Salisbury hoon re-run: 25th January

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Cheers for the pics Chris, they look good.

TimmerTVR said:

Hey hey,

Well that was embarassing. The engine had been a bit more noisy than usual this week but I thought hey it's french so carried on. Was fine for the most part until it let go. Had great fun though, especially on the country roads! Pics look good. Glad to have met you all and cheers for asking after us!

This may be a perfect time to sling an MI16 engine in there until I can afford a better car.

Cheers again, I intend to be up and running asap!

Tim.

That's the spirit, an MI16 would be ace! Best of luck with it all

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pernod said:

y2blade said:

no problem

what car were you in?

I was the guy right in front of you with the blue astra. ;-)

Truthfully, with it being my first time I was a bit nervous about keeping up in an Astra, but there was such a mix of cars and everyone was so friendly/helpful that I felt right at home. I know not all car groups are quite so open-minded so a huge thanks to you all from a newbie! Keep it up!

Edited by pernod on Sunday 25th January 14:57

It was good to have you along, you seemed to be doing fine to me, as you were almost always glued to my tail. I hope I wasn't holding you up too much (and y2 and kiwi) on the A4 at the end, as the Suzuki was giving all it had

@ Fraser - your son was very cool, and I'm sure he's a hooner in the making. Also, now we can call Nathan's Porsche Sally from now on, which is a bonus

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pernod said:

identti said:

It was good to have you along, you seemed to be doing fine to me, as you were almost always glued to my tail. I hope I wasn't holding you up too much (and y2 and kiwi) on the A4 at the end, as the Suzuki was giving all it had

@ Fraser - your son was very cool, and I'm sure he's a hooner in the making. Also, now we can call Nathan's Porsche Sally from now on, which is a bonus

I was impressed at how much go that little suzuki had! I assume it isn't standard?
Likewise, the integra in front of you was holding its own as well!


Hehehehe... Sally.

I wish I could make it non-standard, but insurance would be an issue (I want the supercharger kit). It's got a measly 125bhp, although it does rev a bit like a VTEC. I would like to get it on a RR to see how much power it has, although it's clearly less than the 'teg that was in front of me, as he would pull away when we accelerated at the same time.

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kiwifraser said:

Anyone else see anything stupid on the run this morning??????? (re: Kinky's post). I must have missed it at the back, as everyone looked safe and sound in front and behind me (Y2K, Identti, Pernod, MikeITR...).

I agree with you, although I was part of the same back markers as the rest of you.

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kiwifraser said:

y2blade said:

pernod said:

I was about to react... and then I remembered what Dizzie is driving - I fell for the stirring hook line and sinker! :-)

i got your back

dunno why i'm sticking up for you i bloody hate vauxhalls well no not entirely true i really like all the newer (non chav) ones

J

Next time you feel like being a bit of a chav , you would be welcome to have a drive in mine... Although its really a Holden, not a Vauxhall

As your son's top would testify! I still find it funny that you had to stop because he was choking on a quaver (not that that's funny in itself, just that he was so relaxed to eat them on a hoon!).

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kiwifraser said:

Just watch when he stuff the 7th quaver in a row in his mouth without actually chewing in between

john_r said:

Great run today guys - splendid cars and care well taken by all given the conditions!!

Good route too Robbie - my concerns about it being a series of A roads and potentially boring was completely unfounded.

Thanks John, it was partly Nathan's choice - he just showed me the roads and I chose the one's that I liked. I thought the plains may be all straights, but I thought the roads were fantastic, with a good variety of sweepers and altitude changes. The fact that you can see for miles ahead makes safe overtaking far easier to achieve too.

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y2blade said:

bmw2002 said:

Anyway, thats put a dampener on the day, fk it, off to watch some TV. Night all.

best of top gear on NOW!!!!

That's what I'm watching too. That RS6 and the paraskiing were both awesome - not sure which one I'd rather do.

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john_r said:

P'ah! New RS6's are positively whispering compared to some of the older ones...

(NOT that I'd ever drive it in a way that would make it noisy or detrimental to small roadside mammals... )

When you arrived at the meet location it sounded excellent John. Making good use of 1st gear I presume?

I can't help thinking the GTR won't sound quite as good, although you do now have the Tiv

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Kinky, are you sure these "respected SASers" were actually on the hoon and this isn't all just a bad joke that's backfired?

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I've removed the plates on these pics now:

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john_r said:

Robbie - YHM!

Don't seem to have got it?

Dizeee said:

I think we may have found our phantom complainent...
He looks a bit peeved...

He seemed to have a great time actually. He was in a Jag XK.

Edited by identti on Monday 26th January 18:27

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I kept up with (and using all of ) my 125bhp in a little hatch. More power would be welcome, but it's a lot of fun keeping up.

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tuscan_al said:

John D. said:

tuscan_al said:

Need JohnD to give me a lession in RS clio driving, as its totally different to the Tuscan, and I like the Tuscan more in the wet right now!

Just thrash the nuts off it. Keep the revs above 4k to make progress. Drive it on the nose. Remember the back end is quite lively on the brakes and throttle adjustable.

Will take it out for more of a play than i have been. And it will be used on the next run. The mixed tires front to rear dont help, exaltos on rear, budget on front

I think tyres make a huge difference to whether you get understeer in a front wheel drive, especially in the wet round tight bends. John really likes his Michelins - I think they're PS2s but I'm not 100%.