Boys and toys
Jan 1st 2004, 12:45 am
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Boys and toys
Hi all
Thought I would share this with you. My neighbour has just finished building the toy in the picture - and boy does it go! 0-100km's in 4.8 seconds! It certailnly gets a few heads looking when driving around
Steve
Thought I would share this with you. My neighbour has just finished building the toy in the picture - and boy does it go! 0-100km's in 4.8 seconds! It certailnly gets a few heads looking when driving around
Steve
Jan 1st 2004, 5:34 am
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Hey Steve is that the neighbour in the lovely Qlder on the left? How far did he take you in it for a test drive? 
Nice xmas pressie if you are into that sort of thing
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Nice xmas pressie if you are into that sort of thing
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Jan 1st 2004, 10:23 am
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Very nice Steve, the Bloke wants to know if its just a "toy" or if its going to be raced at all?
Jan 2nd 2004, 12:21 am
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Mrs D - yes the neighbour on my left as you look at the house. We drove along the coast up to the Port area and there was plenty of time to open it up and show me it can brake as fast as it can accelerate! The worst time was when he put his foot down coming up to a roundabout - how on earth we got to the other side I do not know!
Pollyana - yes he does want to race it. Not sure I would want to be anywhere near the vehicle when it is racing though!
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Pollyana - yes he does want to race it. Not sure I would want to be anywhere near the vehicle when it is racing though!
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Jan 2nd 2004, 12:34 am
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Saw a GBP20K kit car being put through the paces by The Stig on Top Gear the other night - did remarkably well and was seen as good a ride as a GBP150K car. Not good on car names though, did anyone see the same prog?
Jan 2nd 2004, 6:25 am
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Yeah i watched that too....was cool.It was a Westfield XTR kicking the Paggini Zonda's ass.That was filmed a couple of years ago too and its now been replaced with the slightly better handling XTR2...track day heaven.
the car on the piccy is a Caterham Seven,sold as kits in Caterham or built for you at Dartford outer London.They own the rights to the name Lotus 7 which is why they have a Lotus badge on them.That one comes with a Rover K series engine as in the Freelander petrol softroader.I think it still has the record for the fastest car from 0-100kms then back to 0.About 6 seconds if i remember right.
the car on the piccy is a Caterham Seven,sold as kits in Caterham or built for you at Dartford outer London.They own the rights to the name Lotus 7 which is why they have a Lotus badge on them.That one comes with a Rover K series engine as in the Freelander petrol softroader.I think it still has the record for the fastest car from 0-100kms then back to 0.About 6 seconds if i remember right.
Jan 2nd 2004, 6:47 am
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Steve, give us a shout if he takes out it to Queensland Raceway - I seem to spend most of my time watching people I've never heard of, driving round at break=neck speed. Be good to have someone to support for a change!!!
Jan 2nd 2004, 10:59 am
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Pollyana - I will try and find out where he intends racing! Did you notice the registration plate? His name is Eddie!
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Jan 3rd 2004, 3:22 am
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Originally posted by deedee
Yeah i watched that too....was cool.It was a Westfield XTR kicking the Paggini Zonda's ass.That was filmed a couple of years ago too and its now been replaced with the slightly better handling XTR2...track day heaven.
the car on the piccy is a Caterham Seven,sold as kits in Caterham or built for you at Dartford outer London.They own the rights to the name Lotus 7 which is why they have a Lotus badge on them.That one comes with a Rover K series engine as in the Freelander petrol softroader.I think it still has the record for the fastest car from 0-100kms then back to 0.About 6 seconds if i remember right.
Yeah i watched that too....was cool.It was a Westfield XTR kicking the Paggini Zonda's ass.That was filmed a couple of years ago too and its now been replaced with the slightly better handling XTR2...track day heaven.
the car on the piccy is a Caterham Seven,sold as kits in Caterham or built for you at Dartford outer London.They own the rights to the name Lotus 7 which is why they have a Lotus badge on them.That one comes with a Rover K series engine as in the Freelander petrol softroader.I think it still has the record for the fastest car from 0-100kms then back to 0.About 6 seconds if i remember right.
Jan 3rd 2004, 5:23 pm
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Always wanted to build a Caterham, I prefer them to the Westfield. Where did he get it??? Didn't realise Caterham had a presence in Oz. Did he import the kit or buy it locally???
Jan 5th 2004, 12:37 pm
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Hi cruisey
The car is a Lotus 7 [or a PRV?]- apparently very similar to the Caterham. Not sure where the bits came from, but if I find out will let you know.
Pollyana - the racing will not be at the Queensway Raceway - he was talking about some smaller tracks. I think the racing will not be as we know it - a load of cars trying to get over the line first. I think he wants to just do indivuidual time trial racing. This seems far more sensible to me!
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The car is a Lotus 7 [or a PRV?]- apparently very similar to the Caterham. Not sure where the bits came from, but if I find out will let you know.
Pollyana - the racing will not be at the Queensway Raceway - he was talking about some smaller tracks. I think the racing will not be as we know it - a load of cars trying to get over the line first. I think he wants to just do indivuidual time trial racing. This seems far more sensible to me!
Steve
Jan 5th 2004, 12:47 pm
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Hi Steve, Fair enough - wouldn't want to wreck a lovely car like that. Time trialing is good to watch, though often the tracks aren't open to spectators, and unfortunately for us they don't need many marshals!
