What car - goes like a scalded cat? (That's you've been in)
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vtecyo said:
WD39 said:
My old Corsa SRi 1.8.
Never failed to surprise me. Ferocious acceleration, bags of torque.
That was in my boy racer days, now I get honked and flashed for observing speed limits.
How times change, but fond memories of 'Kevin'.
Is that a serious response?Never failed to surprise me. Ferocious acceleration, bags of torque.
That was in my boy racer days, now I get honked and flashed for observing speed limits.
How times change, but fond memories of 'Kevin'.
WD39 said:
vtecyo said:
WD39 said:
My old Corsa SRi 1.8.
Never failed to surprise me. Ferocious acceleration, bags of torque.
That was in my boy racer days, now I get honked and flashed for observing speed limits.
How times change, but fond memories of 'Kevin'.
Is that a serious response?Never failed to surprise me. Ferocious acceleration, bags of torque.
That was in my boy racer days, now I get honked and flashed for observing speed limits.
How times change, but fond memories of 'Kevin'.
J4CKO said:
k-ink said:
J4CKO said:
I still find my CLS to be pretty vigorous, the 350Z was brisk but this feels a lot quicker, next one will be a CLS63
What model do you have? I had the 500. I bought it to be smooth and quiet, but it was surprisingly rapid. I guess the wall of torque does that.Didn't they put this engine in the C lass and CLK for a short while too? They must shift! No need to go AMG really.
Driven - Jag XF-RS 550bhp. Awesome noise and the alarming habit of wheelspining at 90mph+.
Really very quick indeed. If I found £50k I'd have one.
Owned - Saab 9-5 Aero Stage 1.275bhp / 300lb/ft. It's a Saab thing, the numbers don't do the shove justice. Genuinely fast car from 30-100mph.
Been in - Revo Stage 4 Golf R - around Silverstone driven by PH's JD. A good driver in a Very, very quick car. Didn't feel as quick as it actually was. Nothing got near it on the straights and the brakes can make your eyeballs ache.
Really very quick indeed. If I found £50k I'd have one.
Owned - Saab 9-5 Aero Stage 1.275bhp / 300lb/ft. It's a Saab thing, the numbers don't do the shove justice. Genuinely fast car from 30-100mph.
Been in - Revo Stage 4 Golf R - around Silverstone driven by PH's JD. A good driver in a Very, very quick car. Didn't feel as quick as it actually was. Nothing got near it on the straights and the brakes can make your eyeballs ache.
crofty1984 said:
Fisher Fury Fireblade. Only had 130bhp but it weighed 480kg and revved to 12,000rpm!
Definitely. I had a go in an M5 the other week, which felt like you were being warp-driven towards the horizon, but in my old Megablade the throttle response was so much more instant and violent - it felt more like being fired out of a cannon.Its the "goes like a scalded cat" specific that baffles me about some suggestions, big fast German metal goes like the Starship Enterprise, not a burnt cat. Super Cars are like Fighter Jets off Carriers, not like boiled moggy etc...
Proper Scalded cat cars are lightweights with ludicrous engines, a Bike engined 7 or similar kit, bonkers hillclimb special or single seater is the only thing that gives the bug eyed- "OhHollyCrapTheyJustTriedToCookMyArse!" experience, its not just the acceleration but the noise, open cockpit, smell and taste in your mouth/sh*t in your pants sensation light, overpowered cars give.
I've seen non-car people be pretty calm in a 4-5second to 60 saloon, but put them in a similarly quick lightweight with their arse 2" from the road, no windscreen and an exhaust a foot from their ear and launch it down a country lane with bees bouncing off their forehead and they think its like being fired from a cannon.
I've not yet seen a roofed/normal car that gives that- perhaps a top fuel funny car?
Proper Scalded cat cars are lightweights with ludicrous engines, a Bike engined 7 or similar kit, bonkers hillclimb special or single seater is the only thing that gives the bug eyed- "OhHollyCrapTheyJustTriedToCookMyArse!" experience, its not just the acceleration but the noise, open cockpit, smell and taste in your mouth/sh*t in your pants sensation light, overpowered cars give.
I've seen non-car people be pretty calm in a 4-5second to 60 saloon, but put them in a similarly quick lightweight with their arse 2" from the road, no windscreen and an exhaust a foot from their ear and launch it down a country lane with bees bouncing off their forehead and they think its like being fired from a cannon.
I've not yet seen a roofed/normal car that gives that- perhaps a top fuel funny car?
k-ink said:
J4CKO said:
k-ink said:
J4CKO said:
I still find my CLS to be pretty vigorous, the 350Z was brisk but this feels a lot quicker, next one will be a CLS63
What model do you have? I had the 500. I bought it to be smooth and quiet, but it was surprisingly rapid. I guess the wall of torque does that.Didn't they put this engine in the C lass and CLK for a short while too? They must shift! No need to go AMG really.
This thread alerted me to its existence, if RS6 owners are astonished by how quick it is then its probably fairly rapid was my thinking, especially for the money, and its a rather nice car as well, got to work within my means, which for another couple of years are limited by kids !
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=111...
Would love to try the CLS AMG versions though, but part of me thinks it may be the law of diminishing returns, another 80 bhp for the 55, more complexity, the cars are older and more expensive, probably in a lot of cases had a harder life, dearer brakes and stuff and realistically, how much quicker is it and if it is, how much quicker do I need to go, to be hones the CLS is more of a fast cruiser, it isnt a sports car
Edited by J4CKO on Friday 1st July 14:12
k-ink said:
blueb10 said:
I know its hardly the fastest thing compared to others but, w220 s500 Mercedes from a standstill, box in sport and foot to the floor, always makes me smile that something this large and heavy can accelerate so (relatively) quickly.
I used to think my Soarer was 'quick' until moving onto a V12TT S600 W220, so 5.5 litres of displacement and relatively small turbos, resulting in an engine that can spam 700+ftlb at 2300RPM, and in comparison to the Toyota's 2.5 engine, its bonkers. Even when the power difference was only 100BHP between the Soarer and S600 the Merc felt far quicker despite the BHP/Ton being similar.
J4CKO said:
scubadude said:
Its the "goes like a scalded cat"
Need some new ones, maybe include dogs ?"Singed Whippet"
"Immolated Maine Coon"
"Burnt Persian"
"Toasted Tabby"
"Charred Cheetah"
"Scorched Pussy"
"Seared Siamese"
Petrified Piston Head.
Alarmed Audi.
Bejiggered BMW
Terrified ten ton truck.
Horrified Honda.
s m said:
WD39 said:
vtecyo said:
WD39 said:
My old Corsa SRi 1.8.
Never failed to surprise me. Ferocious acceleration, bags of torque.
That was in my boy racer days, now I get honked and flashed for observing speed limits.
How times change, but fond memories of 'Kevin'.
Is that a serious response?Never failed to surprise me. Ferocious acceleration, bags of torque.
That was in my boy racer days, now I get honked and flashed for observing speed limits.
How times change, but fond memories of 'Kevin'.
WD39 said:
s m said:
WD39 said:
vtecyo said:
WD39 said:
My old Corsa SRi 1.8.
Never failed to surprise me. Ferocious acceleration, bags of torque.
That was in my boy racer days, now I get honked and flashed for observing speed limits.
How times change, but fond memories of 'Kevin'.
Is that a serious response?Never failed to surprise me. Ferocious acceleration, bags of torque.
That was in my boy racer days, now I get honked and flashed for observing speed limits.
How times change, but fond memories of 'Kevin'.
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