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by MattG
Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:57 am
Forum: General
Topic: Bathurst 12 hour live.
Replies: 16
Views: 695

Re: Bathurst 12 hour live.

When too much V8 is never enough. Lovely. 8-) Passing at places I didn’t think was possible… he was so much faster through The Chase on both laps - epic final corner. Yeah it's great to see cars with such different strengths battle. Like that epic Civic V Commodore lap of a few years ago. The 1200 ...
by MattG
Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:54 am
Forum: General
Topic: Bathurst 12 hour live.
Replies: 16
Views: 695

Re: Bathurst 12 hour live.

When too much V8 is never enough. Lovely. 8-) Passing at places I didn’t think was possible… he was so much faster through The Chase on both laps - epic final corner. the 70's Mustang is running close to 800 bhp, the Marc Mustang is prob closer to 600bhp. Made for a great race. Unfortunately the ri...
by MattG
Tue Feb 20, 2024 3:37 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: Decent car YouTubes
Replies: 2825
Views: 521516

Re: Decent car YouTubes

New lap record for a GT3 at Mt Panorama. Albeit an “unrestricted” GT3 - I haven’t looked into what that means (other than presumably no intake restrictor) Love this track - so technical, and so punishing of errors. Very clean lap, flat at 300kph through The Chase at the end of Conrod straight is ju...
by MattG
Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:24 am
Forum: Cars
Topic: EV Thread
Replies: 1257
Views: 306381

Re: EV Thread

I watched that twice as first I thought there were jump cuts. Just the first 10 ish seconds the battery jumps down by 2%, then into Aremberg? whilst the car is on part throttle/regen it drops another 3% - eh :? I've never seen an EV drop battery in chunks like that. The rate it piles on speed comin...
by MattG
Mon Oct 16, 2023 8:30 pm
Forum: General
Topic: New new new new Top Gear
Replies: 340
Views: 29120

Re: New new new new Top Gear

I'm sure it will be another dull, contrived adventure with predictable high jinx, mechanical failures and modifications included, no doubt climaxing with how much they've all bonded with their cars... yeh he did allude to having really liked the car, but did also drop in a comment about the parts p...
by MattG
Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: The ebay thread
Replies: 3000
Views: 428132

Re: The ebay thread

The AMS Kit car looks like it was styled by Leepu and assembled by Stevie Wonder.
by MattG
Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:29 pm
Forum: Cars
Topic: BMW M2 v Porsche Cayman GT4 v Alpine A110 R (evo mag)
Replies: 14
Views: 1545

Re: BMW M2 v Porsche Cayman GT4 v Alpine A110 R (evo mag)

Rich B wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 2:52 pm I've not read it yet, but it seems a little odd to put a £60k 4 seater in with two £80-90k hardcore versions of 2 seater coupes?
Agreed. I would have taken a GT4 in a heartbeat over an M2, but no rear seats and $65k premium (Australian$) puts in a different category for me