chrishill 0 Posted December 2, 2004 exactly the reason being over confident isnt a good thing. Personally i always play it safe if someone else is in the car and say things like 'not sure on this one, could be close' or 'got no chance here!' that way if i get stuffed i dont look like a twonk, and if i win its even more of a victory becuase i set myself up as the underdog! obviously if its a corsa none of the above applies and I openly laugh at them even trying :twisted: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
samm_cvr6 0 Posted December 2, 2004 I seem to remember the Stig doing a very quick lap in the CSL, the handling looked phenomenol, I suspect that carbon roof is really helping to keep the centre of gravity really low. I will try and see if I can tell next time I watch TG, what the difference was between the two. Of course they are entirely different cars, which is why I am always intrigued as to how they compare.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bcstudent 0 Posted December 2, 2004 I got stuffed by a white F-reg Nova along the A47 a while back in the Corrado. It was quite amusing really - damn that thing shifted despite looking like a rotten piece of crap. I was 110% positive I was gonna whip it too....*sigh* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M777CUSGTI 0 Posted December 2, 2004 I got stuffed by a white F-reg Nova along the A47 a while back in the Corrado. It was quite amusing really - damn that thing shifted despite looking like a rotten piece of crap. I was 110% positive I was gonna whip it too....*sigh* I would go around admiting that to every one mate :oops: :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pablo_vr6 0 Posted December 3, 2004 there are a couple of real sleepers round here. 1.2 nova merits on plastic wheeltrims and rusty arches packing a tuned 2.0 16v redtop. damn they can move. i raced a scrapper 205 on night - pure sh!tbox but he had dropped an Mi16 into her and stripped it. the 106 still duffed him tho ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted December 3, 2004 My mate got wasted in his Cupra R by a minky old Astra GSi last year..... but it turned out this particular GSi had a Calibra Turbo engine under the bonnet tuned to 280 brake and was quite famous around these parts. Little did we know, LOL! You can more or less guarantee boy racers will have tuned what ever it is they're driving (we do after all!), so tread carefully :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kuksool 0 Posted December 3, 2004 You can more or less guarantee boy racers will have tuned what ever it is they're driving (we do after all!), so tread carefully :wink: kev are you saying that all corrado owners should be put in the "boyracer" category :lol: :lol: ha ha LOL scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted December 3, 2004 We I doubt any of us stick to the speed limits religiously and don't enjoy modding, so yeah, we are kind of boy racers.....but tasteful ones :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_mat 0 Posted December 3, 2004 Given that most people who can still call themselves "boys" don't have senior jobs in IT and therefore can't afford to run such expensive cars as these, I think it would be more appropriate to call us all "man racers". :) Or perhaps just "suckers"? ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kuksool 0 Posted December 3, 2004 ha ha sorry kev, it was jsut tooo hard to resist on that comment :lol: :wink: :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
samm_cvr6 0 Posted December 3, 2004 no shame in being beaten by an old boy race car, just cos they are quicker in a straight line and maybe even round twisties, doesn't mean it's a better car. My old MI16 would of seen off my VR6 no probs, but it's not the point, the bloody thing was so badly built that I don't really think it's cost effective to tune, and of course it attracted all the other boy racers who wanted some. :wink: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites