Excessive use 'oh gosh' gets you this

Del Lardo · 20-08-2007, 13:54

Had a Ford Fusion booked as my hire car for Atlanta this week. After 5 minutes of excessive Britishness it had been upgraded to this for free

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...a&id=665555652

As sports cars go it woeful but it is keeping me a lot more amused than a Fusion which is so bad I am unable to describe it.

leowyatt · 20-08-2007, 13:58

Git!!!

Not sure what we're getting this week, it's a compact I think so we're hoping for a Maza 3 again

Matblack · 20-08-2007, 14:23

LOL, my MINI has the same bhp output as that with a 1.6 engine

MB

FakeSnake · 20-08-2007, 14:48

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Originally Posted by Matblack

LOL, my MINI has the same bhp output as that with a 1.6 engine

MB

in defense of that engine...
you wont get too much more out of your engine.. maybe 30-40hp? even then its gonna start costing bigger money to extract nominal HP gains

with the lazy tuning done in the states..... a decent amount of tuning can see over 500hp

plus the fact.. which engine do you thing will last the longest?
I know the engine in my (ex) cobra.. was built in 1974 and still pulls like a truck!

Darrin · 20-08-2007, 18:10

Who was it on OCUK that had the 'stang? Not much in the way of mods on that thing and I do believe it stomped the crap out of a couple cars costing considerably more at that rolling road. It even required several people sitting in the trunk to hold the rear tyres down for enough traction.

I no longer get riled up when people say things like, "American cars get so little bhp". I just remind them of the pure unadulterated fact that my 1981 carb'd truck only develops 115bhp out of 5.0L's of engine. But when ANY car over there throws over 11,000 ft/lbs of torque to the ground AT THE WHEELS (stock, btw), please feel free to come talk to me. Especially when said car has 335,000 original miles on it and has spent most of its life carting around 4,000 pounds of firewood.....

EDIT - Actually I just redid the calculations and it works out (conservatively) at over 14,000 ft/lbs at the wheels that my tired old 27 year old (remember the 1981 model year actually came out in 1980) truck can and will do right now.

Del Lardo · 20-08-2007, 18:17

Gibbo had a pretty heavily moddified Stang that was running at ~500bhp IIRC.

American engines are what they are, different market, different rules. I do find it odd that a 4.0 V6 only produced 210bhp but it probably in a pretty poor state of tune to allow for varying quality fuel and I think it may even be a pushrod engine so will probably never break.

Will · 20-08-2007, 19:07

That was the same car that Paul (Burble) and I hired out in San Fran in Feb - a nice deep red convertible. Glorious sound, shame about the power. But it's about lazy drive and low emissions over there. Good fun though - awful interior, very plasticy, but looks like a brute outside.

Gibbo has a Saleen with over 500bhp and 500 lb/ft

Mark · 20-08-2007, 19:15

I have a feeling he's sold it, not that I pay that much attention.

FakeSnake · 20-08-2007, 19:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark

I have a feeling he's sold it, not that I pay that much attention.

It has indeed been sold, he now has a BMW M3 CSL.

I really was tempted to buy it.. but was not going to pay his asking price!! Especially knowing what he paid for it and what it cost to upgrade...
I dont mind someone making a drink on a car... but 10k odd???
Naaah..not from my wallet

mejinks · 20-08-2007, 21:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by FakeSnake

It has indeed been sold, he now has a BMW M3 CSL.

I really was tempted to buy it.. but was not going to pay his asking price!! Especially knowing what he paid for it and what it cost to upgrade...
I dont mind someone making a drink on a car... but 10k odd???
Naaah..not from my wallet

He got shot of a Saleen for a BMW? Even I have to doubt his prowess inthe trouser department

and taste in cars. If I had M3 CSL money, it wouldn't be a BMW as my first choice.

I might have fallen in love with a Mini Cooper S......

20-08-2007, 13:54	#1
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Excessive use 'oh gosh' gets you this Had a Ford Fusion booked as my hire car for Atlanta this week. After 5 minutes of excessive Britishness it had been upgraded to this for free http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...a&id=665555652 As sports cars go it woeful but it is keeping me a lot more amused than a Fusion which is so bad I am unable to describe it.

20-08-2007, 13:58	#2
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Git!!! Not sure what we're getting this week, it's a compact I think so we're hoping for a Maza 3 again __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

20-08-2007, 14:23	#3
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	LOL, my MINI has the same bhp output as that with a 1.6 engine MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

20-08-2007, 18:10	#5
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	Who was it on OCUK that had the 'stang? Not much in the way of mods on that thing and I do believe it stomped the crap out of a couple cars costing considerably more at that rolling road. It even required several people sitting in the trunk to hold the rear tyres down for enough traction. I no longer get riled up when people say things like, "American cars get so little bhp". I just remind them of the pure unadulterated fact that my 1981 carb'd truck only develops 115bhp out of 5.0L's of engine. But when ANY car over there throws over 11,000 ft/lbs of torque to the ground AT THE WHEELS (stock, btw), please feel free to come talk to me. Especially when said car has 335,000 original miles on it and has spent most of its life carting around 4,000 pounds of firewood..... EDIT - Actually I just redid the calculations and it works out (conservatively) at over 14,000 ft/lbs at the wheels that my tired old 27 year old (remember the 1981 model year actually came out in 1980) truck can and will do right now. __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern". Last edited by Darrin; 20-08-2007 at 18:13.

20-08-2007, 19:07	#7
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	That was the same car that Paul (Burble) and I hired out in San Fran in Feb - a nice deep red convertible. Glorious sound, shame about the power. But it's about lazy drive and low emissions over there. Good fun though - awful interior, very plasticy, but looks like a brute outside. Gibbo has a Saleen with over 500bhp and 500 lb/ft __________________ *No No!*

20-08-2007, 18:17	#6
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Gibbo had a pretty heavily moddified Stang that was running at ~500bhp IIRC. American engines are what they are, different market, different rules. I do find it odd that a 4.0 V6 only produced 210bhp but it probably in a pretty poor state of tune to allow for varying quality fuel and I think it may even be a pushrod engine so will probably never break.

20-08-2007, 19:15	#8
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I have a feeling he's sold it, not that I pay that much attention.