Have You Seen Any Interesting Cars On The Road Lately?

[Darrell]

Renault 5 Turbo 2

My brother gets an odd feeling down below when he sees a Turbo 2.

 

[ALFAitalia]

This........ driving near my work...
Very cool!!

 

[del320]

This........ driving near my work...
Very cool!!

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Good God, I hope that's got at least a 3 litre flat-six Porsche motor. The original 30bhp 1192cc will struggle...

 

[martyz]

That's a crime if that was an original splitty.

 

[HappytalkAgain]

This........ driving near my work...
Very cool!!

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VERY cool indeed.

 

[SpikyMikey]

A quick application of Google Lens suggests it's called The Big Green Snail and was indeed a '66 Splitty.
Apparently now running a 2.4-ish custom engine.
Mikey Likey

 

[SmartAmg]

Apparently now running a 2.4-ish custom engine.
Mikey Likey

VERY cool indeed.

Agreed.

 

[Chrishazle]

In this day and age it has to be cool, as it's VERY green!!

 

[mattk1]

Stumbled upon the 'Beach Dubbin VW Festival' held in Southsea, Portsmouth on Sunday:



KR Matt

 

[EssEmmDee]

Does an FSO125p count?

 

[ALFAitalia]

Yes!

 

[EssEmmDee]

Yes!

Okey dokey!

 

[markjay]

EDIT

 

[Tonye]

My mate on his grand tour of Europe, we are running a sweep stake in the bar on how many breakdowns he has, 4 at the moment but still going strong.

 

[Bellow]

Oddly enough the F40 was one of our reverence cars when I was doing the XJ220 along with the EB 10 Bugatti. I had a day with the car, half of that spent at Millbrook.
No real surprise to find the V8 engine a real peach. As liniar and responsive as you like. But oh dear the chassis was of similar construction and stiffness as a formula Ford car with panels glued to it with some bright green gorilla snot!
The handling on the limit was decidedly sketchy!
Very unlike the 220 which had turbo lag measured with a calendar, but something you throw around like your GTl, but at a rather quicker speed…..

But oh dear the chassis was of similar construction and stiffness as a formula Ford car with panels glued to it with some bright green gorilla snot!
The handling on the limit was decidedly sketchy!

Was that due to an inability to keep the wheels in line, or it struggling to transfer roll from one end of the chassis to the other? Or something else?

 

[st13phil]

Not what you expect to see in the supermarket carpark:

 

[ALFAitalia]

It certainly isn't......I didn't even know that they did the Vauxhall Zafira Tourer Energy in Blue!!!!

 

[Mactech]

Was that due to an inability to keep the wheels in line, or it struggling to transfer roll from one end of the chassis to the other? Or something else?

I'd hazard a guess at just a lack of inherent stiffness in the chassis. The suspension appeared to more than adequate to retain toe stiffness.

 

[ToeKnee]

Not what you expect to see in the supermarket carpark:

I agree!
A car fully within the white lines!!!!!!

 

[Bellow]

I'd hazard a guess at just a lack of inherent stiffness in the chassis. The suspension appeared to more than adequate to retain toe stiffness.

I've been reading Mallock from circa mid 1980s and he reckoned that a Formula Ford chassis of the era wasn't torsionally stiff enough for tuning the chassis with anti-roll bars. Is that your experience of FF chassis?