Last summer, I live next to a B road and the speed limit past my house is 30mph.
It's a nice sunny Sunday afternoon and my wife and I are relaxing in the garden like you do.
All of a sudden there is a sound like thunder coming from the road outside and then it's gone. Nothing unusual really, just someone with a dustbin for an exhaust I guess.
Ten minutes later, same thing but faster this time. And so it goes on every ten minutes or so and now if I listen carefully I can hear the noise for about six of the ten minutes.
After an hour of this I decide to see what's going on, waiting by the gate yep here it comes, a red Lamborghini Countach blasts by 60mph minimum. The speed is normal for here but why does he have to do it all afternoon ?
I decide to find out...
No point expecting him to stop so I can ask so I fire up the 2 Turbo.
Sitting in the driveway I wait and wait then with the sound like thunder the lambo blasts by.
The MR2 is nicely warmed up so I give chase, there are some long fast open corners on the de-restricted road outside the village and I'm on a mission. I catch a glimpse of him on the long straight must be three quarters of a mile away. Keep it flat, keep it flat. He's out of sight by the time I enter the bendy stuff but that's where I can make up the time and yes sure enough the 2 starts to reel him in and after a very short time and carrying some speed my timing seemed spot on, a short straight between two corners we just went straight passed him !
I waited at a roundabout further down the road and he drew up alongside,
I wound down the window and asked him what the story was, why was he going round in circles making so much noise "I'm doing passenger rides for my mates" came his reply.
This particular passenger mate also replied to me "can I go back with you mate ?"
The driver seemed like a nice chap I kind of felt sorry for him !
The MR2 Turbo is an astonishingly good car for the money, the Countach on the other hand.......
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I know which I'd rather be in...
Good on him for stopping for a chat though.
Good on him for stopping for a chat though.
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Did it have a cannonball run front spoiler? Love the countach, its so ugly good looking
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I own an MR2 and a Lambo (although a more modern one ) and while its a good story, I know for a fact which one I prefer to drive
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Lol, nice post.
Although the Countach is a genuine prestige car I'm just not into how the Countach looks so I'd take my chaved up, modified to hell rice rocket of an MR2 myself
The Gallardo is a thing of beauty though.
One thing about the Countachs I find amazing is the size of the rear tyre:
Bet they're super expensive and hard to get hold of nowadays!
Although the Countach is a genuine prestige car I'm just not into how the Countach looks so I'd take my chaved up, modified to hell rice rocket of an MR2 myself
The Gallardo is a thing of beauty though.
One thing about the Countachs I find amazing is the size of the rear tyre:
Bet they're super expensive and hard to get hold of nowadays!
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Haha excellent picture, yea they must be expensive.
Gallardo tyres are £250 each.
Gallardo tyres are £250 each.
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tottacrolla wrote:
The MR2 Turbo is an astonishingly good car for the money, the Countach on the other hand.......
Is a legendary, shockingly beautiful machine with a monster (tractor) engine.
You can't compare them at all
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[quote="Kongaroo"]Lol, nice post.
Although the Countach is a genuine prestige car I'm just not into how the Countach looks so I'd take my chaved up, modified to hell rice rocket of an MR2 myself
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one of the best poster cars ever, styling way ahead of its time still looks stunning.
Although the Countach is a genuine prestige car I'm just not into how the Countach looks so I'd take my chaved up, modified to hell rice rocket of an MR2 myself
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one of the best poster cars ever, styling way ahead of its time still looks stunning.
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my left nut is awaiting exchange for a countach my right nut is reserved for a 250gto ferrari, but tbh i think they may demand a bit more my my right nuts
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My little babies..
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Beautiful
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i cannot imagine why anyone who has a lamborghini would want to have an mr2
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jasongtr wrote:i cannot imagine why anyone who has an MR2 would want to have a lamborghini
Fixed for you buddy
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lol
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jasongtr wrote:i cannot imagine why anyone who has a lamborghini would want to have an mr2
Took the lambo on a few track days, got the bug but also learnt how quickly and expensive the lambo was on tyres/brakes and such, also couldn't push too hard as didn't want to smash it.
Decided to buy a good value track car, which I could push without too much worry if I had an off, then found the MR2 Championship so decided to build a race car... a cheaper way of having fun on track.
The MR2 looks nothing like it did in that picture now, full race build which is going on track for the first time in a couple of weeks
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Yo HotBadger.... got any jobs going?
.... no really
.... no really
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tottacrolla wrote:The driver seemed like a nice chap I kind of felt sorry for him !
The MR2 Turbo is an astonishingly good car for the money, the Countach on the other hand.......
Alternatively this story is a complete fabrication and didn't take place.
Does anyone remember JAE The Hood?
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CardHore wrote:Yo HotBadger.... got any jobs going?
.... no really
You do the "sleepy eye" kits, do you also do the drug-fuelled wide open eye kits???