What's the daftest comment you've seen on Pistonheads..?

[fozzymandeus]

M3RMS said:

I don't buy this 150 mph majority thing.....

And this is coming from 147 indicated in a 997 C2S (on a private road of course). That car simply gobbled it up - but not without serious commitment and a significant clear gap.

My old M3's weren't a patch at that speed and when you get to the big numbers things start to slow down dramatically......so if you think your 200bhp family saloon is getting to 150mph anytime soon you've got another thing coming......

Anything north of 130 and you'll be accelerating through treacle......

Jim Rockford's '74 firebird would.

853 OKG. I want this plate.

[Vladimir]

I got to an indicated 149 (so probably just over 140) in my mk4 R32 in France on a HUGE long strip of very quiet Autoroute. Then a very slight bend came up as well as a slower car and that was it - backed off completely.

The car felt very stable, had a little bit in reserve but stuff was just flying past too quickly.

FIL did 165 in his F355 with me in it. My knuckles were bright white. Anything over 120 is just a bit silly.

[mackie1]

I did over 150 on a runway in my old Monaro, not that spectacular in that setting, on a road with curves and traffic it'd be a lot more interesting.

[bamberwell]

KrazyIvan said:

Justayellowbadge said:

KrazyIvan said:

What was the chaps name who tried to compare burning his thumb on the Iron to long standing member who pretty nearly burnt his whole face off. There was just no helping that bloke

Was that different to the bloke who was trying to justify 6 months or so off work on full pay because of a hurty finger?

Looks like it is

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

that whole thread is just pure gold, read the whole thread and it's full of genuine LaughOutLoud moments , need more like on PH these days

[pthelazyjourno]

Robscim said:

You're always welcome for a pax ride in mine. I'm near Gatwick so if you're ever in the area give me a shout (not for the next two weeks as I've just dropped it at Austec for a service and MOT).

And 195 is fairly rapid, but I've not been that fast in it so far!! I think I'd bottle it first!

Oh, I've always been a bit of a Lotus fan too!!

Cheers

Rob

Thank you! I'll take you up on that.

195 is something I don't want to see, however!!!! Christ I bet it would use some petrol at that speed...

The Elise is a laugh - it's a completely different way of driving from the TVR though. I can floor it in the first three gears and still be doing... what.. 90mph - I bet you'd be traveling at 140mph if you did similar!!!

Pros and cons, obviously. I rather like the fact I can really wring it out on a country road, without things getting too silly. I still have to back off or go on track as it is, I don't think I'd dare use the Cerbera most of the time. Although in your favour, unless it's a particularly windy or narrow road, you'd just need to sneeze and accidentally tap the throttle and I'd be a dot in the mirror!!

What engine is in yours? You just don't see them around these days. I see quite a few of the newer ones - T350s, Sagaris, or seem to see a lot of Chims around, just can't remember seeing a Cerbera anywhere outside of things like Goodward.

Looked at quite a few in the classifieds, but went for Lotus mainly because I wanted something narrower / smaller for b-road hoons. I find the width of lots of sportscars quite restrictive.

[GavinPearson]

The Dokic clan - JayDee and MrsD (Anna) managed to come up with some real gems when talking about disposing of assets of the estate of the late Jon Dokic.

[dvs_dave]

kiteless said:

pagejobe said:

At home with the aunty

Daft? Ill-advised?

Both.

Ah yes, the 17 yr old Medical Supplies Account Manager with a Maserati company car.

[Honestherbert]

M3RMS said:

I don't buy this 150 mph majority thing.....

And this is coming from 147 indicated in a 997 C2S (on a private road of course). That car simply gobbled it up - but not without serious commitment and a significant clear gap.

My old M3's weren't a patch at that speed and when you get to the big numbers things start to slow down dramatically......so if you think your 200bhp family saloon is getting to 150mph anytime soon you've got another thing coming......

Anything north of 130 and you'll be accelerating through treacle......

