What is, makes, a proper sportscar?

[Lucky13]

Unless they have a '10 or a '12...

 

[GrauGeist]

The guy that owns my company has a reproduction Shelby Cobra with a Lincoln Interceptor 500 in it...his friend has a similiar Cobra reproduction with a Triton V-10 stuffed in it...

Matter of fact, there's quite a few reproduction Cobras here in Redding. No two are the same.

 

[Lucky13]

Do they do the coupe as well?

 

[s1chris]

Thanks, but no thanks.....too much BMW over it, with them angles...not gonna be the same classic as the E...

True but it's just got "capable" written all over it. Have you heard one go? They are amazing. I'm in the Castle Bromwich assembley plant quite frequently with work and I remember the first time I heard one just like it was yesterday.

Linking in with ww2 I had a tour around the paint shop which was originally where the Lanc's and Spits were built. The drain pipes in the plant still have roundels on them and until mid last year some of the buildings still had camouflage paint visible on the exterior walls. Fair play to JLR as they to still take pride and rememberence in the history of both their Gaydon and Castle Brom plants, with memorials and small displays to view. You can book free tours of the production lines etc for free of charge still I think.

Cheers Chris

 

[Lucky13]

Sounds like it could be a grand day out! 8)
Don't really think that I've ever heard a (well taken care off) classic British sports car, sound anything but good....

 

[s1chris]

Good call.

What a Morgan? Of any model. Hand made still to this day using wood. The only downside is a crazy amount of time on a waiting list.

 

[GrauGeist]

Do they do the coupe as well?

I'm sure there's a company or two that produces the coupe version reproduction...haven't seen any here in town, at least.

This is the Boss' Cobra:

 

[s1chris]

The very reason for a speed limit being introduced on the motorway in the UK. What a beast!

 

[GrauGeist]

When I was in Europe last summer, my sweetheart's nephew asked: "so, how do you like going 130kmh? Better than the states, isn't it?"
I laughed and said, "dude, seriously...that's only 80 miles an hour. We do that here too!"

130 seems to be the max on the "motorways" at least in southern and eastern Europe.

 

[Readie]

130kmph in the dry, 110 kmph in the wet.
Boring... but, makes sense when you think of the volume of traffic on European roads.
If you want to go fast, or drive as fast as you can then 'track days' are the way to go. Driving balls out in a straight line is one thing, controlling the power on a twisy track is quite another.
I love fast acceleration rather than absolute top speed.

 

[Lucky13]

Love acceleration, go by E/E Lightning, talk about kick in the.....

 

[stona]

If you want to go fast, or drive as fast as you can then 'track days' are the way to go.

One word.....Nordschleife.

I've been driven around there in a bog standard VW Golf, windows down, music blaring, blasting past all the Porches, BMWs and Ferraris. The crucial difference was that I had a professional racing driver at the wheel, the other cars had posers
Of course when I took the wheel the Golf had a poser at the wheel as well!
Cheers
Steve

 

[Readie]

Castle Combe is a good track to learn and go as fast as you can on as well.
A track day Caterham 7 would be a lovely tool.

 

[Lucky13]

Hillclimb looks rather fun as well, with the right set of wheels... 8)

 

[Marcel]

And a girl in a bikini lounging on the hood.

i don't think he means that kind of sports

130kmph in the dry, 110 kmph in the wet.
Boring... but, makes sense when you think of the volume of traffic on European roads.
If you want to go fast, or drive as fast as you can then 'track days' are the way to go. Driving balls out in a straight line is one thing, controlling the power on a twisy track is quite another.
I love fast acceleration rather than absolute top speed.

the other thing to do is moving to Germany. I regularily topped 210 there in the past.

 

[Marcel]

Double post.

 

[Readie]

'Hillclimb looks rather fun as well, with the right set of wheels... '

It is, I have competed in the ASWMC Hillclimb and sprint championship in my Escort 2.1 and Vauxhall Magnum 2.3. The Ford was the better car for that as more competition parts were available to me.
Happt days

 

[nuuumannn]

Driving balls out in a straight line is one thing, controlling the power on a twisy track is quite another.

If you wanna beat 'em, you'll do it in the corners. Some of the roads where we live are full of sharp, hairy bends and occasionally I like to take a car out and give it a wring out to see how it handles. I took a Mazda RX-8 out recently, fun little toy; liked the sharp corners. Lots of fun in a 3 Series Beemer, too, a bit too much roll in a early Noughties 3 Series for my liking; the two-doors are more fun.

 

[GrauGeist]

I've had rice-rockets get by me on the straight stretches but when we'd get into the corners, my Beemer would eat 'em alive...it wasn't the best at straight shots but it was a beast on turns...the tighter the turn, the better! And to add insult to injury, my 320i was older than the guys driving the Japanese rigs.

I miss that machine, honestly.

 

[nuuumannn]

Yep; 320s are fun; driven them a few times, but I do love scooting about in my mum's 325 Sport - kicks butt in speed and corners.