Unexpected "wins"
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Jasandjules said:
Mrcarfan832 said:
A while ago I had a traffic light Grand Prix with an 07-plate BMW M5. I was in a '91 Peugeot 205 1.4 XS.
Just so you know, only one of you was in the race.......My most "unexpected" encounter was when I was in the Chimaera and an XR3i Cabrio pulled up alongside. As the lights went amber, he looked at me. As the lights went green, he was still sat there looking at me, and when I pulled away nice and slowly he just watched. So I guess he was interested in the noise etc...rather than wanting a race.
Jasandjules said:
Mrcarfan832 said:
A while ago I had a traffic light Grand Prix with an 07-plate BMW M5. I was in a '91 Peugeot 205 1.4 XS.
Just so you know, only one of you was in the race.......My most "unexpected" encounter was when I was in the Chimaera and an XR3i Cabrio pulled up alongside. As the lights went amber, he looked at me. As the lights went green, he was still sat there looking at me, and when I pulled away nice and slowly he just watched. So I guess he was interested in the noise etc...rather than wanting a race.
he wasnt intersted in the noise of the car, he had picked up on the obvious signals and was interested in you . . . . HTHMrcarfan832 said:
A while ago I had a traffic light Grand Prix with an 07-plate BMW M5. I was in a '91 Peugeot 205 1.4 XS.
Considering there was a £30k difference between the value of our cars, I was pleasantly suprised to find that he got to the next set of lights, about 300 metres away, just 3 seconds before me. The look on his face in his side mirror was a picture. Was his marginal extra performance really worth £30k more?
well that very much depends on whether you're judging the car on its overall ability, rather than the narrow experience you had there.Considering there was a £30k difference between the value of our cars, I was pleasantly suprised to find that he got to the next set of lights, about 300 metres away, just 3 seconds before me. The look on his face in his side mirror was a picture. Was his marginal extra performance really worth £30k more?
Mrcarfan832 said:
So it got me thinking, has anyone else suprised much more supposedly 'powerful' machinery around town?
My Charade GTxx which was just north of 200hp/tonne would regularly surprise people in far more expensive machinery, doesn't mean it was the "better" car. Fun though 
I wonder does the OP realise that a lot of people buy a car for reasons other than pure performance?
Like, for example, an M5 is a pretty nice place to pass the time at whatever speed you happen to be doing. Also you have no idea of the guy driving the M5's wealth, to him the M5 could be more "affordable" relatively speaking than your XS is to you?
I wonder as well why you choose a race "in town" where the 30mph speed limit, frequent traffic lights and potential for a serious accident make any kind of "racing" just plain stupid. (remember that should either of you had to perform an emergency stop or swerve around something, the M5 would have had a massive (and electronically backed up) margin of safety that you did not have when raggin-the-tits off your car.......)
Like, for example, an M5 is a pretty nice place to pass the time at whatever speed you happen to be doing. Also you have no idea of the guy driving the M5's wealth, to him the M5 could be more "affordable" relatively speaking than your XS is to you?
I wonder as well why you choose a race "in town" where the 30mph speed limit, frequent traffic lights and potential for a serious accident make any kind of "racing" just plain stupid. (remember that should either of you had to perform an emergency stop or swerve around something, the M5 would have had a massive (and electronically backed up) margin of safety that you did not have when raggin-the-tits off your car.......)
J4CKO said:
Sometimes when I ride down the side of the runway at Manchester airport on my Specialized Allez "Elite", I am continually amazed how I get the drop on a 300 million pound airliner, for those first few feet I am in front, imagine how surprised that Emirates pilot is when his porky barge is kept up with, to nearly 20 mph by an overweight, middle aged, cyclist, how gutted he must be, I just need to work on the take off bit.
See that plane should of been on a conveyor belt
Mrcarfan832 said:
A while ago I had a traffic light Grand Prix with an 07-plate BMW M5. I was in a '91 Peugeot 205 1.4 XS.
Considering there was a £30k difference between the value of our cars, I was pleasantly suprised to find that he got to the next set of lights, about 300 metres away, just 3 seconds before me. The look on his face in his side mirror was a picture. Was his marginal extra performance really worth £30k more?
So it got me thinking, has anyone else suprised much more supposedly 'powerful' machinery around town?
This post reaks of the attitude of envy Considering there was a £30k difference between the value of our cars, I was pleasantly suprised to find that he got to the next set of lights, about 300 metres away, just 3 seconds before me. The look on his face in his side mirror was a picture. Was his marginal extra performance really worth £30k more?
So it got me thinking, has anyone else suprised much more supposedly 'powerful' machinery around town?
He has a better car than you, it's faster and he has more money than you. Face it!
Probably has more friends too.
When I used to drive around the UK in my 993 Turbo, usually pre occupied about work, or fed up with high gas prices or chav scum aruond, ocassionally I'd get a glimpse of some hot hatch s
t heap next too me, some kid with shaved short hair and reversed base ball cap with some innane grin on his face- I usually guessed that it was someone like yourself who's claiming victory and I'd made their day without even realising they were racing me. If it brings them joy- then fine, but to come to a thread with the attitude of envy...please 
Mrcarfan832 said:
A while ago I had a traffic light Grand Prix with an 07-plate BMW M5. I was in a '91 Peugeot 205 1.4 XS.
Considering there was a £30k difference between the value of our cars, I was pleasantly suprised to find that he got to the next set of lights, about 300 metres away, just 3 seconds before me. The look on his face in his side mirror was a picture. Was his marginal extra performance really worth £30k more?
So it got me thinking, has anyone else suprised much more supposedly 'powerful' machinery around town?
Is this you?Considering there was a £30k difference between the value of our cars, I was pleasantly suprised to find that he got to the next set of lights, about 300 metres away, just 3 seconds before me. The look on his face in his side mirror was a picture. Was his marginal extra performance really worth £30k more?
So it got me thinking, has anyone else suprised much more supposedly 'powerful' machinery around town?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntlsZBcVP5s
denniswise9 said:
Foglights take power away from the engine.Duuuhhh.
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