Try getting a car with more torque On private motorways my m3 would happily just sit at 150 but took a while to get there, my 200sx or r32 however will get there a hell of a lot quicker and pull much harder on the way due to both having a turbo.

A 200bhp family saloon will do 150mph, but it will take a while to get there and I agree after 130 you will be watching the needle creep!

[pthelazyjourno]

Honestherbert said:

Try getting a car with more torque On private motorways my m3 would happily just sit at 150 but took a while to get there, my 200sx or r32 however will get there a hell of a lot quicker and pull much harder on the way due to both having a turbo.

A 200bhp family saloon will do 150mph, but it will take a while to get there and I agree after 130 you will be watching the needle creep!

I think that's a big chunk of my point.

I've had a turbo'd car with 220bhp and never saw over 130mph (it was a Fiat, you wouldn't believe how many lights were flashing on the dash by then!!), my modified Elise I chickened out at somewhere north of 135mph, anything else I've owned has been in the 120s, but never above.

Back in the UK, and you'd be facing serious problems if you get caught at 150mph - it just takes too long for me to even consider it (I wouldn't have a moral issue with it particularly if the road is empty).

I also think there's a huge amount of people on PH who have no interest whatsoever in modern cars - either pottering around in unusual motors with old Rover V8s and little power, or old hot hatches, or like I say, MX5s.

There's also a lot of people who wouldn't consider doing 150mph, at least in the UK, because it's 80mph over the speed limit! That's a fking big number, and pretty anti-social.

Granted, I think there's a large group of people on PH who will have seen the other side of 150mph - but I reckon it's nowhere near the majority. Wouldn't be surprised if it's somewhere near 50/50.

[Honestherbert]

Ive not been on pistonheads long enough to know half the members, but I would hazard a guess you would be right!!

I personally cant see the point of having a fast car and not using it, however I know others dont share my views- hence the majority of porsches sitting at 60mph everywhere

I guess it comes down to the right time and the right place;) There are some out there who will take their car to the limits and beyond,others who won't. I personally get a buzz out of speed, and realise the risks of my choices should I get caught, but as I said there's a time and a place.

[pthelazyjourno]

Honestherbert said:

Ive not been on pistonheads long enough to know half the members, but I would hazard a guess you would be right!!

I personally cant see the point of having a fast car and not using it, however I know others dont share my views- hence the majority of porsches sitting at 60mph everywhere

I guess it comes down to the right time and the right place;) There are some out there who will take their car to the limits and beyond,others who won't. I personally get a buzz out of speed, and realise the risks of my choices should I get caught, but as I said there's a time and a place.

That makes sense.

I wouldn't mind it from a take your chances, pay the fine type angle - but 80mph over isn't just going to be a speeding ticket, I'd put good money on it being a dangerous driving charge and possible prison time.

That's something I wouldn't be willing to bend over and (possibly literally?) take!

Which as I mentioned above, is a big factor in me buying the Elise over something like a TVR. I know if I pushed a Tamora or T350 or Cerb in a similar manner, I'd be driving down B-roads at **serious** speeds.

I don't hang around as it is, and still find myself backing off, but as with you, I get a buzz out of pushing the car. Then again, I go on track or airfields as well, where I then find out I haven't been remotely near the car's limits!

It is nice being able to rev to 7000rpm in more than one gear, a lot more of the time.

Edited by pthelazyjourno on Tuesday 3rd April 06:30

[catman]

Honestherbert said:

Try getting a car with more torque On private motorways my m3 would happily just sit at 150 but took a while to get there, my 200sx or r32 however will get there a hell of a lot quicker and pull much harder on the way due to both having a turbo.

A 200bhp family saloon will do 150mph, but it will take a while to get there and I agree after 130 you will be watching the needle creep!

I thought that the R32 was normally aspirated. Or have you modified it?

Tim

[Trommel]

Skyline presumably.

[catman]

My bad, forgive me!

