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mechanicaly useless
 Post subject: question?
PostPosted: Mon May 15, 2006 6:34 pm 
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WHY DID THE ROMANS BUILD STRAIGHT ROADS??
A. TO GIVE V8's A SPORTING CHANCE
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PostPosted: Mon May 15, 2006 6:42 pm 
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I could take offence to this comment, as a V8 driver mine was rarely in a straight line.
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PostPosted: Mon May 15, 2006 6:44 pm 
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Yeah the Commodores have crap road holding ability :lol: :lol: Give me a Falcon anyday :lol:

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woah bodyroll central!!!
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Thats not body roll. its the car using its suspension properly, it had 400 pound srpings in the front & 200 in the rear, it was easy to induce over steer that way, sideways is the right way.

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Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.
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2 S's & a clubman wrote:
Thats not body roll. its the car using its suspension properly, it had 400 pound srpings in the front & 200 in the rear, it was easy to induce over steer that way, sideways is the right way.

Doogie

As a previous 265 Hemi Valiant owner, I agree. On dirt, anyhow.
Loved the dirt road from Hume Hwy up to Wombeyan caves... 8)

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mechanicaly useless
 Post subject: No offence meant
PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2006 2:34 am 
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Sorry if I caused offence 2 s'Ss Didn't mean it. Being new to Oz I really haven't been in a V8 situ !!!!!!!! Only V8's I ever came a cross in the UK were a couple of rich boy mustangs. Which held no ground against a 1750 maxi engined mini especially on the twistys we have in Scotland. So please accept my apologies By the way you had to have a few bob to be able to run V8's (Fuel prices!!!!!!)
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PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2006 8:01 am 
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Hey, said i could have taken offence, but i did'nt :lol: MY V8 commodore rally car will always have a place in my heart, but the mini's are just more fun.

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Naw - V8s arnt that expensive to run - we have a 308 one tonne ute and its actually quite economical provided you stay off the loud pedal.

The reason is that it spends a lot of its time on country roads at 2k rpm. A load on the back makes little or no difference to the economy (within reason)

We had a 2.6 litre ute and that used more petrol because the throttle was more open more often.
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aahhhh 265 hemi.....triple weber's........ I'd LOVE AN e38, e49 R/T charger....... a good friend of mine has one...mint. its behind my mini in the photo on my screen name thing

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