Talking of reckless driving, Bodie's Ford Capri 3.0S is up for auction:
https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/a...5-b051011f8c3d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRwfAAEBbWk
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Talking of reckless driving, Bodie's Ford Capri 3.0S is up for auction:
https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/a...5-b051011f8c3d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRwfAAEBbWk
The V6 Capris are not on my 'want' list. Heavy engine up front and light back end add up to understeer or oversteer in all the wrong places. Even more iffy in the wet!
young guy passed his test then about 30 mins later is nicked doing 120... whats wrong with these idiots
massive torque steer too. But this was Bodie's one. Expected to fetch £200K.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Rob, get a Tesla, people hate following them especially if you put them onto cruise control (not auto-pilot). You just steer and the Tesla goes along at the speed of the car in front, and maintains a set safe braking distance, or at the road speed limit. As it adjusts for road inclines/declines and car in front and speed limit it uses regen braking as much as possible, the brake lights are regularly on and off, it airs on the side of caution, it will brake fully if the car slows in front, you never need to actually use the brake pedal unless you want to. So the following driver is not sure what to do, and so far I have not had one tail gator, not for very long anyway, maybe 200m max.Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffin
200k:lol: with all the handling of a land yacht:eek:.....a fool and his money.....
I suppose if you are loaded then buying a car for £200k is expected of you or risk ridicule from your "friends" and colleagues. I have watched a few of The Supercar Showroom programmes where they sell supercars and the bait to reel them in is that they can drive any car as fast as they can in a straight line on a runway as the showroom is on the same site a small airport/landing strip:scratch:
Ok, so it could give you an idea of what the car is like but are you going to do that on a motorway or A road.
Not really on point but there's a guy around here who drives a tweaked ford of some description and specialises in 2am blasts and constantly decelerating. They are called 'burble remaps' which will creates a 21 gun salute on the overrun in all driving conditions. However a lot of supercars can sound like that if they try.
my hyundai does this too. i use it all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by AJSki2fly
I am afraid a Tesla is way out of my price range...but constantly hitting the brake pedal....now there's an idea:eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by AJSki2fly
I'm going to be a smartarse here and suggest that torque steer only afflicts cars where the steering axle and the powered axle are the same. So front wheel drive only. The Capri was rear wheel drive. Of course I might be wrong, bikes were more my thing.
I used to have a Golf GTi that suffered with this when accelerating hard. Added to the fun :D
Capri prices have gone mental. And that one of Bodie's isn't even the 2.8 injection. Looks like a 2 litre S to me, same as my mates, and is the first car I ever drove. My mate must have been on drugs to let me do that.
Edit: just noticed the Bodiemobile is a 3 litre S. A bit pokier and desirable than the 2.
Where do you get 200k from a Tesla M3 is around £50k now and Model Y about 55k. By the way they handle pretty good for a family saloon, and are very safe, check out the world wide safety ratings for a Model 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffin
I have owned a variety of well handling and not so well handling sports cars but no more sadly. A rebuilt and heavily modded Mini Cooper(1150cc rally tuned), Porsches(911sc 911c4, 924, 944), TVR(S3 and Griffith(also sprint raced)), Morgans(fast and fun but like steering a pram at high speed, interesting at times) Mazda MX5, Toyota MR2(I hill climbed and sprint raced it), a couple of famous red cars, a Testarossa is difficult to stop from high speed(interesting around Donnington), a 365 Spyder was the best handling, fastest and most fun. Not quite true the modified Toyota mk1 mr2 was lowered, heavily lightened, updated brakes, and tuned, it was like a go kart, and out cornered and out braked all the aforementioned.
Tailgaters always seem to appear along twisting country lanes. They may know the road but I don't necessarily, so I will look for a place where I can pull over and let them have the road. Often these places are few and far between, much to the annoyance of the tailgater, who then starts flashing his/her lights.Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffin
No you're absolutely right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
I used to work with a lad who, not long after passing his driving test, boasted about how fast a driver he was. Like that was something to be proud of. Thing is, he was convinced he was faster than most on the road as he was always in front :scratch: I struggled to make him understand the flaw in his logic.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
My Alfa 33 was the same. A hoot!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
LSD is the answer! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
in general, oversteer is, or was a common issue with rear drives, although you could get it on a fwd too, jjust much more difficult. obviously the reverse is or was for understeer. in all cases your going too fast for the car's grip at time. its nice to practice both in a quiet wide section of rd in snow. it will get you used to the feeling and how to avoid catastrophe.
most cars now have systems to stop you doing this by accident now.
