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11 November 2002, 12:32 PM
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I am glad that someone else has the intelligence to understand what I have been telling you all for ages.
I get called a to55ser when I have compared a mondeo to a WRX was I wrong I don't think so. Once gain the last laugh is on the WRX owners
I get called a to55ser when I have compared a mondeo to a WRX was I wrong I don't think so. Once gain the last laugh is on the WRX owners
11 November 2002, 01:52 PM
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My dads Mondeo TDCI is actually quite good to drive ! :shock:
Did any one see the Stig (aka Damon Hill) lose control of the vanquish at 100 plus mph ! how did he not smash it !
Did any one see the Stig (aka Damon Hill) lose control of the vanquish at 100 plus mph ! how did he not smash it !
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11 November 2002, 04:03 PM
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I actually ment that he spun it round in circles in a dead straight or nearly straight line and didn't head towards the carsh barriers !
Also, that when he it the grass, the wheels didn't dig in and flip it over. I has seen that happen a few times
Also, that when he it the grass, the wheels didn't dig in and flip it over. I has seen that happen a few times
11 November 2002, 05:56 PM
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If i remember correctly the WRX went round in 1.39 and the mondeo done 1.42
A 30 or so lap race the scoob would be a whole lap ahead of the mondeo.
Most tracks are twice this length I'd guess, so a 30 lap race at a typical circuit would result in the scoob overtaking the mondeo twice....that's hardly 'close'
This also shows how much faster 'proper performance' cars such as paginis, ferraris etc. are with the right driver according to top gear times of 1.20/1.30 etc. as they'd be overtaking the scoobs at the same rate, if not faster.
(wheras me in my s2000 would finish way ahead of everyone
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11 November 2002, 07:50 PM
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I think you'll find it was just a 2l baggo' mondingo and not the st220 fingy.
The Mondingo was the fastest of the group and a full 3 seconds up on the BMW aswell
IIRC the Focus RS was 6? seconds up on the WRX?
Still, crap these Fords aren't they, you'd have to be wrong in your head to drive one
The Mondingo was the fastest of the group and a full 3 seconds up on the BMW aswell
IIRC the Focus RS was 6? seconds up on the WRX?
Still, crap these Fords aren't they, you'd have to be wrong in your head to drive one
11 November 2002, 11:57 PM
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Lol yep the RS was 6 secs a lap quicker than the scoob not far behing the lambo and the boggo 2.0 mondeo only 2/3 secs slower than the WRX. But I thought scoob's were so great in the twisties obviously not The ST220 Mondeo would have blitzed the scoob.
[Edited by co55ie - 11/12/2002 12:29:36 AM]
[Edited by co55ie - 11/12/2002 12:29:36 AM]
12 November 2002, 03:40 AM
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Co55ie,
Finally I can comment on something u said mate, my pal has a mondeo st200, and I can catagorically(sp?) say that my 94Sti whipped its ***.... big time.
It is also one of those occasions that I can say both drivers were trying like ****, and we are of pretty similar abilty.(brilliant)
So don't think u can compare the two. Have to say I have never been in nor drove a UK turbo or a bugeye so can't comment on their performance. Or would u concede the "classic" shape rice rockets are "ok"
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Finally I can comment on something u said mate, my pal has a mondeo st200, and I can catagorically(sp?) say that my 94Sti whipped its ***.... big time.
It is also one of those occasions that I can say both drivers were trying like ****, and we are of pretty similar abilty.(brilliant
)So don't think u can compare the two. Have to say I have never been in nor drove a UK turbo or a bugeye so can't comment on their performance. Or would u concede the "classic" shape rice rockets are "ok"
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12 November 2002, 12:23 PM
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ST200 & STI's what sgoing on....
I only said the Standard 2.0 rep car was only a few seconds off the pace of a WRX. Just thought that was fairly good..... If I could have one for free it would be the WRX over a standard Mondeo any day.
I only said the Standard 2.0 rep car was only a few seconds off the pace of a WRX. Just thought that was fairly good..... If I could have one for free it would be the WRX over a standard Mondeo any day.
13 November 2002, 07:58 PM
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andrewh WROTE:
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>> Why do people stil think it's Damon Hill. <<
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"Stig's" height, build and demeanour are similar to that of D. Hill. Just my impression of the images on my TV screen. The fact that Damon Hill is used on the programme for other things could simply be decoy tactics ...
I reckon he's on some contract with wider involvement and they are getting their money's worth ...
all guesswork of course .... we shall see ....
Thinks ... STIG is an annowossname of GTIs ....
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>> Why do people stil think it's Damon Hill. <<
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"Stig's" height, build and demeanour are similar to that of D. Hill. Just my impression of the images on my TV screen. The fact that Damon Hill is used on the programme for other things could simply be decoy tactics ...
I reckon he's on some contract with wider involvement and they are getting their money's worth ...all guesswork of course .... we shall see ....
Thinks ... STIG is an annowossname of GTIs ....
11 December 2002, 10:44 PM
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BTTT so the WRX owners don't carry on making grossly over the top claims regarding their impreza's.
The comparison between the Mondeo ST220 and scoob WRX is fair both have similar power. As stated if the WRX was only 2 seconds faster a lap than a car (the mondeo 2.0)with 50 percent less power than the WRX then the ST220 which has even better handling and brakes than the 2.0 plus equal power to the WRX would be more than a match for it.
Why on earth are you trying to compare an STi aginst the mondeo for ?
[Edited by co55ie - 11/13/2002 12:21:48 AM]
The comparison between the Mondeo ST220 and scoob WRX is fair both have similar power. As stated if the WRX was only 2 seconds faster a lap than a car (the mondeo 2.0)with 50 percent less power than the WRX then the ST220 which has even better handling and brakes than the 2.0 plus equal power to the WRX would be more than a match for it.
Why on earth are you trying to compare an STi aginst the mondeo for ?
[Edited by co55ie - 11/13/2002 12:21:48 AM]
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