He did mention going to Thailand for a bit of a fanny prowl. Can't go atm though can you?
Is it important for a car to have poke?
Re: Is it important for a car to have poke?
'Ever since the young men have owned motorcycles, incest has been dying out, and so has sodomy'.
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Re: Is it important for a car to have poke?
There’s something quite special about having a car with no power but infinitely thrashable.
Driving an MG midget or a diesel Corsa with an unburstable engine, and only just keeping up with modern traffic, so no-one realises you are having the time of your life, caning the tits off it.
That said, I always though a Suby 250 - 300bhp was more than enough, but then you drive something with 500bhp+ and the Suby doesn’t seem to have enough power to get out of its own way.
Still, I think my license prefers the first scenario and honestly it’s probably more fun.
Driving an MG midget or a diesel Corsa with an unburstable engine, and only just keeping up with modern traffic, so no-one realises you are having the time of your life, caning the tits off it.
That said, I always though a Suby 250 - 300bhp was more than enough, but then you drive something with 500bhp+ and the Suby doesn’t seem to have enough power to get out of its own way.
Still, I think my license prefers the first scenario and honestly it’s probably more fun.
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Re: Is it important for a car to have poke?
That's why my old Midget was fun a lot of the time. When I was working in Dorking for a bit the daily trip up the A24 was dull for everyone else but I was often sliding on bends and stuff while enjoying the drive.
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Re: Is it important for a car to have poke?
A35 van I believe?
The same as Wallace and Gromit.
The same as Wallace and Gromit.
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Re: Is it important for a car to have poke?
You just get used to things I think, it's must obvious when you jump from something with loads of instant torque to something that takes its time to build up.
I used to have more fun with chucking my 600 Enduro bike about on the road at largely legal speeds than I did with my 600 race rep because caning that about meant exceeding the speed limit by the time you hit red line in 2nd or were winding through 3rd.
I used to have more fun with chucking my 600 Enduro bike about on the road at largely legal speeds than I did with my 600 race rep because caning that about meant exceeding the speed limit by the time you hit red line in 2nd or were winding through 3rd.
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Re: Is it important for a car to have poke?
Even if it goes for 10k more I reckon it'll be a bargain for somebody given its provenance.
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Re: Is it important for a car to have poke?
I’m sure there’s a story that Ayrton Senna had a go in that van after a dinner with Hunt in London. That won’t hurt the provenance
An A35 is a helluva lot faster than a 6.9 Merc with no wheels.
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