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most powerful thing you've ever driven??

Post by 5lab » 23 Oct 2004 05:43 pm

mine is a close one - its either a diesel transit van (~125bhp) or my dads new v40 (~125bhp)..

incidentally, my glt is quicker than my dads 1.8l v40.. thats progress for ya ;)
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Post by SteveP » 23 Oct 2004 05:47 pm

Is that the 1.8 GDI S40/V40? My friend has an S40 GDi, it would be nice to smoke him with my GLT. Although I think it would be close.

As for the most powerful thing I've driven, its just the 360!

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Post by 5lab » 23 Oct 2004 05:49 pm

yeah it is, and its close, i've not actually tried to beat him myself, but the figures recon the glt is quicker
Siddy-'87 360 Glt lhd convertible
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Leah-'84 340GL-sold! Maisie-'85 340GL-sold!
Snowy-'88 360GLE-killed by a truck! Dougle-'89 360GLT-dead&stolen!
Nessy-'86 340GL-foggy's! Grace-'86 360GLT-gone!

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Post by SteveP » 23 Oct 2004 05:50 pm

Good stuff... although I'll be doing about 20mpg, and his does about 40... some weird clever stuff going on with the fuel economy with 'em!

Are you driving grace now then?

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Post by Duvel78 » 23 Oct 2004 05:52 pm

A Volvo 360 GLT and GLi (the GLi is even fast as a GLT)
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Post by 5lab » 23 Oct 2004 05:58 pm

steve - its more economical, but he'd be lucky to get more than ~35 out of it, simply cos of the weight
Siddy-'87 360 Glt lhd convertible
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Leah-'84 340GL-sold! Maisie-'85 340GL-sold!
Snowy-'88 360GLE-killed by a truck! Dougle-'89 360GLT-dead&stolen!
Nessy-'86 340GL-foggy's! Grace-'86 360GLT-gone!

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Post by SteveP » 23 Oct 2004 06:06 pm

They do seem very heavy cars - not sure on the specs. The fuel trip computer is strange though, it sometimes goes upto stupid figures like 70mpg, when cruising on motorways.

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Post by DeKay » 24 Oct 2004 08:56 am

Ford Focus RS, I think it's about 215bhp. it was my mate's dad's 'company' car (police driving instructor), and as such was insured for anyone with a full uk licence... it was as fast as hell, but still a ford...
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Post by special » 24 Oct 2004 12:01 pm

the fastest car i have driven was 30mins after my drivin test
i was working at a garage at the time and i got to take a customers
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Post by V6 Man » 24 Oct 2004 12:32 pm

Volvo FH16 520 CDXL Globetrotter (uprated to 580bhp)

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Post by foggyjames » 24 Oct 2004 12:44 pm

Mum's V40 2.0T - 160bhp. I think I'd lose in a race with it....by a country mile. Interestingly, its only about 6" longer than the 360, and doesn't feel at all big!

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Post by x19dude » 24 Oct 2004 09:20 pm

Hi all,
My old lancia integrale was quite fast( I managed to get 8mpg out of it at one point on a road rally!)Also driven a friends ferrari 355 f1 (which was nice but very very scary in case I crashed it/dinged it.
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Post by Tom » 25 Oct 2004 07:34 am

Probably my Uncle Brian's BMW 5 Series. Whoo.
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Post by Lonewolf » 25 Oct 2004 01:32 pm

The most powerful i've driven for torque was a 4L ford falcon that was on loan while my 360 was being fixed, for top end hp would be my old daihatsu charade 1.0L 3cyl turbo was the ticket.

I've been behind the wheel of a Ferrari 308GTS while it was out on a test run after a FULL overhaul (engine, gearbox, exhaust, suspension) and trick up (i dont think any part of the engine had not been forged, blueprinted, balanced and cryogenically treated...)But this thread is for cars, not weapons.

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Post by 5lab » 25 Oct 2004 01:51 pm

ford falcons surely gotta have more hp than a chirade? i mean i know them things had 100hp, but to get less than 100hp from a 4l engine would be unbelievably lazy
Siddy-'87 360 Glt lhd convertible
Swapsea-'89 360GLT-swapped!
Leah-'84 340GL-sold! Maisie-'85 340GL-sold!
Snowy-'88 360GLE-killed by a truck! Dougle-'89 360GLT-dead&stolen!
Nessy-'86 340GL-foggy's! Grace-'86 360GLT-gone!

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