Hippo
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Not just top speed. They will be finking about 20 to 50 acceleration.
I would just like to say
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As well as all the speed restrictions on the signage, it's hard to drive fast in most of the UK because of all the traffic. Going from Leicester to my place in Wales in the average day takes me ages, but going at 4 o'clock in the morning I can complete the trip in just over two hours, and that's without getting speeding tickets or being put on driving awareness courses. I used to wonder about giving my TD5 a remap and perhaps a bigger intercooler and turbo, but it's not really worth it, because in standard tune it can exceed all the speed limits you're likely to encounter in the UK.
I quite like the 'resto mod' genre, and had an acquaintance once who had taken the original 803 cc A Series out of his Austin A30 and substituted a 1275 unit with twin carburetors. That was quite fun and could really shift when you pressed the loud pedal. But for most traffic conditions in Britain it hardly seems worth it.
I quite like the 'resto mod' genre, and had an acquaintance once who had taken the original 803 cc A Series out of his Austin A30 and substituted a 1275 unit with twin carburetors. That was quite fun and could really shift when you pressed the loud pedal. But for most traffic conditions in Britain it hardly seems worth it.
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Morning All.
Bit of a blow going on here.
No papers, delivery issues.
Cat messed in the hall and on the rug in the lounge. Grrrrr...
Have a great Saturday.
Bit of a blow going on here.
No papers, delivery issues.
Cat messed in the hall and on the rug in the lounge. Grrrrr...
Have a great Saturday.
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Windy, very windy and it's set to get even windier. So far it has only got a little over 70 but ...........................
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Keep the going anywhere to the bare minimum ...
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Ta mate! I was thinking of emailing them to @Turktowner if he was interested, until W made it clear there would have to be a couple and the wife would have to be at least on crutches.
Peeps have being doing it for years claiming benotfits allowance.
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Morning all, off to get the lorry & pick up some guttering & a couple of bits of timber.
No rain or wind here atm. Not looked at the weather it did look as if the coast was going to get a battering.
No rain or wind here atm. Not looked at the weather it did look as if the coast was going to get a battering.
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Well we are "rained in" it seems, no one wants to go out in this weather do they?
Poor Wales is taking a hammering I think.
Stay safe everyone.
Poor Wales is taking a hammering I think.
Stay safe everyone.
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Keep yourself safe DD and we hope it "blows over" soon.
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Funnily I had to take 6 pics of my Mini for insurance porpoises, and that was before it was "tooned".I dont have pics of any of my old minis.
Doubt they'd be of interest though.
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So far we have not heard that Waitrose are not going to be delivering, which I think is a bit strange seeing as they are relatively high-sided vans.Morning all, off to get the lorry & pick up some guttering & a couple of bits of timber.
No rain or wind here atm. Not looked at the weather it did look as if the coast was going to get a battering.
Maybe they are leaving it to each individual driver to decide, which to me isn't very responsible.
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W has read out to me that official advice is to stay in if you can.Well we are "rained in" it seems, no one wants to go out in this weather do they?
Poor Wales is taking a hammering I think.
Stay safe everyone.
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Just bin out to rescue our weely been.
Tis fair blowy!
One I built in the nineties for my son, it would do 60 in 8 seconds and top out at 95, not bad in the dayI dont have pics of any of my old minis.
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Mine wasn't disimilar then.One I built in the nineties for my son, it would do 60 in 8 seconds and top out at 95, not bad in the day
Couldn't tell you the speed or acceleration but it had 75 bhp as measured on a rolling road.
Went like a bat out of hell.
Nice, was that a Chelsey or something?
Mine would have had around that but I had a low diff for acceleration, it would top out on the revs in top gear, later cars were geared for economy except the later Coopers which had a 3.1 in I think
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