hey, hey, hey!
I thought we all decided I wasnt thrashing my spit?? :)) just driving it
properly....
well im not thrashing it at the moment anyway..... it being poorly and all.
Cant believe Im going to have to get the bus for the first time back home today!
James
77 Pimento Red Pit
---- Message from "Catchpole, Pat" <Pat.Catchpole@ntc-europe.co.uk> at Fri, 12
Oct 2001 11:20:46 +0100 ------
>Richard's comment (below) started me thinking about which modern (UK) cars
>are most similar in performance terms to the Spitfire 1500 that James is now
>thrashing around Kent. The original performance figures for the 1500, as
>stated in John Thomason's excellent Guide to Originality, are 11.3 sec 0-60
>mph, top speed of 101 mph (US figures will probably differ from this due to
>the harsher emission requirements). A quick check reveals that the closest
>to this is a Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec which manages 11.2 sec and 102 mph.
>There are not many modern cars that cannot beat the Spitfire's performance,
>but I know which I would prefer to drive.
>
>Pat
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: PorscheRcr@aol.com [SMTP:PorscheRcr@aol.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 7:30 PM
>> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: thrashing my spitfire - and other observations.
>>
>> In a message dated 10/10/2001 9:07:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> richard.gosling@exprogroup.com writes:
>>
>> << Bear in mind that for those of us in the UK, our idea of a 'modern car'
>> does not have anything like the performance of a Dodge Charger - although
>> I would agree that even our 'warm' hatches, let alone hot hatches, will
>> out-drag a Spitfire. >>
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