about anything as ya not gonna get anywhere are ya
i was just provong a point
29-04-2005, 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by chip-3door
I view Rod as someone who is very self confident and very proud of his achievements, that isnt arrogant though at all in my view not when he is still so willing to listen and learn etc.
For example:
when his car was dropping in power due to running rich at the end of his runs and him and mark hadnt pinpointed the problem yet with it he mentioned it on here.
i sent him a PM explaining what was happening and how to fix it (its a nitrous issue), i didnt encounter arrogance from him at all, just a clever man with an open mind who wanted to listen and thanked me for my input, he didnt turn round and say "youve never done a run at brunters how would you know" or anything arrogant like that.
I dont see how anyone can call someone who has achieved so much and yet is still willing to listen to a relative newcomer to the scene like myself arrogant.
Some people just cant accept other people being confident and outgoing so label them with arrogance when they arent.
For example:
when his car was dropping in power due to running rich at the end of his runs and him and mark hadnt pinpointed the problem yet with it he mentioned it on here.
i sent him a PM explaining what was happening and how to fix it (its a nitrous issue), i didnt encounter arrogance from him at all, just a clever man with an open mind who wanted to listen and thanked me for my input, he didnt turn round and say "youve never done a run at brunters how would you know" or anything arrogant like that.
I dont see how anyone can call someone who has achieved so much and yet is still willing to listen to a relative newcomer to the scene like myself arrogant.
Some people just cant accept other people being confident and outgoing so label them with arrogance when they arent.
Think the quote in my signature applies to a fair few people on this post in particular......no guesses who though.
29-04-2005, 07:11 AM
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Shame that there is always digs about Rod's driving. How many peeps off here could actually say that they have got any where near a genuine 200 mph. And on top of that who has done that at nearly 60 years old? I doubt there are many people. Rod is one of the most intelligent people i have met and if by his own addmission he feels Mark is faster then so be it. Why keep on, and as Dave has said, Rod does drive his own car at Brunters and damn quickly.
29-04-2005, 09:00 AM
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lol @ Lewis well go on you 200sx bb then 
IMO Rod has done near enough 200mph. And why should Rod go to where you want Dingy when he has ask you to go to Brunters in the past where all the cars seem to be testing etc?
Plus wasnt all of Rods and MArks tops speeds done with people in the passnger seat?
IMO Rod has done near enough 200mph. And why should Rod go to where you want Dingy when he has ask you to go to Brunters in the past where all the cars seem to be testing etc?
Plus wasnt all of Rods and MArks tops speeds done with people in the passnger seat?
29-04-2005, 10:18 AM
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couldnt agree more with what Chip has said
to all the ppl who keep going on about him not doing 200
Even if I wont the lottery I dont think it would be worth building a fast car as ppl would always be slagging me/it off saying something/someone was faster in one certain situation or another
to all the ppl who keep going on about him not doing 200 Even if I wont the lottery I dont think it would be worth building a fast car as ppl would always be slagging me/it off saying something/someone was faster in one certain situation or another