My comment related to the price for the Capri. I have no idea what a Tesla costs but I know it would be out of my price range:).Quote:
Originally Posted by AJSki2fly
My neighbour has a top of the range Polestar. All £65K's worth.
I had a Renault Clio Cup 172 in the mid 2000s and that was pretty lively when floored and had a bit of torque steer. I then had a Megane and then traded down to a more sedate Ciio 1.2 Turbo which had a bit of turbo lag so I had it remapped. Once remapped it was a much more fun and far more comfortable car that the Cup and it was great fun. A real wolf in sheep's clothing. Only got rid of it earlier this year. I now have one these DGI - Turbo affairs. Direct injection is a real revelation and such fun.
I have driven that road for the last 47 years and I know every part of it intimately:eyebrows: but I understand what you are saying. We were in Somerset the other week and the last time I was there was 20 years ago. I got the tailgate treatment there from white van man and others colours of van too. I just stick to what I feel is safe in the circumstances and hope they have a heart attack as they get frustrated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Now you're absolutely right! Err... what was the question? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I speak from experience when I say LSD is not the answer but it does generate a lot of new questions.
But it is. And here are the answers to the questions! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Macca
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-ne...p-differential
Oh. Car stuff. What a bummer :(Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Agreed!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
I knew somebody would trip on that point :).
I used to get really wound up by tailgaters, but i now try to adopt the same state of mind as yourself - much better for my health :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Puffin
It seems to me that in the last 10 years the amount of aggression on the roads has increased immensely and the overall standard of driving is poor. I wonder if those who weren't around when your first car went about as fast as a lame mule have too much power under their foot and assistance gadgets that can do most things apart from stop them driving like a dick:DQuote:
Originally Posted by guy
I would agree, both with the increase in aggression and the lack of courtesy.
I reckon there are three causes of bad driving these days among the younger drivers:
1. Police reliance on speed cameras does not pick up on the wider issue of aggressive driving - I often see drivers going like a bat out of hell between the speed cameras because they know where they are sited. And most times their phones or sat navs will warn them of nearby mobile speed traps.
2. "Risk compensation" is a thing - people may take more risks in safer cars. Replace the steering wheel airbag with a giant steel spike and see how they drive then.
3. Young drivers are dicks, Especially when their mates are in the car with them.
I forgot to mention wearing a baseball cap when driving.
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About a week ago I was taking it easy driving along in a 20 mph zone and an impatient git behind me in a big Porsche Cayenne decided to blast past me at about 55 mph............................ straight into a mobile speed camera trap! (I knew it was there :lol:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Nice when things work out :)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
One good thing that has become more common in recent years are unmarked police cars... I would love that job, I would show no mercy.
Although I wouldn't be in that job long before I'd be facing accusations of 'profiling'. Because I already know who the dickhead drivers are before they do anything - just a matter of following them until they do what they do best :)
Around here some of the more aggressive drivers are women in Chelsea tractors - i think being high up and surrounded by airbags gives them a sense of invincibility, and never mind the plebs
Don't worry Guy, they're on my list :)
around here its more likely to be the woman in dyed blonde hair and driving a bmw or merc, or convertible sports car, folowed by the attitude that they must be given freedom of roadQuote:
Originally Posted by guy
And most of them don't even need airbags, what with the botox and other 'enhancements'.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
that filler gets everywhere:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Driving a 4x4 does give you a greater sense of command and security.
Being higher up, it is easier to see what is coming at road junctions and at roundabouts.
Oh that is priceless! :lol: (why don't we have a wanker emoji!)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
like this ??? :wanker: :eyebrows:
Nah leave the airbag where it is and put it where the heated seat element is:eek: I once read a legal manual relating to the worst personal injury claims made. The highest paid out was to a surgeon that whilst performing an operation had the stool he was sitting on collapse and the spike that held the seat went up his rectum! Miraculously he survived:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
as it was london, geoff could have shouted 'up your arris':D
I know I'm on meds for high blood pressure, but but 83/49 on the monitor seems very low. Wonder if I'll conk out? :scratch:
A bit low that Geoff. Check machine is working right. But if it stays around there you need to see clinician pronto.
Hadn't felt good for a few days, but seem rather better today. BP just now 107/75, should be OK now (I hope :)).
maybe get seen.. your meds might need adjusting.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
No - it's still too low. Get yourself checked out Geoff, as Grant says, your doc may want to adjust your meds.
I'm on Ramipril for high blood pressure, but I occasionally check my BP with a meter. Last time I checked, two days ago, the reading was 127/75 with a heart rate of 74 bpm. I'm happy with that - think 130/80 is acceptable for someone of my age.
mine is 175/85 currently lol. due to have tablets tho so see what it is after