chrisp

Nealry broguht a KA actually handled okay

[Edited by chrisp - 9/6/2003 11:03:13 PM]

talizman

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Sorry toonman,

I misunderstood...

I was just clarifying that on this occassion, the guy was.



[Edited by talizman - 9/8/2003 6:43:41 PM]

bartmanuk

just got to say that last year some time,b4 i got the scoob,i was on my way home from work in my astra gte 2.0 16v,just goin into the medway tunnel in kent when i spotted a red classic turbo in my rear view mirror just coming off the roundabout from medway city estate,i was up to about 120mph by the time i was half way thru the tunnel,and this scooby had caught me up,i moved over b4 he had to slow and come straight back out behind him,he moved away but had to slow for a camera about 1/2 a mile after the tunnel.then within the next couple of miles we encountered 3 roundabouts where oddly i caught him up as he bottled it big time,obviously not knowing wot the car was capable of!!but at the time i just thought it was because he was in his 40's and he didnt have very big bollox,but he did put his thumb up when we went seperate ways at the 4th roundabout....my point is, i knew this geezer would cane me if he wanted to(or if he knew wot he was doin)but i went for it with him cause i just love to see a scooby do wot it does best,and alot of people out there now know wot scoobies are and may like to do the same.....
anyway sorry about the essay.

just like to add that wasnt the only time i went for it wiv scoobs in me astra!!!

jay

[Edited by bartmanuk - 9/8/2003 8:22:12 PM]

talizman

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I was most amused today by the confidence a Ford SportKa driver had in his new ride's ability.

I was sitting at a red light in the outside lane, minding my own business and the traffic was tailing back behind me. Next thing a silver SportKa pulls up on my inside, obviously intending to annihilate me when the lights change.

The driver had the top down and him and his mate looked as cool as a couple of hairdressers on a hot day! (Audi TT wannabe!)

Anyway, as the lights changed, off he smoked, so I felt obliged to let him hear all 270 horses throught my stainless system, followed by a full chat VTA blow off throught the good ol' Forge!

Anyone else had daft cars trying to race you in the Scoob?

Hanley

An old Skoda tried to race me off the line at set of lights once.

I kid you not

stevebt

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maybe he wasnt trying to race you, he might just pull away qucick from lights as most of us do i sometimes have to pull away slowly from lights so as not to seem like im racing someone who does extacly what you said

Danny B

I had one of those poxy GT2's the other day try it on, he was goading me into a race so I obliged and left him for dead at the next set of traffic lights.
Pure bliss it was, then I woke up

( R6 CDW )

Dont be fooled by the Ford SportKa, the ka2 is due out soon, and has a reported 86bhp.

**** that!

Hanslow

I take it you mean a StreetKa when you say he had the top down, and not actually a SportKa, which is completely different

Yes they are slow, but Kas do actually handle quite well (if you ever try one).

explore

ya well not a silly car but an old nissan 200, i totaly blow it away.

Mr slayer 2 u

A ford ka PMSL sporting lol, did it have MAX POWER on the back??? am always getting these saxo`s nova`s and other slow cars trying to race my cosworth, by the time ive hit 80mph in secound there a dot in my rear view mirror!

Jake

I get a lot of hassle from souped up civic drivers.

Phil Herrup

Jake - were the old folk in the Civic too past it to eat solids then?

GuyM

Hanslow

My girlfriend has a brand new Ka and it is the worst road handler ive ever driven!

talizman

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lol @ R6 CDW


About the exact model, maybe I'm getting confused here...

It was the Ka that looks like a kind of aborted 206CC with the chrome roll-over hoops.

Is this the StreetKa?

Whats a SportKa then?

and Stevebt

you asked
I should have mentioned that on the other side of the junction there was a line of parked cars in his lane so he had to smoke me to get into the right lane.
He chose the inside lane with a full view of the road ahead and could clearly see that his lane was obstructed so his obvious intention was to race in front of me.

Fool!



[Edited by talizman - 9/6/2003 10:44:20 PM]

Franko

FordKa
Forfocus
Mini
Micra

had alsorts... theyd fit in my exhaust!!!

chrisp

http://www.archersofashby.co.uk/Spor...ifications.htm

nuclear_pond

I was getting some **** from a boxter the other day. dunno if it was the s or not, but upt ot reed line in 3rd we we even, but when I went for 4th I lost him. I was on a long run up motorway, so slowed back to 80 in the interests of fuel conservation & global warming

However, irritating git caught up, and pulled in behing me about 2 foot fom bumber. Why he didnt just go past is anyones guess.

Followed me to an uphill stretch, where I floored in in 5th from 80 and stoll blew his doors off.

Dunno if he was trying or just being a fraggle. Why did he have the attitude and stick on my ****. I hade being tailgated. Its a saftey thing

talizman

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it was this one

clicky

and its 127 kg heavier than the SportKa.

SportKa - 88 bhp/per tonne (95 bhp)

Scooby - 218 bhp/per tonne (270 bhp)

chrisp

I guess its an import if you have 270bhp ?

Luke

I also drive a diesel pug estate.... and have wipped scooby drivers asses on the N.circ.... its also the driver not just the car.

AK47

no but I've had a smart car give it some on the twisties and bumpies and it looked pretty impressive from behind... (but he must have had the air con off..)

pappasmurf

One of those Toyota Celica 2 litre thingys with a funny flatish rear spoiler was pretty quick on the striaght, but going around the roundabouts on the A1.....well my scoob left him wasted as he was hanging on for dear life....and i wasn't even trying.

BlackScoobyWRX

Hyundai Coupes - they always think they're in something.
Its all about educating them really !! lol
Can't remember the last time anything smoked me - a Ferrari did come close recently but ........no
:-)

talizman

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No, its a UK car with full stainless downpipe and system (no cats), induction kit and re-mapped ECU.

Leslie

Must be hard to stay awake in one of those Ka's.

Les

Boro

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I bought my missus a Ka when they first came out

Actually, they do handle really well and i used to smoke 1800cc cars on the twisties. I bet they shat when they couldnt lose a toy car in there ***

Beefy

The sportka gets a good write up in evo in this (or last) month magazine...

talizman

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Just to clarify, it was a StreetKa that tried to smoke me...

catalunya199

going through andover the other week when a really old mondeo saw us put his foot down in a 40 he was doing about 60 when he came to a roundabout.cause of the traffic he sat there and i caught him i rolled up in 2nd and gently accelerated he flawed it and on his 3rd gear change i heard a massive crunch where he obviously *****ed up the gear change i couldnt stop laughing thought his clutch was going to fall out it was that bad.dont think his wife/g/friend was to impressed it was comical though