Today, i test drove...

ah f*ck i hate the 206 cc there slow as s**te too!

i'd give it a go, which micra is this? i wanna laugh as it blasts off into orbit :)

Vamp - remember the Champion spark plugs and Jenna Jameson incidents...

That would be the Porsche GT3 - the lightweight RWD carbon filled turbo nutter one :)

Not really. It's a Porsche for a start. I'll always think of them as the car of nouveau riche yuppy nobs. Something around MX5 size and price with a reasonably powerful motor is what I reckon should be made.

douible declutching is when you press the cluitch to take it our of gear, then use the accelerator pedal to raise the revs and then press the clutch pedal again to syncronise the speeds of the gears to avoid the "crash" you get

this is still part of the hgv/psv test where you have to "accelerate using the gears until you have reached 3rd, then use the gears to slow you down and bring the vehicle to a halt" so you have to boot it in 1st, 2nd and 3rd and then you have to let the engine braking slow you down, match the revs and drop it into 2nd again, then wait till it slows down again and mash it into first to bring it to a halt and seeing as 1st in some vehicles equates to redlinning the engine while procceding at a sedate 4 mph, it's not as easy as you would think :)

Thats why i said the GT3 - the one that in the dry would've been quicker the Zonda and Konisburgdsjkneuifwdksmc thing :) It has none of your namby pamby aircon and crap :) It has carbon seats, probly not much bigger than an MX5 yet has a proper engine :) Also, none of the usual toffs would buy it, cos it doesn't have all the junk :)

na who'd be so stupid :)

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TVR Tamora? (although it's probably the price of two MX5s)

Mmmm. Yep. It's a nice car, despite the badge on the front. I'd probably have a VX220 over an Elise anyway as I imagine they're a fair bit cheaper second hand.

Yeah, but I doubt I can afford one (same goes for VX220). I could afford a cronkite old MX5 or MR2 but the hairdresser tag is too much :).

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Oh he wasn't messing arround. Just got stomped on. Once rolling, and on a straight line, a decent Saab 900 will piss on a turbo 2000, and keep up with a WRX.

BTW, which ones are the proper 2 door scoobs. Was hoping to replay today, when one of them was just in front of me just before the roundabout, but he turned off and went left instead of straight. Bugger.

Heh - but by then my GTi 180 would be in full swing and would've scampered away :)

I imagine a Ti would give it a much closer run for its money (the Gti 180 i mean) in a straight line, cos they have a low 0-60...

Hmmm. More likely he didn't really know how to drive his Scoob quick.

Unlikely. The WRX has 280bhp, and very short gearing.

The 22B. But they're not "proper" at all - they're special editions. Proper Scoobs are 4-door.

TI isn't much cop at the 0-60 dash. But once rolling, it'd prolly be a bit quicker. Ingear times are certainly quicker on the TI, and it's got more/quicker topend.

The 307 CC does though - the GTi180 lump is going into it shortly.

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Mmmmmm, 22B...drool

Oh, they're "proper" all right! Proper as in the ultimate fast road Scooby - built without WRC "restrictions" :-)

Your car's about 150BHP yeah?Your saying it can beat a 220bhp 4wd scooby?? Ahem

Surely not??

I think they're 180bhp aren't they? And the none-nutter scoobies are only just over 200bhp aren't they? In a straight line, once rolling, yea i'd say that was a fair bet, the Saab isn't losing a shed load in its transmission like the 4x4 scooby, and weighs a good deal less. I doubt it could live with a 280bhp WRX tho....