911 on crappiest car program ever
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urge to kill brendan coogan, rising.
must. fight. satan.
actually, i take that back: i reckon he probably hates himself more than we do. my reasoning is as follows:
1: hes northern.
2: his name is a weak derivation of a girls name.
3: hes northern.
4: his brother got all the talent in the family.
5: hes from the wrong part of the country.
Go on Brendan, kill yourself. unlike this bilge, it'd probably get a second series.
must. fight. satan.
actually, i take that back: i reckon he probably hates himself more than we do. my reasoning is as follows:
1: hes northern.
2: his name is a weak derivation of a girls name.
3: hes northern.
4: his brother got all the talent in the family.
5: hes from the wrong part of the country.
Go on Brendan, kill yourself. unlike this bilge, it'd probably get a second series.
1: hes northern.
2: his name is a weak derivation of a girls name.
3: hes northern.
4: his brother got all the talent in the family.
5: hes from the wrong part of the country.
Go on Brendan, kill yourself. unlike this bilge, it'd probably get a second series.
you,
I don't know,
some of them post on here,
when they haven't got their spelling hand, up a whippets bottom
FOR WARMTH
>> Edited by rich 36 on Tuesday 18th April 21:34
2: his name is a weak derivation of a girls name.
3: hes northern.
4: his brother got all the talent in the family.
5: hes from the wrong part of the country.
Go on Brendan, kill yourself. unlike this bilge, it'd probably get a second series.
you,
I don't know,
some of them post on here,
when they haven't got their spelling hand, up a whippets bottom
FOR WARMTH
>> Edited by rich 36 on Tuesday 18th April 21:34
which of the pillocks is Coogan? the yeti one?
looks like someone has taken the Top gear format, removed the chat as the presenters are all appalling and no one would appear as a guest, and then made a crapper version of their tests.
I have a strange affliction that makes me watch any car programme, no matter how crap, but judging cars by whether they are good for applying make up on bumpy roads is causing me to look very hard for a cure!
looks like someone has taken the Top gear format, removed the chat as the presenters are all appalling and no one would appear as a guest, and then made a crapper version of their tests.
I have a strange affliction that makes me watch any car programme, no matter how crap, but judging cars by whether they are good for applying make up on bumpy roads is causing me to look very hard for a cure!
Read a good comparitive test yesterday in Auto Motor und Sport between two new Audi A8s - one with ceramic brakes and the other without. In the dry, the ceramic equipped car stopped from 160kmh 4 metres shorter than the other car, and in the wet the ceramic brakes actually needed longer to bring the car to a standstill. The only clear benefit emerged when both cars were put through 20 repeated stops from 100kmh to 0kmh - here, the ceramic equipped car exhibited no fade or deterioration in performance, whilst the other car went from braking distances of 36 metres to 43metres.
So a one-off stop of 100mph to zero in a PCCB equipped 911 probably wouldn't tell you much, and I guess a 911 with standard brakes would perform equally well.
So a one-off stop of 100mph to zero in a PCCB equipped 911 probably wouldn't tell you much, and I guess a 911 with standard brakes would perform equally well.
colin5577 said:
In the dry, the ceramic equipped car stopped from 160kmh 4 metres shorter than the other car.
So a one-off stop of 100mph to zero in a PCCB equipped 911 probably would stop a few metres shorter. Per my original post I think the lack of ABS on the Caterham was a far bigger factor.
Caterham are the absolute, undisputed masters at sending poorly set up cars to the press. From what I can tell, it's handled by a sock-puppet. If a car is needed for a road-biased test they send a track car, if one is needed for a dry handling test they send a car on wet-tyres, if one is needed for a trip to Scotland in November they send an aeroscreen equipped car on semi-slicks without a heater or weather gear etc etc The Caterham tested probably didn't have uprated brakes or pads, and may not have had the optimal wheel/tyre combo. I've had a few Caterhams, and though Porsche make the best brakes on the market, I've never been outbraked by a Porsche behind the wheel of a Caterham, and the car's light weight mean that the brakes are effectively fade-free during sustained, hard use.
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