Seen it all now !

[mrsd]

Above Hathersage this afternoon: Blasting along on the Triumph (trying to ignore the blowing exhaust ) when I came up behind an apparently standard (apart from big wheels) Seat Ibiza absolutelynopowerwhatsoever chasing a 360 and keeping up with it I know a well driven shopping trolley will keep up with many a faster car on a tight and twisty road, but this road's got some long straights, where the 360 was pulling away and the Ibeefa was still catching him in the corners !!!

Y922 *#$, if you're reading this I'm impressed

[Psychobert]

Missed that.. Passed through thereabouts about 4.30ish I think..

I'll keep an eye open and avoid that car if I see it.. the max muppet crowd were out in force today in Sheffield, but most of them are incapable of driving, let alone driving at speed..

[mrsd]

No bloody kidding Psychobert, The M** P**** bunch drive me bananas - 'Didn't see you there !' - On my bright yellow 'bike, with the lights on
Must be your blacked out windows you tw@. Either that or the drum&bass at 130dB has liquified your brain.
I zipped past a gunmetal TVR err-one of the late 80s ones- by the Fox (above Hathersage) was this you ?

[DanH]

Was it an Ibiza Cupra R jobbie. One of those comes on the Elise runs and has no trouble keeping up. Also 360s are hard to drive at their limit and don't inspire driver confidence.

[AllTorque]

I've found in the Griff that I don't seem to like pushing it in the corners too much as it is my "pride and joy". If you've saved up for ages for something, you don't want to write it off for the sake of a dumbass escapade. The Seat had nothing to lose!

[apache]

AllTorque said: I've found in the Griff that I don't seem to like pushing it in the corners too much as it is my "pride and joy". If you've saved up for ages for something, you don't want to write it off for the sake of a dumbass escapade. The Seat had nothing to lose!

if your Griff is set up ok it will handle the bends and stick to the road just fine, try it ' slow in fast out' you have to be doing a lot of things wrong before it all goes pear shaped. Bumpy twisty country roads however are not the cars happiest playground

[scruffy]

apache said:Bumpy country roads however are not the cars happiest playground

I dunno, a quick enough run up can have you over most pot holes, as long as the exhaust is secure..

Slow in fast out is good though - even on your er, did you say you had a yellow trump mrs d?... splendid..

[shnozz]

mrsd said:
I zipped past a gunmetal TVR err-one of the late 80s ones- by the Fox (above Hathersage) was this you ?

did it look like the one on the left ?

[Psychobert]

mrsd said: No bloody kidding Psychobert, The M** P**** bunch drive me bananas - 'Didn't see you there !' - On my bright yellow 'bike, with the lights on
Must be your blacked out windows you tw@. Either that or the drum&bass at 130dB has liquified your brain.
I zipped past a gunmetal TVR err-one of the late 80s ones- by the Fox (above Hathersage) was this you ?

Yes, pretty sure that was me.. A few bikes were around and about, but certainly do remember one making swifter progress than I about there..

Thanks for the pic Shnozz; while i had both headlamp surrounds..

[mrsd]

Scruffy, manky old yellow Triumph currently in use in lieu of the Duke. Looks tatty, shifts like a scalded cat
Dan, nope def. a standard Ibiza 1.err, unless there was something under the bonnet unheralded from the outside.
Psychobert, think it may well have been you. Zoom zoom

[roop]

The Ibiza Cupra 1.8T's can be chipped and rolling road'ed to 260+bhp for about £450. Easy and cheap performance, could have been one of these...

[mrsd]

So the MaxMuppets are right a chip tune can make a (relatively) humble shopping trolley quicker than a Ferrari ??? Still don't think it was a Cupra though - wouldn't that have a bodykit, tinted windows and writing

[cockers]

Controversial suggestion here, but it could simply have been a good driver out enjoying himself on a good road.

[mrsd]

I'm sure that's it cocker. It's just sad that a car of the capabilities of the 360 was being driven so conservatively on a beautiful day, on a great road.
(wasn't you, in the Ibiza, was it ???)

[moleamol]

mrsd said: So the MaxMuppets are right a chip tune can make a (relatively) humble shopping trolley quicker than a Ferrari ??? Still don't think it was a Cupra though - wouldn't that have a bodykit, tinted windows and writing

Well on a turbo car a chip can be used to increase the performance. The manufacturers usually set the boost very low to safeguard the engine. An increase in boost means an increase in power. How much extra boost a car can take depends on the engine. Jap turbos like a GTIR can usually be pushed from 220bhp up to about 300bhp with a better air filter, exhaust and boost increase. Some of them melt, some don't, which is why Nissan only set the boost at 0.8 bar

[nubbin]

Which road was this, mrsd? Sounds like one to try out! Quick burn over to Snake Pass, then whip down past the reservoir, and.... oh, it's probably that road....


>> Edited by nubbin on Monday 24th March 13:12

[mrsd]

Any of the roads above Hathersage are well worth a blast. The Hathersage-Sheffield road (A625) is a personal favourite, but they're all lightly policed and combine tight corners with long long straights. Best experienced before 10AM at the weekend as the laybys fill up and it gets a bit scary ! Surprise view (last 90 degree left before you drop into H/sage) has so much paint on the walls it would be better called Surprise Corner IMHO. Great for getting your knee down though. Fox House pub often has a good selection of performance machinery in the car park of a hot Sunday afternoon.
My route is out of Matlock, along the A6 to the Via Gellia, back onto the A6,turn off at Rowsley, through Chatsworth (hopefully not behind a caravan) into Calver, stopping at Calver Craft Centre for coffee and cake (ok, I'm too old) then right at the lights, through Grindleford and up onto the moors. So wave if you see me

[Nobber]

It may have been one of our memeber from www.seatcupra.net. His name is Brembo Bill and his Ibiza is a little special.

There has been a post on our forum regarding this post so I am sure he will tell you what it hides under the bonnet!

Good to see it was doing what it was tuned for though. Showing those ferrari boys a thing or two!

[mrsd]

Red Ibiza, no obvious external mods ?

[Nobber]

Nah his is freekin Yella!