huggy bear

quote:-Poor scooby owner didn't know what hit him.
he flew past me and my mate (Renault 19 16v) at about a ton, we both accelerated ,
I easy passed him and stormed to 164 leaving a 300yd gap,
My mate struggled on behind the Scooby, he says the scooby got to about 150 before backing off.
I slowed down and kept letting him pull along side, maybe 5 or 6 times in all, then as I floored it he was left him eating my stonechips everytime

grahamstocker

Huggy hows Hutch ?

huggy bear

hes fine thanks.was it you??

wheelwright

That huggy bear was always one for hard to believe stories it was probably a sport NOT a turbo

huggy bear

150 sport lol.ill have one then please

Ian Cook

hmmm Astra was obviously well standard then surprised it didnt fall to pieces LOL

huggy bear

it was a standard vauxhall car.meaning it was all done with standard vauxhall bits

Nathan L

Since when does a Renault 19 16v do 150mph ? I had one as a loan car several years ago and all I could get was about 120mph.

edited cos I put Renault 9 first ! LOL

[This message has been edited by Nathan L (edited 30 September 2001).]

Ian Cook

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by huggy bear:
<B>it was a standard vauxhall car.meaning it was all done with standard vauxhall bits [/quote]

Yeah so it wasnt the standard 150 bhp'ish that vauxhall built it with though was it !

lordlucan

Hmmm

I had a GSI 2 yrs ago, pre ecotec engine, slightly tuned by Courtney, not a patch on my Scooby up to 130, the GSI did pull strong at high speeds. How many times have you lost the back end ? the handling was entertaining to say the least when pushing on !! Nice car though, just not in the Scoobs class.

Jase
MY00

mattstant

Could this be one of huggys close relatives

The Arizona Highway Patrol were mystified when they came upon a pile of smoldering wreckage embedded in the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. The metal debris resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it turned out to be the vaporized remains of an automobile. The make of the vehicle was unidentifiable at the scene.

The folks in the lab finally figured out what it was, and pieced together the events that led up to its demise.

It seems that a former Air Force sergeant had somehow got hold of a JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) unit. JATO units are solid fuel rockets used to give heavy military transport airplanes an extra push for take-off from short airfields.

Dried desert lakebeds are the location of choice for breaking the world ground vehicle speed record. The sergeant took the JATO unit into the Arizona desert and found a long, straight stretch of road. He attached the JATO unit to his car, jumped in, accelerated to a high speed, and fired off the rocket.
The facts, as best as could be determined, are as follows:

The operator was driving a 1967 Chevy Impala. He ignited the JATO unit approximately 3.9 miles from the crash site. This was established by the location of a prominently scorched and melted strip of asphalt. The vehicle quickly reached a speed of between 250 and 300 mph and continued at that speed, under full power, for an additional 20-25 seconds. The soon-to-be pilot experienced G-forces usually reserved for dog-fighting F-14 jocks under full afterburners.

The Chevy remained on the straight highway for approximately 2.6 miles (15-20 seconds) before the driver applied the brakes, completely melting them, blowing the tires, and leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface. The vehicle then became airborne for an additional 1.3 miles, impacted the cliff face at a height of 125 feet, and left a blackened crater 3 feet deep in the rock.

Most of the driver's remains were not recovered; however, small fragments of bone, teeth, and hair were extracted from the crater, and fingernail and bone shards were removed from a piece of debris believed to be a portion of the steering wheel.

Ironically a still-legible bumper sticker was found, reading
"How do you like my driving? Dial 1-800-EAT-****."