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lolz aren't playing traffic light hero with other people who didn't even know they were playing.
I actually re-badged the car so that I wouldn't be involved in the traffic light GP. I wanted to keep the little Turbo badge without drawing attention to the car, which the diesels also had... hence the 418SD badge.
No traffic light GP hero here, absolutely nothing to prove on my part. Even today, I have a 330bhp Impreza STi in the garage and a brilliant little MX-5 on the driveway but I'd rather take them out on country roads with no other cars present. Certainly no e-peen extension required on my end
No traffic light GP hero here, absolutely nothing to prove on my part. Even today, I have a 330bhp Impreza STi in the garage and a brilliant little MX-5 on the driveway but I'd rather take them out on country roads with no other cars present. Certainly no e-peen extension required on my end
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I was a passenger as we zipped past, I tried my bestMassive picz for the lolz... ok ok, I can see it now!
Learning to hold the camera more steady would be greatly appreciated though
I actually re-badged the car so that I wouldn't be involved in the traffic light GP. I wanted to keep the little Turbo badge without drawing attention to the car, which the diesels also had... hence the 418SD badge.
No traffic light GP hero here, absolutely nothing to prove on my part. Even today, I have a 330bhp Impreza STi in the garage and a brilliant little MX-5 on the driveway but I'd rather take them out on country roads with no other cars present. Certainly no e-peen extension required on my end
So you dont want to race my grandad Volvo in your STI before I sell it?
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I'm one-upping that as i've seen an audi TT, diesel with TTRS stickers on it, there may also have been a Nürburgring one as well.
They don't, people who say this are a bit blind I think.Are you sure it wasn't just the current R8? They look quite TTish now
Might have asked this before but my memory is terrible - whatever became of the Rover?
I still remember the ghost ride da whip video!
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Slow Car. Big Wang.
That is indeed a big wang
That is indeed a big wang
haha, that ghost ride da whip video will always hold a special place in my heart <3 Mainly because it is a stark reminder of how close I was to being ran over by my own car
I no longer have a copy so if anyone has it lying around anywhere, I'd very much appreciate the upload!The car in that video was a 220 GSi, not the 420 Turbo in the picture above. The 220 was sold to a friend when I bought the 420, stripped out and used as a track car. I had the green 420 for about 8 years, lots of performance, braking and handling mods and some nice interior bits. A capable machine! Took it off the road in 2010 IIRC to do a mini restoration and covert it to wasted spark on Megasquirt and bought a red 420 Turbo as a stop gap.
Split up with the gf a year or so later and gave up the house and big garage that the car was in. It then sat on a mate's driveway for a year while I attempted to finish it but a lack of time, money and enthusiasm meant it was just sitting there rusting away. The final straw came when he returned home from work one day to find some lovely men trying to strap chains to it and lift it away. The car was under a car cover and not immediately visible from the road so they had no business being there.
It had far too many good parts on it to risk it all being lost. Rebuilt T28 turbo from a Pulsar GTi-R, 2.5" stainless steel turbo back exhaust, bigger brakes, cams, Megasquirt ECU and lightened flywheel with custom trigger ring, fuel pumps, LSD, fully polybushed, Recaro seats... I could go on! Me and my mate stripped the car to a shell in 2 days and I gradually fitted all the nice bits onto the red 420.
Had that for a further 8 months before my then gf got pregnant and said she wanted me to get a newer car. Ok, no problem, but only if I can get an Impreza. The Rover went and I bought my bugeye Impreza WRX. I have thought about building another Rover Turbo but I already have enough cars and not much spare time as it is!
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I do appreciate the self awarenessSlow Car. Big Wang.
That is indeed a big wang
haha, that ghost ride da whip video will always hold a special place in my heart <3 Mainly because it is a stark reminder of how close I was to being ran over by my own car
The car in that video was a 220 GSi, not the 420 Turbo in the picture above. The 220 was sold to a friend when I bought the 420, stripped out and used as a track car. I had the green 420 for about 8 years, lots of performance, braking and handling mods and some nice interior bits. A capable machine! Took it off the road in 2010 IIRC to do a mini restoration and covert it to wasted spark on Megasquirt and bought a red 420 Turbo as a stop gap.
Split up with the gf a year or so later and gave up the house and big garage that the car was in. It then sat on a mate's driveway for a year while I attempted to finish it but a lack of time, money and enthusiasm meant it was just sitting there rusting away. The final straw came when he returned home from work one day to find some lovely men trying to strap chains to it and lift it away. The car was under a car cover and not immediately visible from the road so they had no business being there.
It had far too many good parts on it to risk it all being lost. Rebuilt T28 turbo from a Pulsar GTi-R, 2.5" stainless steel turbo back exhaust, bigger brakes, cams, Megasquirt ECU and lightened flywheel with custom trigger ring, fuel pumps, LSD, fully polybushed, Recaro seats... I could go on! Me and my mate stripped the car to a shell in 2 days and I gradually fitted all the nice bits onto the red 420.
Had that for a further 8 months before my then gf got pregnant and said she wanted me to get a newer car. Ok, no problem, but only if I can get an Impreza. The Rover went and I bought my bugeye Impreza WRX. I have thought about building another Rover Turbo but I already have enough cars and not much spare time as it is!
I remember looking around your green 420 quite a bit at RR meets in years gone by (good times..). Never did go out in it though
I had a ride out in BRP, was quick! Great example of an OEM+ modified car. Interior and seats were great, felt like a solid car, made my EP3 feel slow from the passenger seat and seemed to handle really well too. I had rides out in Tims EK9 and Simons GT-4 too, all great cars and good times.
