cars of 2006

Braun converted Dodge Grand Caravan with all the toys. And I bought it several days ago. Waiting 6 weeks for delivery now from the US! And the wheels, tyres etc...

Brera QV 4wd Maserati Quattroporte

"Burgerman" wrote in news:5OWjh.23408$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net:

You're really quite excited about this eh? ;-) I would be too mind you. :-) This is going to be the second longest six weeks of your life... :-)

What was the first?

3rd place. DJ Firehawk. Carbon tub, 300 odd kilos, 250bhp busa, air starter. Yes, I know it's a racing car, but this thing brought major league hi-tech to our little track. 2nd place. MGB GT V8 Fuel injected. One of my mates has built this over the last 5 years and now it's finished. Major achievement. Sounds lovely. 1st place. A thing called a Fisher Fury. This one is very special though. It was built with an optional lightened and lowered chassis, paper thin bodywork, bubble arches to take 8" wide 13" revolutions. And last but not least, it has a Hasyabusa engine in it. Only made such an effect on me because I had a go in it. This one was in the life changing experience category. 180bhp - 430kg.

Liked the Ford GT I took my son to see at the North East Motorshow.

Look closely at the pic below...I wouldn't be happy to pay £100k+ for a supercar that had the switch stalks straight out of a Ford Focus!

The other car is this one:-

I liked this one that much I bought it......

Sorry - never going to happen. Ever.

I could well imagine that. If you know what I mean :-)

Oh - and I got the weight of the Firehawk wrong. It's actually 262kg. Which, frankly, I struggle to comprehend.

You should try the bike!

Then try it with 3 or 400bhp and a turbo.

Then try it with 2 stages of nitrous to top things off.

That IS a life changing (and violent/addictive totally over the top and incomprehensible)

F430, rosso / crema / coupe. Love it.

Nissan 350z, drove it, loved it, comfy, quick, oversteer on demand.

W211 E class. Probably the best all round car in the world, so good I bought one. Then had it crashed into, one hour later.

Dry, no fuel, oil, driver etc?

262 Kg = 577lb (or 25lb over a quarter odf a ton so x by 4 = 2301lb?) 180bhp x 4 = approx 700 bhp per ton acording to my drunken maths so it should feel fast!

Bike with say 450bhp including turbo/nitrous (usually more is possible! because you can do that without nitrous! 5x 450 = 2250lb)

So say 450 lb bike or say 100 lb less than 1/4 ton. so x by five and you get

2250bhp per tone!

But its the same engine so if you did the same trick with the car motor (turbo/nitrous you get 450 x 4 = 1800 bhp per ton which is looking much livelier!

I dont suppose you could make one a) road legal b) wheelchair freindly???

No I thought not!

I will stick to my new import!

"Burgerman" wrote in news:o5Xjh.4779$Wy6.3703 @newsfe1-win.ntli.net:

Buggering about in hospital

Oh you mean 6 weeks in a coma! That both took forever and was timeless all at the same time.

I was just "elsewhere" and not understanding what was happening in the real world. Scary. Like a bad trip for over a month...

And even more scary when you do wake up and find you were in a coma and are now unable to move or speak (too many pipes and wires) and nobody tells you whats happening... Oh the fun!

"Burgerman" wrote in news:jaZjh.22821$ snipped-for-privacy@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net:

That's the bit. How long till you get the new wheels? :-)

1) Mazda RX8. Without a doubt. I'll have one eventually.

2) New Ford Mustang. A nice mix of classic lines and new.

3) 1976 Toyota Celica I saw on Ebay (pre-wedge shape one). Always liked that model.

Wassan air starter?

Wheels will be here in 3 days. tyres about 4 days. Van is expected to clear customs about 6th to 8th jan... The wheels will be here and placed carefully in position on the drive waiting... They may not fit though because I am guestimating and going up 1.5 inches diameter as well as from 215 to 255! We will see.

Bottle of compressed air powers a rotor which is plugged into the engine which cranks the engine. It is then removed. After all, a starter must weigh a couple of kilos...

What cracks me up about the driver of that car, is that despite all the technology, the huge entourage with matching overalls and the shiny red paintwork, he still wasn't the fastest man on the track this year. (c:

:-) Is as much as I am allowed to say.