After reading about the M6 v Evo thread it reminded me of an incident that had me surprised last week. Saturday afternoon coming home along the A66 dual carriage way around Middlesbrough towards Redcar came off a roundabout with a Ford Ka, Citroen people carrier and then me in Focus ST.
The Citroen pull in right away so I could get on the power immediately coming off the roundabout but the Ford Ka had already disappeared some distance down the road at pace.
At the end of the road he was stopped at the next roundabout which is lighted. It was then obvious why he had made such impressive progress down the road. It had much wider tyres and an aftermarket exhaust (surprising quiet I thought) it also had a subtitle body kit for the wheel arches to accommodate the wider wheels.
Anyway lights went green and we both got off to a good start but the Ka was defiantly pulling away up to late in 4th for me. We traded places around the next couple of roundabouts and I noticed club stickers in the Ka, I went to check out the owners club and discovered that most owners run a 2.0 zetec engine and the breaks from the Focus ST.
It sure did look like a fun little car to drive and I was genuinely shocked by its quick performance
The Citroen pull in right away so I could get on the power immediately coming off the roundabout but the Ford Ka had already disappeared some distance down the road at pace.
At the end of the road he was stopped at the next roundabout which is lighted. It was then obvious why he had made such impressive progress down the road. It had much wider tyres and an aftermarket exhaust (surprising quiet I thought) it also had a subtitle body kit for the wheel arches to accommodate the wider wheels.
Anyway lights went green and we both got off to a good start but the Ka was defiantly pulling away up to late in 4th for me. We traded places around the next couple of roundabouts and I noticed club stickers in the Ka, I went to check out the owners club and discovered that most owners run a 2.0 zetec engine and the breaks from the Focus ST.
It sure did look like a fun little car to drive and I was genuinely shocked by its quick performance
