Think I have had the ride of a lifetime this weekend...
Dad took me for a ride in his Chimeara round some lovely country lanes around Lincolnshire...noise and acceleration was out of this world..
No good for an intravert though, everyone just stands and looks at you driving past. To my turn behind the wheel - never been so scared and that was on half throttle!
Question is..what would keep up with it in that price range - scoobys, evos etc?? quite interested as we were at a set of lights and an Evo IV pulled up, didnt bother giving it a run for its money (nothing to do with Dad puttin his foot down with me!!) but assume I would have beat even the fastest of them - would I be right??
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Probably not. The Evo would have done you away from the lights up to about 40 or so. Its 4 wheel drive gets its power on the tarmac better. The evo would certainly beat you round the bends.
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Depends on the driver, RF. I've held off Scoobies in a 170bhp 3 series. But I've watched a proper driver in a Proton Satria beat a Ferrari 355 round Silverstone.
Usually, the best performance enhancing mod you can make to a car is to the nut behind the wheel. ;-)
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I had the ride of a lifetime a few weeks ago, Rita Queen of Speed, Alton Towers, all I can say is try it. ACCELERATION !!!
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But why oh why did they choose to call it Rita???
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Who cares, if you gonna go on it Q for the front. Still amazed and that was 4 weeks ago
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I had the ride of a lifetime a few weeks ago, Rita Queen of Speed, Alton Towers, all I can say is try it. ACCELERATION !!!
I had a better ride than that a few weeks ago. Was a crew seat passenger on a fast taxi run in the Bruntingthorpe Handley Page Victor V Bomber. Quickest I've accelerated up to 135knots (155mph). Over 35 tons of thrust from four Rolls Royce Conway jet engines in your back with almost linear acceleration was incredible. Not exactly motoring but a great experience all the same.
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Was Charles {P} but someone c o p i e d my name with spaces.
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WELL WHEN I WERE A LAD....................................
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When Citroen 2CV's were a common sight on our roads, there was a rare sub-species of 2CV driver who somehow managed to keep their tin snail running flat out all the time. These drivers would overtake at 68 mph., timing their manoevre to just avoid a head-on smash, take the next corner on 2 wheels and rev the engine to its max. "Never lose momentum" seemed to be their philosophy and it would have been hard to keep up with some of them safely in a sports car.
Did all these 2CV charioteers die off? What do those who survived drive now?
Cheers, SS
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Did all these 2CV charioteers die off? What do those who survived drive now?
any 1 litre hatch
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Did all these 2CV charioteers die off? What do those who survived drive now?
No, they didn't die off. They all took up employment as HGV drivers, who retain an unswerving devotion to the catechism of "Never lose momentum"
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Well when I was up the North of Scotland during the summer there were 2cvs everywhere There had been a rally down in the Borders somewhere and I think they had travelled from all over the world for it so they chose to do some nice sightseeing whilst here..
Anyway, i can confirm that the years have not changed or mellowed their driving habits. Still doing all these overtaking manoeuvres but on Highland roads!
However it is obvious they have a huge loyal following and there seemed to be some right good fun to be had. Seen loads of conversions and different formats, inc ones pulling trailers and others which had a large trunk type unit bolted on where their normal boot was!
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Well, I never had a 2CV, but pretty much the same technique was developed to get along in an Austin 8, and was applicable to a lot of old small side-valvers. Exhaust valves lasted about 4,000 miles.
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