had a run in with a gt2
09 June 2003, 09:33 AM
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What's this "aren't you a big man" comment then. I really can't believe you own a Scooby and haven't had a quick blast to 120/130 mph. We all do it, it's just about picking your time and place. Screaming around a blindish corner at 80 is far more dangerous in my opinion and i'm sure were all guilty of that too. Really can't be doing with comments like that. No it's not big or clever and i'm quite sure the guy wasn't trying to be. It's all about risk asessment and if you do that properly you CAN have a few silly fast seconds without putting other people at risk. Otherwise they wouldn't let police drivers go over the ton would they.
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09 July 2003, 05:21 PM
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I have just bought a 97 993 Turbo 4........
Awesome is all I can say
It has uprated suspension, engine mods to give 483bhp @ 436 ft lb torque.....
I can't see me ever getting bored with it
Ring next weekend
Edited to say if anyone would put pics up I'll whiz em over
[Edited by Mellow Yellow ! - 9/7/2003 5:22:09 PM]
Awesome is all I can say
It has uprated suspension, engine mods to give 483bhp @ 436 ft lb torque.....
I can't see me ever getting bored with it
Ring next weekend
Edited to say if anyone would put pics up I'll whiz em over
[Edited by Mellow Yellow ! - 9/7/2003 5:22:09 PM]
04 September 2003, 10:45 PM
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what a car driving along when a 911 goes by at app. 100mph i set out to catch it and i do becouse of slower moving trafick and yes it is a gt2 twin turbo 486bhp 200mph only 300 made this is my dream car and i am praying that when the trafick clears he goes
so 70mph 3rd gear and the trafick clears woah my 320bhp is left as if i am not trying never has a car done this to my scoob when it is time to slow i am doing 150mph and him well 170-180 at least
this car is the dogs danglies i want one
so 70mph 3rd gear and the trafick clears woah my 320bhp is left as if i am not trying never has a car done this to my scoob when it is time to slow i am doing 150mph and him well 170-180 at least
this car is the dogs danglies i want one
05 September 2003, 06:05 AM
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well it wasn`t on the m25 and yes 150mph the lisence would go the scoob would go and whatever else would go but in this age of losing your lisence for nothing you have to live from time to time
05 September 2003, 12:41 PM
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Never heard of that one
I've heard of the standard 911gt2 at 520bhp and £120k compared to the standard Turbo with 420bhp for about £87k
GT2 Performance is excellent - Porsche turbo not so good........
I've heard of the standard 911gt2 at 520bhp and £120k compared to the standard Turbo with 420bhp for about £87k
GT2 Performance is excellent - Porsche turbo not so good........
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05 September 2003, 03:13 PM
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Hmmmm, GT2 should not be available yet, might have been a pre-demo/press car. I take it you are into Porsches, so you can easily spot the various models from each other when they pass you at that speed. Sure you were not dreaming ?
Price tag: about 180 K Euro's......
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Price tag: about 180 K Euro's......
STIVII
05 September 2003, 03:48 PM
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err, as per Bruns reply to this "Porsche turbo not so good........"
I borrowed my mates 1992 standard 911 turbo & it flies
have you been out in one or driven one then ??
ps - he is putting NOS on soon...he's a mad ****** but a very good driver.
shunty
I borrowed my mates 1992 standard 911 turbo & it flies
have you been out in one or driven one then ??
ps - he is putting NOS on soon...he's a mad ****** but a very good driver.
shunty
05 September 2003, 04:20 PM
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sorry - I've driven a Porsche Turbo and was not 'blown away' - I actually prefer the Ferrari Modena.......and no I dont have either
Good for top end - but then I was driving in the UK - so could'nt really check that out
Yes good to 100, but I was'nt awed by it at all..... then again it only has 420bhp - with a hefty price tag for the dealer performance upgrade!
Porsche 911 gt2 not out???? - I've seem about half a dozen in and around London - unless these are imports - they costs about £120k - so yes the 180k euros would be about right..
btw I have owned cars in excess of 400bhp.........
Good for top end - but then I was driving in the UK - so could'nt really check that out
Yes good to 100, but I was'nt awed by it at all..... then again it only has 420bhp - with a hefty price tag for the dealer performance upgrade!
Porsche 911 gt2 not out???? - I've seem about half a dozen in and around London - unless these are imports - they costs about £120k - so yes the 180k euros would be about right..
btw I have owned cars in excess of 400bhp.........
05 September 2003, 05:24 PM
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The 462bhp 996 GT2 has been out since 2001.
Ceramic brakes & no driver aids apart from ABS.
It did hold the Nurburgring lap record for a road car, until that silly radical thing went a bit faster.
id
Ceramic brakes & no driver aids apart from ABS.
It did hold the Nurburgring lap record for a road car, until that silly radical thing went a bit faster.
id
05 September 2003, 06:04 PM
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well it read gt2 on the back
and mad scientist i wasn`t boasting about how fast my scoob goes as i have been considerably faster than that and anyway who makes you the expert on who is a big man or not
and mad scientist i wasn`t boasting about how fast my scoob goes as i have been considerably faster than that and anyway who makes you the expert on who is a big man or not
05 September 2003, 06:15 PM
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996 GT2 has been out for ages, a new version with a few more hp and a carbon fibre spoiler is on the way for October.
996 GT3, 2 iterations, the 1999 versions and the new 2003 ones which have been on the streets for about 2 months.
911 Turbos are the best road cars in the world. 360's both Modena's and Spyder's are awesome but harder to get the performance out of.
996 GT3, 2 iterations, the 1999 versions and the new 2003 ones which have been on the streets for about 2 months.
911 Turbos are the best road cars in the world. 360's both Modena's and Spyder's are awesome but harder to get the performance out of.
06 September 2003, 04:21 PM
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Never had a ticket, and before the Scoob, owned many fast bikes, so i'm not new to a few ton up experiences. Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to glorify or condone dangerous driving. Just saying there is a time and a place for speed, if your sensible obout it, thats all.
06 September 2003, 04:50 PM
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gt2's are the best motors ever. there was a black one at my local ferrari, porche, maserati dealer (imagine all them cars in one big showroom) it had a rollcage in too!!!! £120 grand price tag
i will have one one day
gav..
) it had a rollcage in too!!!! £120 grand price tag i will have one one daygav..
06 September 2003, 07:16 PM
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until that silly radical thing went a bit faster.
that silly radical thing went over 17 seconds faster, which is not really 'a bit'
it did blow up straight after that tho lol
used to work at radical and the 1500 turbo will be immense when its sorted properly! The car would've been a lot faster in michael vergers hands too, bennet couldn't drive it properly.
But i'd rather have the gt2, gorgeous car and as said already, easily the best road car around (apart from perhaps the rs with the full cage as standard 
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that silly radical thing went over 17 seconds faster, which is not really 'a bit'
it did blow up straight after that tho lol
used to work at radical and the 1500 turbo will be immense when its sorted properly! The car would've been a lot faster in michael vergers hands too, bennet couldn't drive it properly.
But i'd rather have the gt2, gorgeous car and as said already, easily the best road car around
(apart from perhaps the rs with the full cage as standard )
06 September 2003, 08:45 PM
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As impressive as the Radicals figures are, putting it in the same sentence as Porsche is blasphemy.
They are poles apart, one's a great supercar, the others a Katie Hill build.
They are poles apart, one's a great supercar, the others a Katie Hill build.