- stu
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Quick Bug
I took the car to work this morning, which includes a blat along the A27 (not a motorway, but a dual carriageway with 70 limit). For the whole stretch I was behind a D-plate (1966?) VW Beetle; and I was having to really work the XM to keep up with it (up to bursts of *cough*90*cough*).
He came off at the junction before mine so I was able to get a good look and apart from what looked like alloy wheels it seemed completely standard from the outside. There must have been something special under the bonnet(boot?) though.
I like Q-cars. It appealed a lot!
He came off at the junction before mine so I was able to get a good look and apart from what looked like alloy wheels it seemed completely standard from the outside. There must have been something special under the bonnet(boot?) though.
I like Q-cars. It appealed a lot!
Cheers,
Stu
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That stretch of the A27 is *seriously* steep. The red BX 19RD Auto, my girlfriend's Xsara 1.4 and the ZX 1.4 can hold 70 up it as long as nothing gets in the way; then they have to drop back and don't accelerate no more.
I was pleased that the XM was accelerating up it, but slightly less pleased that the Beetle was getting away!
I was pleased that the XM was accelerating up it, but slightly less pleased that the Beetle was getting away!
Cheers,
Stu
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In all seriousness, I was seriously shafted by a VW van once...admitedly, he got the timing better in and out of the roundabouts but i felt utterly shafted. Then again, I had the kids on board so wasn't 100% but he did give me a good seeing to...you never know whats under the 'hood and good on him too!
....There he goes, one of God's own prototypes, a high powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production......too weird too live.....and too rare to die
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I know. Despite a massive run up I only managed 30-35mph up it last night.stu wrote:That stretch of the A27 is *seriously* steep.
Mind you, I was hauling a 600kg trailer with a 1000kg BX on it. I also had a 200kg BX16 engine/gearbox in the van and various other bits and pieces that easily added up to another 150-200kg. Plus I'm another 100kg.... and the van weighs about 1700kg. It's also as aerodynamic as a block of flats.
All on 75bhp. Well, 75bhp at the flywheel. Maybe about 60 at the wheels 15bhp/tonne definitely not FTW.
Did manage 28mpg though.
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I know a guy with a Porsche flat 6 in a Type 2, cant see any reason why the same couldn't be shoe-horned into a Beetle?
David, you know your van deserves a CX Turbo petrol engine!
David, you know your van deserves a CX Turbo petrol engine!
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Erm, I don't like Beetles but one of my 'lame to fames' is that an old acquaintence of mine owns a VW specialist place about 8 miles from here and they built the fastest Beetle in Britain, which oddly enough belongs to a feall about 300 yards from where I live. It looked a bit crap and I told him so. Then I saw it in action one day and was fucking gob smacked. Fuck me that thing is quick.
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Buy a car off me you bastards.
Buy a car off me you bastards.
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Well yeah, but you'd be the fastest van driver in the west my friend!
One day I shall do this, when I get a C25 like...
Or I'll do it in a H van!
One day I shall do this, when I get a C25 like...
Or I'll do it in a H van!
1989 BX 17TD P2 Hybrid
1990 BX 16V It's got big hairy bollocks
1971 BL 350FG ambulance
1993 Dennis Lance 132 It's got mahooosive hairy bollocks!
Euthenasia, because enough's enough already.
1990 BX 16V It's got big hairy bollocks
1971 BL 350FG ambulance
1993 Dennis Lance 132 It's got mahooosive hairy bollocks!
Euthenasia, because enough's enough already.