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Garry
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Post subject: Gumball 3000 Report  Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:00 am |
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Did anybody else happen to see the Report on the Gumball 3000 rallye on DSF yesterday or the day before? Not much details on the cars as such, but quite a few hot ones!
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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Roy
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:49 am |
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jinstall
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:39 pm |
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28 April 2007 begins in London. 28,000 BP to enter. Hmmm to get some sponsers. Ford, Blaupunkt and someone else maybe.
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2010 Renault Clio 1.2 16V in Germany
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:11 pm |
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Who's going to sponsor a car? I don't think the Focus would cut it ...
The report is from last year's rallye I guess ...
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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Lancer033
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:32 pm |
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Garry wrote: Who's going to sponsor a car? I don't think the Focus would cut it ....
Focus + 
might do the trick  [/list]
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:39 pm |
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Yup, it just says don't sell, not that it's not supposed to be put into a Ford ... *gg*
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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Roy
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:56 pm |
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jinstall
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:26 am |
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... where to find a birds nest.
Yes why not? There was a Focus in the last Gumball 3000, a black one.
The point is to finish the race and to make all the checkpoints. If you are detained several times for speeding, then the slower cars are actually making better time. Hence in Autocross/Slalom you are better if your times are consistant. I beleive it works the same in dragracing as well. Top Gear tries to prove this all the time.
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2001 Ford Focus sleeping in Germany
04 Focus ST170 Clone in USA
2010 Renault Clio 1.2 16V in Germany
2013 Focus ST250 in the USA
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 3:57 pm |
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Repeats tonight at 1800 with the second ep at 1830 on DSF ...
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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TurboManiacal
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:36 pm |
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Garry wrote: Repeats tonight at 1800 with the second ep at 1830 on DSF ...
Thanks. I'll be watching.
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TurboManiacal
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Post subject: Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:42 pm |
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Garry,
When you watch Top Gear...are you watching on German TV or on Sky Satellite?
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Garry
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:16 am |
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Neither 
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Garry Glendown * '99 Firehawk Convertible
"Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you."
"Speed doesn't kill - suddenly becoming stationary on the other hand ..."
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