What is "Fast"?

a) Awesome, I make mistakes in my posts sometimes.
b) Irrelevant what I'm getting on the day, my replacement 'fun car' is the one in question :)
 
MikeHiow said:
If a race occurred, then it probably would have happened heading south east on Medina Way :)

Of course there are other factors in play, it was a race on the road, but if the results are close enough to be determined by a split second reaction, gear change etc. then they are not that far apart anyway - which is what I've been trying to say. I mean, even those paper figures Gibbo has given only puts them at about a second apart ffs.
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Your failing to see my point though, thats a whole second and when your travelling at such speeds thats some difference.

In a controlled situation, everything equal the M3 would be a lot quicker than your experience.
 
PeterNem said:
I just can't get my head around MikeHiow's logic... think he deserves his own acronym so that we can in the future tar others who suffer these quirks with the same brush...

TLMH (thinking like Mike H)
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I think we need a few more round here too, like one for projects too, something along the lines of...

WPMNAH = Warning: Project may never actually happen. Applied to anyone talking rubbish and dreaming about a project they'll never do, never have the money to , never have the expertise to do, and basically haven't got a clue how to do it, or even what 'it' is
 
Indeed Gibbo.

Mike doesn't help himself with the way he says things. But the outcomes of some of his races etc are completely believable for the previously mentioned reasons.

I just hate the way this forum goes crazy and is like "OMG LOLZ LMAO an ST anywhere near an M3 hahaha" - when really it can happen. It makes everyone seem very very childish.
 
Is it true that the dual carriageway section of Medina Way is 0.6 miles long?

0.6 miles in which to conduct a 40-100mph+ race between an E46 M3 and a tuned Focus ST?

Really?

Is there anyone but Mike who actually beleives this race took place?
 
[TW]Fox;17643168 said:
Probably not though as you'd need to be a proper donut to race to over 100mph on a road that short in an urban area like that, right? I mean only a complete chav would do that?
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With no local knowledge of the area, traffic volumes at night, actual visibility, knowledge of the surface etc. how can you possibly state this?

I'm not sure how half a mile is considered short, though?

Gibbo said:
Your failing to see my point though, thats a whole second and when your travelling at such speeds thats some difference.

In a controlled situation, everything equal the M3 would be a lot quicker than your experience.
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I don't doubt that in controlled circumstances the M3 would be quicker, but then that isn't what I was disputing is it?
 
MikeHiow said:
You say the above with so much confidence when barely a second separates them from 60-100, and its entirely possible that the ST has the advantage from 40-60 with the mid-range you speak of. Then there is the fact that I stated 90-100MPH (I would think the higher the numbers, the bigger the gain the M3 has).

Then factor in me getting a better start, or any number of other every day factors, do you really think its impossible?




Nope, locally.
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If you get on the power sooner, you change gear better, its not impossible.

But don't go thinking your car can keep with an M3, because the fact is it cannot, you kept with it because the other driver was lousy or it was broken.

In a controlled test, all things even the M3 is the quicker car, is that so hard for you to grasp?
 
MikeHiow said:
south east on Medina Way :)

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From the roundabout to the end of the road is about half a mile... So presuming you left the roundabout at 40mph, you got up to 100+mph (long enough for the M3 to pass you) and then back down to a speed that would allow you to safely navigate the next roundabout? In a Focus ST?
 
[TW]Fox;17643198 said:
Is it true that the dual carriageway section of Medina Way is 0.6 miles long?

0.6 miles in which to conduct a 40-100mph+ race between an E46 M3 and a tuned Focus ST?

Really?

Is there anyone but Mike who actually beleives this race took place?
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Its very easy to (hypothetically, of course) hit 120MPH in a focus st on the way up (north) and stop before the end with plenty to spare. Going down you have mavity on your side, and you've already slowed down by the 'River way' slip road after hitting 100MPH.
 
MikeHiow said:
With no local knowledge of the area, traffic volumes at night, actual visibility, knowledge of the surface etc. how can you possibly state this?

I'm not sure how half a mile is considered short, though?



I don't doubt that in controlled circumstances the M3 would be quicker, but then that isn't what I was disputing is it?
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You said your car kept up with an M3, you then said it was probably because it was down on power.
So now your saying its because you are indeed a better driver?

At least now you understand the M3 is faster.
 
DRZ said:
From the roundabout to the end of the road is about half a mile... So presuming you left the roundabout at 40mph, you got up to 100+mph (long enough for the M3 to pass you) and then back down to a speed that would allow you to safely navigate the next roundabout? In a Focus ST?
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Read my previous post.

Would you like a video?
 
Hang on a minute guys...

An s2000, you know, that N/A, torqueless wonder that you have to launch at over 6000 rpm to get a good 0-60 ? The same car I can be seen desperately trying to will on when going down straights at track days to keep up with fast stuff (M3's, 911's, Atoms, etc)...?

Quicker than a Focus ST 0-100.
 
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