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Subaru record at Isle of Man
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Thanks for the link. That is impressive !
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That is incredible. If you haven't done so, click on the link in my sig. and you can read an article about my motorcycle that is believed to have finished 6th in the Isle of Man.
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That cop is very funny, love it.
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Found a vid of Higgins. Has a bit of a 'moment' here
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115 mph average on a stock car (safety, brake pads, springs, no speed limiter, open exhaust). Still, that is a production stock car.
Dang! That is really impressive. angela
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There has been discussion of this on other boards. Hardly a 'stock ' car. The competition roll cage adds an immense amount of torsional rigidity, plus the 'stock' springs and shocks were upgraded, in other words, "before the attempt was made a car went around the track and mapped the surface to which all that data was then pumped into a computer and the springs and shocks set accordingly".
The old record was set in an old Rover. Wow! I think Subaru are clutching at straws here. The world's benchmark for performance cars is Nurburgring.
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Where does it say "stock" car? It is a Us spec production based car. Big difference.
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"The previous lap record was set by another British rally legend, the late Tony Pond, in a standard Rover 827 Vitesse. The first lap to break the average 100mph barrier, Pond’s record has stood since 1990." Subaru sets Isle of Man record - Car news - latest news stories - MSN Cars UK That's hilarious that they are excited about beating a car with twenty less years technology and front wheel drive and about 150HP less. You could probably beat the old time in Honda Jazz.
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That course is not a joke.
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I think this more impressive. Quicker than a BMW 1 series M and Cayman S. No roll cage or suspension mods.
Renault Megane beats its own Nurburgring record
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