Mid life Crisis pt 2

[Lost It]

That and the Cossie had the advantage of old school AWD so it could actually put the power down without being interupted by wheel speed sensors etc...... I don't think the figures really tell you anything, even my little 800cc VFR will do 0-60 in 4 and a bit seconds if you have a quickshift and know how to use it. More likely the tyre technology has improved to the extent that the actual mechanical grip is better.

I had a 1969 351 Mach 1 Mustang that could "do" 0-60 in 6 seconds but only if you jacked the rear end up about 6 inches... Again tyre technology was it's biggest issue.

[jamesbrown]

I've had an rolling crisis since I was a teenager - money is there to be spent on stupid **** that makes you smile

[_V_]

Is that a zero emissions vehicle? Since we are facing a mass extinction and climate crisis, I would urge you to think again about how many lives this is killing evertime you start up the carbon emitting engine.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48964736

"The climate math is brutally clear: While the world can't be healed within the next few years, it may be fatally wounded by negligence until 2020," said Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, founder and now director emeritus of the Potsdam Climate Institute.

[LondonManc]

Nice. I had a stage one ST3 for a while. Rapid, nice kit on it, etc. Should have kept it, looking back, but wanted something more frugal; then Covid arrived and I have done c.5k miles in about 18 months.

[AtW]

once you factor in the the Ford ASBO weights maybe twice as much as the Cossie, that 1 seconds is mightily impressive for a cheap road car.

Whorty will be dealing with the other kind of ASBOs

[NotAllThere]

When my wife wrote off my company car* in 2001, the lease company were terribly apologetic. The only car they could deliver to me within hours was a 2l Focus. I don't remember the entire spec, but it certainly had no button blanks... The handliong was seriously good.






* Not her fault.

[Whorty]

Nice, have fun, my brother had an escort cosworth almost 30 years ago. Out of the factory it did 0-60 in just under 6 seconds. So it seems Ford have improved performance by a massive 1 second in 30 years.

Place I got this from had an Escort Cosworth that they had just sold ..... £75k These RS's are rising in value (if you can keep it out the ditch)

[Whorty]

once you factor in the the Ford ASBO weights maybe twice as much as the Cossie, that 1 seconds is mightily impressive for a cheap road car.

The Focus is AWD too ... it's like it's running on rails!

[Whorty]

Is that a zero emissions vehicle? Since we are facing a mass extinction and climate crisis, I would urge you to think again about how many lives this is killing evertime you start up the carbon emitting engine.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-48964736

Meh ... I chose not to breed, so my genes are going to be a lot more environmentally friendly than those who procreated Plus, having no offspring, who cares how the earth will be in 30 years time? Not my problem

[Whorty]

Whorty will be dealing with the other kind of ASBOs

You are not wrong

Bought a steering lock today - I feel like I'm back in the 80's Contemplating sticking a tracker on it too ... or the Ghost engine cutout.