Discussion
Is there a big difference between Griffs and Chimaera aerodynamically? I do a lot motorway driving in Europe and can sit perfectly happily at 120+ without any feelings of car changing lanes or going light. Main problem is noise! Are Griffs more unstable, as is seems to be Griff owners that report this. Or is more down to individual car setup?
112 in an Astramax non-turbo diesel van, two-up and with 1/2 ton mobile X-ray in the back. Took off on a hummock on the A69, just stayed on the road, the X-ray left its outline in the side panel of the van...!
125 in a Renault 25GTX on the A42, with a load of Asians in a Fiat Punto trying to get past. Eventually they undertook some lorries and went up the hard shoulder at 120+.
(See, speed isn't the problem, it's driving like a twat that does it.... ;-)
TVR...er...er...er.... 145 indicated in the 390, but the speedo's about as accurate as my daughter's prediction that she would get an A at A-level French (she got a D), however it was still pulling strongly and would've gone faster if the Cerbera in front of me had got out of the way. Hang on while I push my nose back in.... All this was, of course, through the S bends on Croft circuit, officer. I had to undertake a turbo Esprit and 2 Subaru WRX Jap imports to do it though.
Rather rapid in Mr. Vince's Cerbie IN THE WET in Scotland, I was too bust estimating which bit of scenery I fancied being part of to look at the speedo.
Horrendously fast up the A19 in a Cerbera belonging to a guy I met in a car park who offered to take me for a spin. Then I found out he'd only had it 2 days....
Ian
125 in a Renault 25GTX on the A42, with a load of Asians in a Fiat Punto trying to get past. Eventually they undertook some lorries and went up the hard shoulder at 120+.
(See, speed isn't the problem, it's driving like a twat that does it.... ;-)
TVR...er...er...er.... 145 indicated in the 390, but the speedo's about as accurate as my daughter's prediction that she would get an A at A-level French (she got a D), however it was still pulling strongly and would've gone faster if the Cerbera in front of me had got out of the way. Hang on while I push my nose back in.... All this was, of course, through the S bends on Croft circuit, officer. I had to undertake a turbo Esprit and 2 Subaru WRX Jap imports to do it though.
Rather rapid in Mr. Vince's Cerbie IN THE WET in Scotland, I was too bust estimating which bit of scenery I fancied being part of to look at the speedo.
Horrendously fast up the A19 in a Cerbera belonging to a guy I met in a car park who offered to take me for a spin. Then I found out he'd only had it 2 days....
Ian
As a small aside to the topic, has anyone ever gone faster than the manufacturer's top speed...? I'll start the ball rolling with an indicated 100mph on the speedo in Cheeky Cinquecento (supposedly does 82 or something) - speedo was calibrated against GPS and read 7% over all the way up, so prolly 93mph, still not bad. This was downhill
Best of all was on the way back from the Nurburgring 4-up plus luggage in the Golf ('96 2.0 GTI) hit the rev limiter in top on a long downhiller that I think was just inside the belgian border. 6200rpm at 22.9mph/1000rpm final drive makes 141.98
We were late for the SeaCat after my brother navigated us round in a circle for 1hr. Ended up EXACTLY where we started off - dozy git...! 
Best of all was on the way back from the Nurburgring 4-up plus luggage in the Golf ('96 2.0 GTI) hit the rev limiter in top on a long downhiller that I think was just inside the belgian border. 6200rpm at 22.9mph/1000rpm final drive makes 141.98
We were late for the SeaCat after my brother navigated us round in a circle for 1hr. Ended up EXACTLY where we started off - dozy git...! 
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