Is your real car...

[Jonathan]

Originally Posted by Rich D

Thats a stunning Alfa Jonathan - what is the model ? I must nerd up on the current Alfa range !

Cheers Rich, its a 147 GTA, 3.2 V6.

[showtime]

as much as i love rear wheel drive, quattro is just so much better

how far up the pavement would the porker driver be?
great little clip tho

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by traffman

a true sports car should be fun !

Theres that as well

[wacattack]

Originally Posted by josh_smaxx

A true sports car should be front engined, its built for the road not racing. Supercars should be mid engined.

EH!!!! Why for? The best handling is achieved by placing the engine in the middle. Therefore if its a "sports car" you want the best handling, so put the engine in the middle.

A true sports car would never have the engine in the front. Any sports car that does will tend to handle like cr@p. The only car to get away with that is probably the mini

[ben]

Originally Posted by wacattack

I just dont get the layout. A true sportscar should be midengined

Isnt the boxster mid engined?

[wacattack]

Originally Posted by ben

Isnt the boxster mid engined?

Yep. But far the money its too slow. If i was paying £35k for a car id expect it to get to 60 in quicker than 6 seconds.

[wacattack]

Originally Posted by showtime

as much as i love rear wheel drive, quattro is just so much better

how far up the pavement would the porker driver be?
great little clip tho

Totally different corner entry speeds :-)

[Rich D]

Originally Posted by showtime

as much as i love rear wheel drive, quattro is just so much better

how far up the pavement would the porker driver be?
great little clip tho

Great clip but the Audi looks to be going 30% the speed of the Porsche !

R8 a lovely motor but take a look at the track shootout in EVO magazine. It would be nowhere compared to say a rear wheel drive 997 GT3RS

[showtime]

well duurr

a gt3rs isn't just a regular version with thick carpets etc its a very focused specialised car! R8 would make a lovely daily driver tho

the Germans do build some awesome cars that can actually realistically be used everyday, no matter where the engines are located

[Rich D]

Originally Posted by showtime

well duurr

a gt3rs isn't just a regular version with thick carpets etc its a very focused specialised car! R8 would make a lovely daily driver tho

the Germans do build some awesome cars that can actually realistically be used everyday, no matter where the engines are located

Oh so we are talking about daily drivers and not 4wd over 2wd as per your initial post now are we ?

No need for the "duurr"

Im confident that the regular GT3 with the "thick carpets" as you put it would also show a R8 the way around a track too

Yes the R8 is a great car, i have a mate who owns a 997 turbo and a R8.

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by wacattack

EH!!!! Why for? The best handling is achieved by placing the engine in the middle. Therefore if its a "sports car" you want the best handling, so put the engine in the middle.

A true sports car would never have the engine in the front. Any sports car that does will tend to handle like cr@p. The only car to get away with that is probably the mini

Yep, i guess you right, front engined cars do handle like crap, just check the latest autocar test for proof.

[josh_smaxx]

Oh and just for kicks

[rcluke]

Originally Posted by josh_smaxx

Yep, i guess you right, front engined cars do handle like crap, just check the latest autocar test for proof.

caterhams

jap imports all the way , or the atom

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by rcluke

caterhams

jap imports all the way , or the atom

Bulls$%#, when you can come up with a jap import that can put a 1:17.4 round Dunsfold then come back and tell me, but i think you might struggle. The atom already went round Dunsfold and didnt top it, but seen as it isnt mid-engined i agree up to a point. Then again, the atom isnt a sports car, sports cars are designed for driveablitly and fun, not out and out grip.

And it still stands to reason that caterhams will wipe the floor with any given Lotus Elise

[daz]

My Punto can do Dunsfold in 1.13 easily I have renamed it the italian stallion and even had a matching tatoo just above me left nipple.

Thinking about putting another 1.0 engine in the rear to make it four wheel drive, should be able to crack a 10 second quarter mile

[josh_smaxx]

Originally Posted by daz

My Punto can do Dunsfold in 1.13 easily I have renamed it the italian stallion and even had a matching tatoo just above me left nipple.

Thinking about putting another 1.0 engine in the rear to make it four wheel drive, should be able to crack a 10 second quarter mile

You do that

[Lew]

Originally Posted by daz

My Punto can do Dunsfold in 1.13 easily I have renamed it the italian stallion and even had a matching tatoo just above me left nipple.

Thinking about putting another 1.0 engine in the rear to make it four wheel drive, should be able to crack a 10 second quarter mile

do we get too see a picture of your beast that does 12second quater mile?

[ashleyb4]

Originally Posted by josh_smaxx

Oh and just for kicks

Thats top gear track!

A

[ben]

Really??!!!

[rcluke]

Originally Posted by josh_smaxx

Oh and just for kicks

it sounds like a bag of spanners lol