Tim

[Robscim]

pthelazyjourno said:

Thank you! I'll take you up on that.

195 is something I don't want to see, however!!!! Christ I bet it would use some petrol at that speed...

The Elise is a laugh - it's a completely different way of driving from the TVR though. I can floor it in the first three gears and still be doing... what.. 90mph - I bet you'd be traveling at 140mph if you did similar!!!

Pros and cons, obviously. I rather like the fact I can really wring it out on a country road, without things getting too silly. I still have to back off or go on track as it is, I don't think I'd dare use the Cerbera most of the time. Although in your favour, unless it's a particularly windy or narrow road, you'd just need to sneeze and accidentally tap the throttle and I'd be a dot in the mirror!!

What engine is in yours? You just don't see them around these days. I see quite a few of the newer ones - T350s, Sagaris, or seem to see a lot of Chims around, just can't remember seeing a Cerbera anywhere outside of things like Goodward.

Looked at quite a few in the classifieds, but went for Lotus mainly because I wanted something narrower / smaller for b-road hoons. I find the width of lots of sportscars quite restrictive.

Certainly, anytime.

I guess the Lotus has more opportunity to use all the power - in the Cerbera you only ever floor it under the right conditions. According to the book, it will do 104mph in second gear, but I would rather use more gears and less revs!!!

I have the 4.5AJP engine, and it's a peach of an engine. Goes like the clappers and whenever I pull away from a junction at normal speeds, I wonder why everyone else is holding back!!

The absolute speed isn't the issue, it's using the speed when the conditions allow. I'm happy to use the car's performance in the right place at the right time, but then I hate people driving past the local school when the kids are around at 30mph...

On track, it's easy to get the fuel consumption into single digits, but then I realise the car has far more performance than my driving has ability!!

Cheers

Rob

[RWD cossie wil]

150mph is not hard in a decent car or on a bike....

[R300will]

RWD cossie wil said:

150mph is not hard in a decent car or on a bike....

It is on most potholed roads down my way

[HustleRussell]

mrtwisty said:

The advice given to a poster who had put a couple of hundred millilitres of the (slightly) wrong grade of oil in his engine :

"Change the oil and filter, run it for a few miles, then do another oil and filter change immediately after just to be sure"

'Toxicnerve' and the double oil change! Was my first thought

300BHP/Ton has posted his fair share of dross on here... The super fast smart car springs to mind and his wildly inappropriate car recommendations.

This is just in another league though:

pagejobe said:

At home with the aunty

[RWD cossie wil]

R300will said:

It is on most potholed roads down my way

True, but it would be silly to attempt serious speed on the wrong roads, knowing your route is a major bonus if you are going to be driving that fast.. I do think however the days of a sunny bank holiday or Sunday spin are long,long gone. If you want to hoon, the early hours are the best time to do it, no one else around to come into conflict with.

The other point is that with decent power, 150 appears very easily, as opposed to wringing every last mph out of 200ish Bhp, my old 400Bhp Sapphire Cossie used to pull off the 170mph clock ( on 17" wheels, the gearing & final drive @7500rpm worked out to 175 mph ish) so easily it was scary.

[R300will]

RWD cossie wil said:

R300will said:

It is on most potholed roads down my way

True, but it would be silly to attempt serious speed on the wrong roads, knowing your route is a major bonus if you are going to be driving that fast.. I do think however the days of a sunny bank holiday or Sunday spin are long,long gone. If you want to hoon, the early hours are the best time to do it, no one else around to come into conflict with.

The other point is that with decent power, 150 appears very easily, as opposed to wringing every last mph out of 200ish Bhp, my old 400Bhp Sapphire Cossie used to pull off the 170mph clock ( on 17" wheels, the gearing & final drive @7500rpm worked out to 175 mph ish) so easily it was scary.

I should think it was! I agree with the early morning hoon though it certainly is the best time. Plus there is something nice about getting the sun rising on your right hand side as you slice down a B road.